“I made a promise to keep a watch over myself, to remain master of myself, so that I might become a sure observer.” MadeMightWatchesMastersPromiseObservationObservers Book:Noa Noa: The Tahitian Journal Source: Noa Noa: The Tahitian Journal
“I'm fairly certain that, at this very minute, the [Mars Polar Lander] is floating somewhere around the Neptune feeling tired and cranky and looking for a Holiday Inn.Of course, you'd have to have a heart of titanium not to feel a twinge of sadness while watching those dejected NASA scientiest waiting by the phone like the class wallflower on prom week.On the other hand, it was kind of fun to watch a bunch of men waiting by the phone and seeing how they feel when someone promises they'll call and then YOU NEVER HEAR FROM HIM AGAIN.” MenFeelsHeartKindFeelingsHandsCertainCoursesFunWaitingClassWatchesSeeingWeekSadnessMinutesPromiseTiredPhonesBunchHolidayMarsFloatingNasaPromInnsCrankyNeptuneDejected Author:Celia Rivenbark
“When it comes to bullshit, you have to stand in awe of the all-time champion of false promises and exaggerated claims: religion... Religion easily has the greatest bullshit story ever told. Religion has actually convinced people that there's an invisible man living in the sky who watches everything you do.” PeopleMenStoriesReligionWatchesSkyPromiseClaimsConvincedInvisibleAll TimeChampionAweBullshitExaggeratedDiseasedFalse Promises Author:George Carlin
“On this National Day of Prayer and Remembrance, we ask almighty God to watch over our nation, and grant us patience and resolve in all that is to come. We pray that He will comfort and console those who now walk in sorrow. We thank Him for each life we now must mourn, and the promise of a life to come.” HumorPoliticalAsksNationsPrayerWalksWatchesPrayingSorrowComfortPromiseResolveGrantsAlmightyRemembranceMournConsolePolitical HumorAlmighty GodNational Day Of Prayer Author:George W. Bush
“We need to see, and agree that what we seek already lives within us, and we within it. Now we know our one great task: watch for whatever promises us freedom, and then quietly, consciously refuse to see ourselves through the eyes of what we know is incomplete. Then we live wholeness itself, instead of spending our lives looking for it.” KnowsNeedsEyeWatchesOur LivesPromiseTasksAgreeRefuseSpendingWholenessIncompleteThrough The Eyes Author:Guy Finley
“No offense, but I’m getting stir-crazy. Can we please go downstairs and hang in the bar or do anything that keeps me from sitting here bored out of my mind while the three of you watch me grow eyebrow hair? I mean really, I am fine. I’m not going to spontaneously combust or do anything else freaky. Promise. (Tory)” MindMeanThreeGrowsWatchesCrazyHairFinePleasePromiseSittingBarsBoredOffenseEyebrowsOf My MindWatch MeFreakyStir Crazy Author:Sherrilyn Kenyon
“Oh, I have feelings for him, all right. I'd like to put him in the ground myself, believe me. Still, it would be wrong. Promise me." "Fine. I promise I won't kill him." He said it too easily. My eyes narrowed. "Promise me right here and now that you will also never cripple, maim, dismember, blind, torture, bleed, or otherwise inflict any injury to Danny Milton. Or otherwise stand by while someone else does as you watch." "Blimey, that's not fair!" he protested” BelieveDoeSaidStillsFeelingsWould BeEyeWatchesFinePromiseFairsBlindTortureInjuryBelieve In MeHere And NowI PromiseNot FairMiltonCripplesPromise Me Author:Jeaniene Frost