#promise

The people ask much, often more than any government can give. We must resist the temptation to promise solutions to all problems. ↗

— Jane Byrne

#ask #give #government #more #much

I am perfectly happy to compromise and work with anybody: Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians - I'll work with Martians if - and the if is critical - they're willing to cut spending and reduce the debt. ↗

— Ted Cruz

#anybody #compromise #critical #cut #debt

There was a stool there, and some fella kept asking me if I wanted to sit down. When I saw the stool sitting there, it gave me the idea. I'll just put the stool out there and I'll talk to Mr. Obama and ask him why he didn't keep all of the promises he made to everybody. ↗

— Clint Eastwood

#asking #down #everybody #fella #gave

In view of our public pledges, we public officials can never again go before the public merely promising election reform. The time for promises is past. ↗

— Charles Edison

#before #election #go #merely #never

Stem cell research holds enormous promise for easing human suffering, and federal support is critical to its success. ↗

— Tom Harkin

#cell research #critical #easing #enormous #federal

Nothing is as easy to make as a promise this winter to do something next summer; this is how commencement speakers are caught. ↗

— Sydney J. Harris

#commencement #easy #how #make #next

I imagine like most of us that I'd like obscene amounts of money but the people I met and worked with who have those obscene amounts of money and have obscene amounts of fame have awful lives. Really. I mean hideously compromised lives. And I can go anywhere. No one knows who I am. ↗

— Jason Isaacs

#anywhere #awful #compromised #fame #go

California is a tragic country - like Palestine, like every Promised Land. ↗

— Christopher Isherwood

#country #every #land #like #palestine

I'll bet Shakespeare compromised himself a lot; anybody who's in the entertainment industry does to some extent. ↗

— Christopher Isherwood

#bet #compromised #does #entertainment #entertainment industry

With these kinds of proposals, the devil is in the details. We're going to examine this realignment closely. We will fight any measure that compromises our needs - now or in the future. ↗

— John B. Larson

#closely #compromises #details #devil #examine