#promises

In the first place, you shouldn't believe in promises. The world is full of them: the promises of riches, of eternal salvation, of infinite love. Some people think they can promise anything, others accept whatever seems to guarantee better days ahead, as, I suspect is your case. Those who make promises they don't keep end up powerless and frustrated, and exactly the fate awaits those who believe promises. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#love

So you know, I think that the federal government, the Democrats, and President Obama are selling a lot of hope and change, but no delivery of any of those promises. ↗

— Jan Brewer

#change #delivery #democrats #federal #federal government

Money and corruption are ruining the land, crooked politicians betray the working man, pocketing the profits and treating us like sheep, and we're tired of hearing promises that we know they'll never keep. ↗

— Ray Davies

#corruption #crooked #hearing #keep #know

Real Democrats don't make promises they can't keep. ↗

— Howard Dean

#keep #make #promises #real

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

Art is uncompromising and life is full of compromises. ↗

— Gunther Grass

#compromises #full #life #uncompromising

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

The Chief Whip's job is trying to make sure that the Government - and MPs elected as part of the governing party - deliver the promises that they were elected on. That's a healthy part of the democratic process. ↗

— Geoff Hoon

#deliver #democratic #democratic process #elected #governing

My theory of change is that there are already millions of people working day in and day out on the ground to deliver on promises on global change. We need to strengthen those institutions and help those people in the field. ↗

— Chris Hughes

#change #day #deliver #field #global

We have to find compromises. That's the way it is in Norway. ↗

— Kjell Magne Bondevik

#find #norway #way