#promises

I am a journalist in the field of etiquette. I try to find out what the most genteel people regularly do, what traditions they have discarded, what compromises they have made. ↗

— Amy Vanderbilt

#compromises #discarded #etiquette #field #find

Have you ever found any logical reason why mutual promises are sufficient consideration for one another (like the two lean horses of a Calcutta hack who can only just stand together)? I have not. ↗

— Frederick Pollock

#any #consideration #ever #found #hack

One promises much, to avoid giving little. ↗

— Luc de Clapiers

#giving #little #much #promises

Social Security and Medicare represent promises made and we must keep these commitments. ↗

— Tom Coburn

#keep #made #medicare #must #promises

I believe keeping our promises should be our highest priority and that means saving Social Security and Medicare while preserving the American dream for our children and grandchildren. ↗

— Tom Coburn

#american dream #believe #children #dream #grandchildren

The cooperation of navies from around the world promises high tactical value for the ships, aircraft, and divers involved; while demonstrating international resolve in defending maritime security against potential threats. ↗

— John C. Stennis

#aircraft #around #cooperation #defending #demonstrating

Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes... but no plans. ↗

— Peter Drucker

#hopes #made #only #plans #promises

It is hard to cement any relations with any country based on promises that may not be deliverable. ↗

— Jim Leach

#based #cement #country #hard #may

Since Social Security faces a large gap between what it promises younger workers and what it can afford to pay them, private savings will likely need to play a larger role in retirement planning for younger workers. ↗

— Ron Lewis

#between #faces #gap #large #larger

When you work in the United States Senate, and you are around people of all different ideas and beliefs, you realize that what our Founding Fathers did that was so genius, is that they made the Senate the place where compromises are supposed to happen because of the makeup of the Senate. ↗

— Claire McCaskill

#because #beliefs #compromises #did #different