Promise

Promise

A promise is a commitment by someone to do or not do something.

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Famous quotes containing the word promise:

    “Good Master Mustardseed, I know your patience well. That same cowardly, giant-like ox-beef hath devoured many a gentleman of your house. I promise you, your kindred hath made my eyes water ere now.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “I promise you, but for your company,
    I would have been a-bed an hour ago.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “The ornament is a statuette, a black figure of a bird. I am prepared to pay on behalf of the figure’s rightful owner the sum of $5000 for its recovery. I am prepared to promise, to promise ... what is the phrase?—’No questions will be asked.’”
    —John Huston (1906–1987)