Globally, the toll-free numbers advertised by companies promise more than they deliver. And even websites are at pains to ensure that customers cannot get through to individuals, so there are no names, phone numbers or direct e-mail IDs to people in charge.
I mean, look, Nancy Pelosi said in the very beginning this is going to be the most open, honest and ethical Congress in history. And what we’re seeing is she’s breaking that promise every day.
Every American president must be held to the highest standard. No president of any color should be given a free pass for screw-ups, lies or failure to keep a promise.
As a voice for Georgia in the U.S. Senate, I’m committed to making sure Washington is keeping its promise to our veterans.
When people campaign for positions, they promise people all kinds of things.
Now, let me be clear. The path I lay out is not one paved with ever increasing government checks and cradle to grave assurance that government will always be the solution. If this election is a bidding war for who can promise the most goodies and the most benefits, I’m not your president. You have that president today.
If you are nice, and keep your promise, we will be in paradise.
The rules are all in a sixty-four-page pamphlet by Aristotle called ‘Poetics.’ It was written almost three thousand years ago, but I promise you, if something is wrong with what you’re writing, you’ve probably broken one of Aristotle’s rules.
Rejecting the fundamental provision of the Civil Rights Act is a rejection of the foundational promise of America that all men and women should be treated equally, a promise for which many Americans have lost their lives.
The true measure of success for the U.N. is not how much we promise, but how much we deliver for those who need us most.
I will not promise what I cannot deliver. And I will never hide the cost of what I propose.
We are a people trying not only to solve the problems of the present: unemployment, inflation… but we are attempting on a larger scale to fulfill the promise of America.
You may never need them, but if you do, they’ll be there. It’s that bedrock promise of protection that makes our public safety officials the unsung heroes that they are.
I made myself a promise that every time I turned on the microphone, no matter what it was, I was going to say something of value.
Keep every promise you make and only make promises you can keep.
The lack of diversity in higher education is a problem we as a country must tackle if we’re going to live up to our promise.
When Captain Moussa Dadis Camara came to power, too many thought he would hold to his promise to stand down, introduce democratic elections and restore the rule of law.
Girls we love for what they are; young men for what they promise to be.
What I promise to my actors, and to my director, is to give them the salary and everything they need.
We promise in proportion to our hopes, and we deliver in proportion to our fears.
Every president thinks that all information that comes to the White House is their private preserve after they all promise an open administration on the campaign trail, but some are more secretive than others. Some want to lock down everything.
Japan’s beautiful seas and its territory are under threat, and young people are having trouble finding hope in the future amid economic slump. I promise to protect Japan’s land and sea, and the lives of the Japanese people no matter what.
One of the defining moments in my life was when I had the privilege to speak to him over the phone. I couldn’t say anything – I was tongue tied. I just cried out of sheer happiness. That day I made a promise to myself; One day I will play for Sachin’s team- I’ll play for team India.
Promise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
The ‘Podunk Times’ is not going to have a good dance critic, I absolutely promise you that. There’s just not enough dance there.
I promise you I try very hard to stay out of party politics. I run away from it.
This is the first convention of the space age – where a candidate can promise the moon and mean it.
We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
Slavery was the betrayal of the American Promise at the moment that promise was made.
Marx was fortunate to have been born eighty years before Walt Disney. Disney also promised a child’s paradise and unlike Marx, delivered on his promise.
When I got into politics, it was a shock. People promise all sorts of things and then never deliver.
I promise that I will continue to do different films and if I feel that the film has not come out well, I will even stop the release. That’s the reason I produce all my films.
My mother once said to me, ‘You must promise to be happy; it is the greatest favour you can do to others’. It has guided me throughout my life.
Our politicians may fail us, but Status Quo always delivers on the promise.
There is a quiet about the life of a farmer, and the hope of a serene old age, that no other business or profession can promise.
I thought Winston Churchill was a young man of promise, but it appears he is a young man of promises.
We acknowledge we are a blessed nation with a rich history of faith and fortitude, with a future that is filled with promise and purpose.
We promised new benefits to seniors like preventive screening and diabetes testing. We kept that promise.
In the worst of times, music is a promise that times are meant to be better.
Credit default swap is basically just an agreement that I have with you, where I sell you insurance on some bond you own. If the bond goes belly up, I promise to pay you. And as long as the bond doesn’t go belly up, you pay me for selling you insurance.
When we consider the beginning of our life, and compare the same with the eternal life, which we have in the promise, we cannot say nor find that we are at home in this life.
I always wanted to tell the story of how Pearl Jam is the story of lightning striking twice. As well as being the flipside of the classic rock tale where great promise ends in tragedy. This is where tragedy begins great promise.
Star Trek’s insight lay in the promise of going to the stars together, with well-defined stereotypes who could supply the emotional frame for the potentially jarring truths of these distant places.
We have put the energy needs and costs of hardworking Coloradans before any special interest agenda or false promise.
As to the Indians, the guiding principle was, promise them anything just so long as they get out of the way.
I can understand if you think that I’m disrespecting the flag by kneeling, but it is because of my utmost respect for the flag and the promise it represents that I have chosen to demonstrate in this way.
Massoumeh Ebtekar is the highest-ranking woman in Iran’s government, a symbol of President Mohammed Khatami’s promise to promote women into high-profile positions.
When President Kennedy was elected, many black Americans, like so many Americans, were captivated by his youth and energy and promise and were especially hopeful that he might move the country in a new direction on civil rights.
Getting into the habit of switching a timer on will, I promise, save you from any number of kitchen disasters.
I promise, before God and my community, to seek reforms so that the powerful and corrupt are no longer above the law.
The status quo will not stand, because we believe in a very different New Mexico. Together we will find the courage to create the promise of tomorrow for our children and their children.
I definitely promise to always make films about issues that matter to me.
I promise myself that I would go and do a play every year.
I can tell you and promise you that I’ve had struggles in my life. And I would love to have people understand that Mitt and I have compassion for people that are struggling.
As skills and energy became more of a demand, people who didn’t have skills just got left behind, got shuttled to the side. Education didn’t keep up with their promise. Education didn’t prepare them for this new world. Jobs went overseas.
People think that the people in Hollywood have some master plan. They just make the movies that people go to see. I think it’s that simple. I promise you if people were lining up around the block to see a Bible movie, they’d make Bible movies from now to the end of time.
When you make a promise, keep it.
You know, this entire industry, and its not just this industry, it’s most people in media, come from one point of view. One. And I am making you a promise on that one. And there is one of me, and they can’t stand that there is one dissenting voice. They can only indict my motives.
America is not just a power, it is a promise. It is not enough for our country to be extraordinary in might; it must be exemplary in meaning.
I promise you that the time will come, if you have tattoos, that you will regret your actions. They cannot be washed off. They are permanent. Only by an expensive and painful process can they be removed. If you are tattooed, then probably for the remainder of your life you will carry it with you.
