Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken.
Jonathan Swift
The event of the landing of these brethren upon our shores is to be, not without its beneficial effect, as well to the colored population of this... →
Lewis Tappan
I kept my promises.
Scott Walker
One of those promises was to limit the size of government and to have the government serve the people - and not the other way around.
It is a curious thing... that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilized taste.
Evelyn Waugh
Beauty always promises, but never gives anything.
Simone Weil
An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.
Mae West
God's promises are all on condition of humble obedience.
Ellen G. White
Politics in a democracy is transactional: Politicians seek votes by promising to do things for voters, who seek promises in exchange for their votes.
George Will
You have to be up-front from the very beginning about what your expectations of the other person are, and you can't make any promises you... →
Jesse Williams