Promise

Famous quotes containing the word promise:

“In soliciting donations from his flock, a preacher may promise eternal life in a celestial city whose streets are paved with gold, and that’s none of the law’s business. But if he promises an annual free stay in a luxury hotel on Earth, he’d better have the rooms available.”
—Unknown. Charlotte Observer (October 6, 1989)

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

“Angela Vickers: Did you promise to be a good boy? Not to waste your time on girls?
George Eastman: I don’t waste my time.”
—Michael Wilson (1914–1978)