Wolfgang Schauble Quotes

I shall fulfill my contract, no more nor less.

Never promise more than you can perform.

I will be the president of the nation who keeps pledges.

There are things they tell us that sound good to hear, but when they have accomplished their purpose they will go home and will not try to fulfill our agreements with them.

He was calling me about something else, so he just dropped it in. I’m not supposed to tell anyone. He made me promise.

Once something is agreed upon, it should be followed.

In politics, all you have is your word.

America will honor our treaty obligations.

I won't get killed,' Rose protested. Is that a promise?' Fish asked dryly, stirring his tea. 'If you break your word, I'll never believe you again.' Rose shook her head at him. 'How can you even taste your tea if you put that much sugar in it?' Don't change the subject. I don't want to be responsible for depriving the world of Rose Brier. Under no circumstances are you allowed to help us do anything more dangerous than...change the oil in my car.

One must have a good memory to keep the promises one has made.

You stood over me and you made a promise to me, as sacred as any vow. And I can understand why you're angry, but you can't blame me. You can't hate me for taking your word.

Luce: You could have kept your promises. Daniel: I promised I'd stay.

If you break little promises, you'll break big ones.

Promises are dangerous things to ask or to give.

Because promises matter. They matter now more than ever.

We live by promises not by explanations.

People who know me well have learned to insist that I commit to obligations by opening my laptop and putting them onto the appropriate calendar or list - a verbal agreement and a promise to remember won't work.

You said treaties, and a Russian official said ; we have not agreement... contracts, that we have to fulfill, and those contracts are like any country ; you buy armaments, you buy anything you want.

There's nothing worse than breaking a promise to someone who cares about you.

Words are for those with promises to keep.

You can trust me to keep my word. I always keep my word, promises or threats.

If you can't keep a promise to your family, can't keep a promise to your wife, you're having an affair, you're lying about the affair repeatedly. Why should the American people trust you when you say you're not gonna lie to them. Why should we trust you?

When you say 'Yes' or promise something, you can very easily deceive yourself and others also, as if you had already done what you promised. It is easy to think that by making a promise you have at least done part of what you promised to do, as if the promise itself were something of value. Not at all! In fact, when you do not do what you promise, it is a long way back to the truth.

We make promises to the extent that we hope-and keep them to the extent that we fear.

With the advance of refrigeration, I hope that along with the frozen foods someday we will have frozen conversation. A person will be able to keep a frozen promise indefinitely.