Quotes about Breaking Promises

Congress seems to thrive on breaking promises and passing unfunded mandates down to local government. It's really just a matter of priorities. Votes: 4

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. Votes: 4

I like breaking the rules. Votes: 3

There's no point breaking a lot of crockery unnecessarily. Votes: 3

The breaking of a wave cannot explain the whole sea. Votes: 3

Shame on the body for breaking down while the spirit perseveres. Votes: 3

I would rather be accused of breaking precedents than breaking promises. Votes: 3

There's something about taking a plow and breaking new ground. It gives you energy. Votes: 3

My show was revolutionary, ground-breaking. When I came on the scene, people were not doing a thing. Votes: 3

What we want is a lasting peace. We will oppose soft measures which invite the breaking of the peace. Votes: 3

You have to create a track record of breaking your own mold, or at least other people's idea of that mold. Votes: 3

If you are going to be progressive, then you have to make progress. And that sometimes depends on breaking a few legs. Votes: 3

We often hear of people breaking down from overwork, but in nine out of ten they are really suffering from worry or anxiety. Votes: 3

I didn't want to let women down. One of the stereotypes I see breaking is the idea of aging and older women not being beautiful. Votes: 3

Everything Sholom Aleichem talks about in his plays and his short stories is about people, family, man's relationship with his God, the breaking down of tradition. Votes: 3

Pakistan could be uneasy on the position of Indian military. But both the countries should take a bold decision, breaking from their past, to transform their relationship. Votes: 3

The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colours breaking through. Votes: 3

Yet, in spite of this world-wide system of linkages, there is, at this very moment, a general feeling that communication is breaking down everywhere, on an unparalleled scale. Votes: 3

The stones tear like flesh, rather than breaking. Although what happens is violent, it is a violence that is in stone. A tear is more unnerving than a break. Votes: 3

All I wanted to do was ride skateboards - I wanted to be a professional skateboarder. But I had this problem. I kept breaking half of my body skateboarding. Votes: 3

It was very much a cry for democratic control at that time. Above all, breaking the accomplished power of a few people to rule the lives of everybody else. Votes: 3

The Democratic Party, all the candidates from Washington, they all know each other, they all move in the same circles, and what I'm doing is breaking into the country club. Votes: 3

If the breaking news story had to do with hard news, politics specifically, I had a lot to do with it. If it had to do with music, Kurt Loder was more involved. Votes: 3

Lesbian existence comprises both the breaking of a taboo and the rejection of a compulsory way of life. It is also a direct or indirect attack on the male right of access to women. Votes: 3

Losers make promises they often break. Winners make commitments they always keep. Votes: 2

Create your own method. Don't depend slavishly on mine. Make up something that will work for you! But keep breaking traditions, I beg you. Votes: 2

Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them. Votes: 1

A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise. Votes: 1

Social Security is a promise that we cannot and must not break. Votes: 1

When a politician bends the truth or a CEO breaks a promise, trust takes a beating. Votes: 1

The promise of education reform can never be fulfilled without adequate funding, and by shortchanging our schools, President Bush is breaking his promise to our children. Votes: 1

Barack Obama isn't the first politician to break a promise, torture the truth or outright lie to the American people. But, he certainly is among the most accomplished at it. Votes: 1

Few things tend more to alienate friendship than a want of punctuality in our engagements. I have known the breach of a promise to dine or sup to break up more than one intimacy. Votes: 1

I mean, look, Nancy Pelosi said in the very beginning this is going to be the most open, honest and ethical Congress in history. And what we're seeing is she's breaking that promise every day. Votes: 1

What makes us feel pessimistic about the world, ultimately, is the way the media encourage us to believe that our fate hangs on the every move of the promise-breaking, terminally disappointing Teflon liars in Washington. Votes: 1

The god of the Christians, as we have seen, is the god who makes promises only to break them; who sends them pestilence and disease in order to heal them; a god who demoralizes mankind in order to improve it. Votes: 1

Glamour is a beautiful illusion - the word 'glamour' originally meant a literal magic spell - that promises to transcend ordinary life and make the ideal real. It depends on a special combination of mystery and grace. Too much information breaks the spell. Votes: 1

I must learn to love the fool in me - the one who feels too much, talks too much, takes too many chances, wins sometimes and loses often, lacks self-control, loves and hates, hurts and gets hurt, promises and breaks promises, laughs and cries. Votes: 1

Obama is not the messiah any longer. He is now your standard, ordinary, everyday politician who lies, who breaks promises, who's in it for himself, who can't do anything on his own. He's not qualified. All of this is becoming known, sadly, too late. Votes: 1

Instead of following through on their promise to concentrate on jobs, Republicans have attacked seniors, working families, women, and the most vulnerable among us. They have pursued an extreme agenda that would end Medicare as we know it and cut Social Security benefits in order to continue giving tax breaks to Big Oil and millionaires. Votes: 1