#promises

If a slave is unwilling to go with his new master, he is whipped, or locked up in jail, until he consents to go, and promises not to run away during the year. ↗

— Harriet Ann Jacobs

#during #go #his #jail #locked

It is easy to make promises - it is hard work to keep them. ↗

— Boris Johnson

#hard #hard work #keep #make #promises

But the best thing Washington can do for education is realize that our role is limited. Washington must keep its promises, but let those who know our childrens' names- parents, teachers and school board members- make education decisions. ↗

— Mark Kennedy

#board #decisions #education #keep #know

Part of Washington keeping its promises is a focus on directing more dollars into our local classrooms. ↗

— Mark Kennedy

#directing #dollars #focus #into #keeping

You know, to address crowds and make promises does not require very much brains. ↗

— Eduard Shevardnadze

#brains #crowds #does #know #make

What writer wants to make compromises with story? Story is the only reason you're in it. ↗

— David Simon

#make #only #reason #story #wants

I'm not ready to do any compromises for my work. ↗

— Audrey Tautou

#compromises #i #ready #work

I often wish... that I could rid the world of the tyranny of facts. What are facts but compromises? A fact merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease. ↗

— Bliss Carman

#cease #compromises #could #fact #facts

I am a journalist in the field of etiquette. I try to find out what the most genteel people regularly do, what traditions they have discarded, what compromises they have made. ↗

— Amy Vanderbilt

#compromises #discarded #etiquette #field #find

When a man has been consistently battering his wife, he shouldn't expect a bouquet of roses from her the morning after he promises to stop. ↗

— Joe Slovo

#been #bouquet #consistently #expect #her