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Wednesday, June 26th, 2024
the Week of Proper 7 / Ordinary 12
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Quotations regarding 'Promise'

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It is our character that supports the promise of our future - far more than particular government programs or policies.
William Bennett, American Politician (1943-  )
I promise you a police car on every sidewalk.
Marion Berry, American Politician (1942-  )
Impartial - unable to perceive any promise of personal advantage from espousing either side of a controversy.
Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist (1842-  )
Every Indian outbreak that I have ever known has resulted from broken promises and broken treaties by the government.
Buffalo Bill, American Celebrity (1846-1917)
If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.
Napoleon Bonaparte, French Leader (1769-1821)
As skills and energy became more of a demand, people who didn't have skills just got left behind, got shuttled to the side. Education didn't keep up with their promise. Education didn't prepare them for this new world. Jobs went overseas.
Julian Bond, American Activist (1940-  )
Let God's promises shine on your problems.
Corrie Ten Boom, Dutch Celebrity (1892-1983)
The notion that Congress can change the meaning given a constitutional provision by the Court is subversive of the function of judicial review; and it is not the less so because the Court promises to allow it only when the Constitution is moved to the left.
Robert Bork, American Public Servant (1927-  )
April is a promise that May is bound to keep.
Hal Borland, American Author (1900-1978)
The musicians are really on board, they're doing a great job together. There is some kind of a good chemistry, I would say affectionate chemistry and it's a huge promise of success.
Lucien Bouchard, Canadian Lawyer (1938-  )
I don't know where I'm going from here, but I promise it won't be boring.
David Bowie, English Musician (1947-  )
Our government has made a number of promises to the men and women who served in our nation's armed forces. Sadly, these promises of health care, education and other benefits have existed more in rhetoric than in reality.
Allen Boyd, American Politician (1945-  )
In the frank expression of conflicting opinions lies the greatest promise of wisdom in governmental action.
Louis D. Brandeis, American Judge (1856-1941)
When he says he loves me, it only means he loves me at that particular instant. Like his promises, which he never keeps. Why does he torment me like this, when he could finish it off at once?
Eva Braun, German Celebrity (1912-1945)
There is just one thing I can promise you about the outer-space program - your tax-dollar will go further.
Wernher von Braun, German Scientist (1912-1977)
This is the first convention of the space age - where a candidate can promise the moon and mean it.
David Brinkley, American Journalist (1920-2003)
What's important is promising something to the people, not actually keeping those promises. The people have always lived on hope alone.
Hermann Broch, German Writer (1886-1951)
There is no single development, in either technology or management technique, which by itself promises even one order-of-magnitude improvement within a decade in productivity, in reliability, in simplicity.
Frederick P. Brooks, Jr., -
Year after year, President Bush has broken his campaign promises on college aid. And year after year, the Republican leadership in Congress has let him do it.
Sherrod Brown, American Politician (1952-  )
America knows it has got to deal with its deficit problems so that it, too, can promise it is making its proper and best contributions to the world economy.
Gordon Brown, British Politician (1951-  )
 
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