Promise

Famous quotes containing the word promise:

“There is nothing man will not attempt when great enterprises hold out the promise of great rewards.”
—Titus Livius (Livy)

“Why didst thou promise such a beauteous day,
And make me travel forth without my cloak,
To let base clouds o’ertake me in my way,”
—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)