Politicians are the same all over; they promise to build a bridge even where there is no water. —Nikita Kruschchev More about this quote Tags: politics corruption promises Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
A promise made is a debt unpaid. —Robert W. Service More about this quote Tags: debt 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
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
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
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
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
He that promises most will perform least. —Gaelic Proverb More about this quote Tags: promises Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
He who promises more than he is able to perform, is false to himself; and he who does not perform what he has promised, is a traitor to his friend. —George Shelley More about this quote Tags: promises Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
You can make those promises with just as much passion the second time around. Such is the regenerative power of the human heart. —Marion Wink More about this quote Tags: promises Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
When life seems chaotic, you don't need people giving you easy answers or cheap promises. There might not be any answers to your problems. What you need is a safe place where you can bounce with people who have taken some bad hops of their own. —Gordon Atkinson More about this quote Tags: promises Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The woods are lovely, dark, and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep. —Robert Frost More about this quote Tags: promises Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Magnificent promises are always to be suspected. —Theodore Parker More about this quote Tags: promises Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken. —Jonathan Swift More about this quote Tags: honesty promises Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email