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:

    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)

    At fifteen, beauty and talent do not exist; there can only be promise of the coming woman.
    HonorĂ© De Balzac (1799–1850)

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