He that promises most will perform least. —Gaelic Proverb More about this quote Tags: promises Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
More quotations tagged with “promises” Promises that you make to yourself are often like the Japanese plum tree - they bear no fruit. —Francis Marion More about this quote Tags: promises Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises; for never intending to go beyond promises; it costs nothing. —Edmund Burke More about this quote Tags: promises Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email No wonder Americans hate politics when, year in and year out, they hear politicians make promises that won't come true because they don't even mean them - campaign fantasies that win elections but don't get nations moving again. —Bill Clinton More about this quote Tags: promises Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email The best way to keep one's word is not to give it. —Napoleon Bonaparte More about this quote Tags: silence promises Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email She had made a promise to herself that she intended on keeping. She was never going to go out with another writer: no matter how charming, sensitive, inventive, or fun they could be. They weren't worth it in the long run. They were emotionally too expensive, and the upkeep was complicated. They were like having a vacuum cleaner around the house that broke all the time and only Einstein could fix it. She wanted her next lover to be a broom. —Richard Brautigan More about this quote Tags: love emotion promises writers Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Promises that you make to yourself are often like the Japanese plum tree - they bear no fruit. —Francis Marion More about this quote Tags: promises Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises; for never intending to go beyond promises; it costs nothing. —Edmund Burke More about this quote Tags: promises Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
No wonder Americans hate politics when, year in and year out, they hear politicians make promises that won't come true because they don't even mean them - campaign fantasies that win elections but don't get nations moving again. —Bill Clinton More about this quote Tags: promises Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The best way to keep one's word is not to give it. —Napoleon Bonaparte More about this quote Tags: silence promises Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
She had made a promise to herself that she intended on keeping. She was never going to go out with another writer: no matter how charming, sensitive, inventive, or fun they could be. They weren't worth it in the long run. They were emotionally too expensive, and the upkeep was complicated. They were like having a vacuum cleaner around the house that broke all the time and only Einstein could fix it. She wanted her next lover to be a broom. —Richard Brautigan More about this quote Tags: love emotion promises writers Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email