#promise

The United States is the ultimate land of optimistic promise, but it also gave birth to quintessentially pessimistic tragedy: 'Moby-Dick.' ↗

— A. N. Wilson

#birth #gave #land #optimistic #pessimistic

While I can't promise you that I'm going to be a perfect candidate and I can't promise you that I'm not going to make mistakes, I can unequivocally promise you that no one, no one, will work harder on your behalf, no one will fight harder with you and no one will make you more proud. ↗

— Alexi Giannoulias

#candidate #fight #going #harder #i

As a child I was a great liar. Fortunately my mother liked my lies. I promised her marvelous things. ↗

— Gunter Grass

#fortunately #great #her #i #liar

Art is uncompromising and life is full of compromises. ↗

— Gunther Grass

#compromises #full #life #uncompromising

Sure, I could of done it different... put my clown in a closet and dressed up in straight clothing. I could of compromised my essence, and swallowed my soul. ↗

— Wavy Gravy

#clothing #clown #compromised #could #different

Political promises are much like marriage vows. They are made at the beginning of the relationship between candidate and voter, but are quickly forgotten. ↗

— Dick Gregory

#between #candidate #forgotten #like #made

So I promise you that this State of the State, like a good pizza, will be delivered in 25 minutes or less. ↗

— Ruth Ann Minner

#good #i #less #like #minutes

This evolution may compromise Java's claim of being simpler than C++, but my guess is that the effort will make Java a better language than it is today. ↗

— Bjarne Stroustrup

#better #claim #compromise #effort #evolution

Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of God's approval. ↗

— Thomas S. Monson

#approval #brings #compromise #courage #god

I will keep the promise I made to you to open a new era on the Korean peninsula, based on strong security and trust-based diplomacy. ↗

— Park Geun-hye

#diplomacy #era #i #keep #korean