I was merely endeavoring to indicate that if we do not grab events by the collar they will have us by the throat. -Lord Vetinari. Terry Pratchett
There were some books that reached through the noise of life to grab you by the collar and speak only of the truest things. Jeffrey Eugenides
Hall: This is all nonsense [and] you're getting all hot under the collar about nothing. It's the Great British patois. All great truths begin as blasphemies, so why castigate Rooney, young tender sweet bud-on-the-vine [Wayne] Rooney. Your average ten year old can instruct you in oral and anal sex. Stuart Hall
You call this a party? The beer is warm, the women cold and I'm hot under the collar. Groucho Marx
Abuse doesn't hang on the collar. Russian Proverb
An old dog does not grow used to the collar. Italian Proverb