(93 quotes found)
“I was gratified to be able to answer promptly. I said, "I don't know."”
Mark Twain
“He had led off being a perfectionist when he discovered that not promptly kept appointments, not a house circumspectly clean. . . not anything cleared you through the terrifying office of chance; that it is chance and not perfection that rules the world.”
Judith Guest
“There is no harm in being sometimes wrong- especially if one is promptly found out.”
John Maynard Keynes
“A far greater factor [than abolishing poverty] is the deterrent effect of swift and certain consequences: swift arrest, prompt trial, certain penalty and - at some point - finality of judgment.”
Warren E. Burger
“Danger - if you meet it promptly and without flinching - you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!”
Winston Churchill
“Our target is to do it promptly. How quickly that can be done depends on a lot of variables, in terms of how much information we get and how complex the things are to address.”
Bud Tribble
“When there have been abuses, this department has acted upon them promptly, investigated them thoroughly and, where appropriate, prosecuted individuals.”
Bryan Whitman
“What prompted me was we finally have two governors (Napolitano and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson ) finally doing what the federal government should have been doing all along. That is, that we truly have an emergency on our southern border. She actually did something.”
Bob Barr
“I have especially appreciated the professional attitude and prompt service from everyone I talk to at Outback Chair.”
Cheryl Berczyk
“As long as value remains stretched in the more speculative end of technology, anything that blemishes it will prompt an emotional sell-off.”
Charles Crane
