Quotes with promised

  • Instead of passing blithely over into that Promised Land, flowing almost literally with milk and honey, it may be our destiny to wander a full 40 years or more in the wilderness of doubt and divided sentiments.

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  • Barbara Demick China's one-child policy was born in 1980, after years of less severe measures to discourage births. The Communist Party promised that the policy would be temporary.
    Barbara Demick
    American journalist
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  • Wayne Dyer Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
    Wayne Dyer
    American philosopher, self-help author, and a motivational speaker. (1940 - 2015)
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  • Francis Quarles He that hath promised pardon on our repentance hat not promised life till we repent.
    Francis Quarles
    British poet (1592 - 1644)
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  • Martin Luther King I just want to do God's will. And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked over, and I've seen the Promised Land.
    Martin Luther King
    American preacher (1929 - 1968)
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  • Buddy Valastro I promised my daughter I'd name my first restaurant after her, but now the other kids are like, 'Dad, what about us?' I'm gonna have to open four restaurants!
    Buddy Valastro
    American baker and reality television personality (1977 - )
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  • A. N. Wilson I should prefer to have a politician who regularly went to a massage parlour than one who promised a laptop computer for every teacher.
    A. N. Wilson
    English writer and columnist (1950 - )
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  • Walter Winchell I usually get my stuff from people who promised somebody else that they would keep it a secret.
    Walter Winchell
    American newspaper and radio commentator (1897 - 1972)
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  • Jay Levinson In order to sell a product or a service, a company must establish a relationship with the consumer. It must build trust and rapport. It must understand the customer's needs, and it must provide a product that delivers the promised benefits.
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  • Benjamin Graham Instead of passing blithely over into that Promised Land, flowing almost literally with milk and honey, it may be our destiny to wander a full 40 years or more in the wilderness of doubt and divided sentiments.
    Storage and Stability Part I, Ch. I, The Changing Role of Surplus Stocks
    Benjamin Graham
    British-born American economist, professor and investor (1894 - 1976)
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  • John F. Kennedy My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government - he promised Dad he'd go straight.
    John F. Kennedy
    American politician (1917 - 1963)
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  • B. B. King My last divorce was in '68. What made it come to a head was a promise. See, I had promised her that the next year I wouldn't work as much. But then I got in trouble with the IRS, and I had to continue working just as much to pay the government. So she said I lied, which is something I never did.
    B. B. King
    American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer (1925 - 2015)
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  • Havelock Ellis The Promised Land always lies on the other side of a Wilderness.
    Havelock Ellis
    British psychologist (1859 - 1939)
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  • Carl Rowan The Reagan Administration has fostered a climate in which a barest majority of the Supreme Court caters to the passions and hatreds of the American mob, stripping away the constitutional shield outside our bedrooms.... How tragically ironic that an Administration that promised to get Government off our backs is now so active in draping Government gumshoes over every part of our anatomies.
    Carl Rowan
    American government official, journalist and author (1925 - 2000)
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  • Oscar Wilde They've promised that dreams can come true - but forgot to mention that nightmares are dreams, too.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Carlos Salinas Today we know that centralization and big bureaucracies have not, as promised, been the answer for promoting better opportunities for society.
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  • Bob Ney We not only have a legal obligation to honor our commitments, we have a moral obligation to provide the coverage we promised to provide to these people.
    Bob Ney
    American politician (1954 - )
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  • C. S. Lewis We were promised sufferings. They were part of the program. We were even told, ''Blessed are they that morn.''
    C. S. Lewis
    Irish novelist and poet (1898 - 1963)
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  • Bobby Jindal When I ran for Congress I promised to help make health care affordable again.
    Bobby Jindal
    American politician (1971 - )
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  • Anna Freud Who promised you that only for joy were you brought to this earth?
    Anna Freud
    Austrian-British psychoanalyst (1895 - 1982)
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  • Kimo Paki You can't bring back the past, and you're not promised the future, so enjoy life now.
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