#mises

It is a curious thing... that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilized taste. ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

#anyone #civilized #creed #curious #every

Beauty always promises, but never gives anything. ↗

— Simone Weil

#anything #beauty #gives #never #promises

An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises. ↗

— Mae West

#performance #pounds #promises #worth

Our music doesn't make many compromises, but we take it into a venue that's larger than people expect. ↗

— Ian Williams

#expect #into #larger #make #many

Art is uncompromising and life is full of compromises. ↗

— Gunther Grass

#compromises #full #life #uncompromising

Political promises are much like marriage vows. They are made at the beginning of the relationship between candidate and voter, but are quickly forgotten. ↗

— Dick Gregory

#between #candidate #forgotten #like #made

It's necessary for Israelis and Palestinians to make the compromises that are required to get the direct talks back on track. ↗

— William Hague

#compromises #direct #get #israelis #make

Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them. ↗

— William Hazlitt

#breaking #people #pleasure #promises #some

You don't repair that relationship by sitting down and talking about trust or making promises. Actually, what rebuilds it is living it and doing things differently - and I think that is what is going to make the difference. ↗

— Patricia Hewitt

#actually #difference #differently #doing #down

Keep every promise you make and only make promises you can keep. ↗

— Anthony Hitt

#keep #make #only #promise #promises