8 quotes found
“Promise was like a precious stone, she told me: hypnotising, but after a while the weight of it could sink you.”
“Science reckons many prophets, but there is not even a promise of a Messiah.”
“Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform.”
“When did the future switch from being a promise to a threat?”
“An acre of performance is worth the whole world of promise.”
“He who is the most slow in making a promise is the most faithful in the performance of it.”
“Promise and pie-crust are made to be broken.”
“Undertake not what you cannot perform but be careful to keep your promise.”
