An old suit, a battered hat, a perfect tie, and a good collar, that's
what makes a well dressed man.
- a 1930 international
style expert
The
apparel oft proclaims the man.
- Hamlet,
poet, and dramatist 1564 - 1616.
The
books I read and life I lead are sensible, sane and mild, I like
calm hats, I don't wear spats, but I want my neckties wild.
1964
Neckties
satisfy modern man's desire to dress in art.
- magician/actor
Oh
I have been to Ludlow fair, And left my necktie God knows where,
And carried half way home or near, pints and quarts of Ludlow beer.
A.E. Housman - scholar and poet. 1859 - 1936
A
well tied tie is the first serious step in life.
Oscar Wilde - wit, poet, dramatist 1854-1900 --
he tied his first tie at the age of two while wearing a smoking
jacket
A
stately neck is manhood's manliest part.
Oliver Wendal Holmes - American Supreme Court Justice
With
an evening coat and a white tie, anybody, even a stock broker, can
gain a reputation for being civilized.
Oscar Wilde, from "A Picture Of Dorian Gray",
1891.
Clothes
and manners do not make the man; but, when he is made, they greatly
improve his appearance.
Henry Ward Beecher - American protestant preacher,
1813-1887
Stars
in the purple dusk above the rooftops,
Pale in the saffron mist and seem to die,
And I myself on a swiftly tilting planet,
Stand before a glass and tie my tie.
Conrad Aiken - American writer and critic, 1889-1973
Never
in the history of fashion has so little material been raised so
high to reveal so much that needs to be covered so badly.
Jim Klobuchar - Possibly referring to the inability
of his thin necktie to cover an unsightly beer-belly!
Your
socks should match your tie.
David G. Hartwell
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