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I just, I fell in love with these kids. And I didn’t want to see them fall victim to the system. So I made ’em a promise: I told them if they graduated from high school, I would pay for their college education. I have made some empty promises in my life, but hands down that was the most generous. The Office US s6e12: Scott’s Tots, Michael, NBC 2009
No, ’tis hereafter to know, but now to promise. William Shakespeare, Henry V V ii 210-211, King Harry
But what we do determine oft we break.
Purpose is but the slave to memory ...
Most necessary ’tis that we forget
To pay ourselves what to ourselves is debt ...
Our wills and fates do so contrary run
That our devices still are overthrown. William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Player King, III ii @ 180
Promising is the very air o’ th’ time; it opens the eyes of expectation. Performance is ever the duller for his act. William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens V i 23-24
Let me remember thee what thou hast promised
Which is not yet performed me. William Shakespeare, The Tempest I ii 244-245, Ariel
If the Arab nation assist England in this war that has been forced upon us by Turkey, England will guarantee that no international intervention will take place in Arabia, and we will give Arabs every assistance against foreign aggression. Lord Kitchener
The Arabs saw in me a free agent of the British government and demanded from me an endorsement of its written promises. So I had to join the conspiracy. And assured the men of their reward. T E Lawrence
Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement. Samuel Johnson
Broken promises. There have been too many in the last few years. Too many in the last thirty years ... You can say goodbye to broken promises and hello to hope. Nick Clegg, Lib Dem Party Political Broadcast April 2010
A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise. Niccolo Machiavelli
A promise made is a debt unpaid, and the trail had its own stern code. Robert W Service, The Cremation of Sam McGee, 1907
As soon as one promises not to do something, it becomes the one thing above all others that one most wishes to do. Georgette Heyer, Venetia
I am stuffing your mouth with your
promises and watching
you vomit them out upon my face. Anne Sexton
I beg your pardon
I never promised you a rose garden
Along with the sunshine
There’s gotta be a little rain some time. Lynn Anderson, Rose Garden
We promise according to our hopes, and perform according to our fears. François de la Rochefoucauld, Maxims 39
The promise was void, like so many other sweet, illusory promises of our childhood; void as promises made in Eden before the seasons were divided, and when the starry blossoms grew side by side with the ripening peach, – impossible to be fulfilled when the golden gates had been passed. George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss
You promised you’d stop smoking when I did. You promised you’d go back to the gym. You promised you’d try drinking red wine instead of beer. You promised you’d come on holiday with me … You promised things would change. Shaun of the Dead 2004 starring Sean Pegg & Nick Frost & Kate Ashfield & Lucy Davis & Dylan Moran & Penelope Wilton & Bill Nighty & Jessica Stevenson & Martin Freeman & Reece Shearsmith et al, director Edgar Wright, her to him
I’m better, Bridge [Bridget]. I promise. Ray Donovan s4e1: Girl with Guitar, father to daughter, Showtime 2016
What happened to you promising you wouldn’t do this again? The Cage Fighter, wife, 2017
Cross my heart, Cyrus and Sam are not going to get my 1%. Trailer Park Boys s8e9: Righties Loosies, Lefties Tighties, Mr Lehey to Julian
Togeir: I promise I won’t fuck up again.
Frank: Let’s not be too hasty with the promises. Let’s just take one day at a time. Lilyhammer s2e1: Millwall Brick, Netflix 2013
It’s a special kind of fool who relies on the promise of a drunkard. Boardwalk Empire s2e4 Margaret to servants, HBO 2011
The only people truly bound by campaign promises are the voters who believe them. Christopher Hitchens