#promise

I think a man becomes less than a man when he begins to compromise on what he believes is right. ↗

— Mike Singletary

#begins #believes #compromise #i #i think

When a man has been consistently battering his wife, he shouldn't expect a bouquet of roses from her the morning after he promises to stop. ↗

— Joe Slovo

#been #bouquet #consistently #expect #her

Someone once accused me of being like Eliot Ness. I sad no sir, I'm not E.N., but I can promise you that I'm not Al Capone! ↗

— Robert Stack

#al #al capone #being #capone #eliot

But, after all, the aim of art is to create space - space that is not compromised by decoration or illustration, space within which the subjects of painting can live. ↗

— Frank Stella

#aim #art #compromised #create #decoration

I've made a promise to myself to be a 100% healthy person if nothing else. ↗

— Picabo Street

#else #healthy #healthy person #i #made

I never promised you a rose garden. ↗

— Traian Basescu

#i #never #promised #rose #you

I often wish... that I could rid the world of the tyranny of facts. What are facts but compromises? A fact merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease. ↗

— Bliss Carman

#cease #compromises #could #fact #facts

While we have made great progress in increasing funding for veterans' benefits, we still have a long way to go in fully meeting the promise to our veterans. ↗

— Sue Kelly

#fully #funding #go #great #great progress

The Europeans had made two promises to the United States if Marshall Plan help was forthcoming. The first promise was maximum self-help on the part of every country; and second, maximum mutual aid. ↗

— Paul Hoffman

#country #europeans #every #first #forthcoming

We cannot sacrifice innocent human life now for vague and exaggerated promises of medical treatments thirty of forty years from now. There are ways to pursue this technology and respect life at the same time. ↗

— Ernest Istook

#exaggerated #forty #forty years #human #human life