Parents are sometimes a bit of a disappointment to their children. They don't fulfill the promise of their early years.
Anthony Powell

People have tremendous power, more than the average person understands, and certainly more than even I understood before I came to Congress. When any of my constituents writes me a letter, I promise you, we're listening.
Charlie Norwood

Please accept a promise from me in his name that I will always live in the religion in which he died.
Giacomo Meyerbeer

Please give me some good advice in your next letter. I promise not to follow it.
Edna St. Vincent Millay

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build bridges even when there are no rivers.
Nikita Khrushchev

President Reagan was elected on the promise of getting government off the backs of the people and now he demands that government wrap itself around the waists of the people.
Ralph Nader

Promise a lot and give even more.
Anthony J. D'Angelo

Promise is most given when the least is said.
George Chapman

Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
A. A. Milne

Promise yourself to live your life as a revolution and not just a process of evolution.
Anthony J. D'Angelo

Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement.
Samuel Johnson

Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform.
William Penn

Science reckons many prophets, but there is not even a promise of a Messiah.
Thomas Huxley

Senator Hillary Clinton is attacking President Bush for breaking his campaign promise to cut carbon dioxide emissions, saying a promise made, a promise broken. And then out of habit, she demanded that Bush spend the night on the couch.
Craig Kilborn

So I promise you that this State of the State, like a good pizza, will be delivered in 25 minutes or less.
Ruth Ann Minner

So the reason that the Bay of Pigs failed was that the original promise made by Eisenhower was not kept by the subsequent Administration. It allowed hostile air to wipe out the approaching invasion force.
E. Howard Hunt

Someone once accused me of being like Eliot Ness. I sad no sir, I'm not E.N., but I can promise you that I'm not Al Capone!
Robert Stack

Stem cell research holds enormous promise for easing human suffering, and federal support is critical to its success.
Tom Harkin

Stem cell research holds out the promise of finding cures and treatments for a wide range of diseases.
Tom Allen

Success is full of promise till one gets it, and then it seems like a nest from which the bird has flown.
Henry Ward Beecher