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:

    “I am not sure but all that would tempt me to teach the Indian my religion would be his promise to teach me his.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “Despair is perfectly compatible with a good dinner, I promise you.”
    —William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863)

    “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)