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"Ye who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy, and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of hope; who expect that age will perform the promises of youth, and that the deficiencies of the present day will be supplied by the morrow, - attend to the history of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia."
"The Democrats promised equalizing outcomes through unlimited federal assistance while Republicans offered something that seemed less tangible - the promise of equalizing opportunity through free markets."
"The Republican promise is for policies that create economic growth. Republicans believe lower taxes, less regulation, balanced budgets, a solvent Social Security and Medicare will stimulate economic growth."
"Here's what I suggest," he said. "You pretend that rats can think, and I'll promise to pretend that humans can think, too."
"The journeythe journey, I promise you, is the greatest thing ever. The destination always takes care of itself."
"We face the future with our past and our present as guarantors of our promises; and we are content to stand or to fall by the record which we have made and are making."
"I like sincerely talking about market analysis and how marketing is ahead of design and design needs to catch up to fulfill the promise of the marketing."
"Every time there was an unspoken promise that this would be the last time, but it would only be the last time until the next time."
"Proper wedding vows are more a promise of mutually binding future love than a declaration of your present love."
"Nemo tam divos habuit faventes, Crastinum ut possit sibi polliceri. Nobody has ever found the gods so much his friends that he can promise himself another day."
"Marketers need to spend less time making promises and more time keeping them."
"We live in a vague world. And it gets vaguer all the time. In this environment, the power of the specific, measurable and useful promise made and kept is difficult to overstate."
"Any customer that walks away, disrespected and defeated, represents tens of thousands of dollars out the door, in addition to the failure of a promise the brand made in the first place. You can't see it but it's happening, daily."
"Before you promise to change the world, it makes sense to do the hard work of changing your neighborhood."
"I've seen the same promises -- more jobs, higher wages, the jobs don't materialize ... the promises are remade."
"The promise of equality is not the same as true equality."
"We deserve each other, Luis … and I need you just as much as you need me. Hold me.” He steps closer, but hesitates. “If I do, mi chava, I can’t promise I’ll be able to let you go."
"Promises were like bad checks, easy to write and hard to cash."
"Each child born on earth Is a unique promise of God To God Himself."
"A man should never give promises in bed."
