A starship captain's most solemn oath is that he will give his life, even his entire crew, rather than violate the Prime… — James T Kirk Copy Share Image
Doctors take the Hippocratic Oath too seriously, as an imperative to do everything for the patient regardless of the cost or effects… — Ezekiel Emanuel Copy Share Image
Well, we've been lucky devils both And there is no need for a pledge or oath To bind our lovely friendship fast,… — Robert Graves Copy Share Image
I have taken an oath already to the United States of America to protect and defend the Constitution. That is the only… — Andrew McCabe Copy Share Image
The present system of taking oaths is horrible. It is awfully absurd to make a man invoke God's wrath upon himself, if… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
I am concerned about a president [Bill Clinton] under oath, being alleged to have committed perjury. I hope that he can rebut… — Jeff Sessions Copy Share Image
you'd like the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. That must be the most futile oath anyone ever swears. — P. D. James Copy Share Image
“An Anglisc oath is like water. It pours into every part of you, every crevice. You can’t hold any piece apart from… — Nicola Griffith Copy Share Image
“There is an oath upon her,” he said to Arch, and I realized dimly that he was still speaking in Gaelic, though… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“If I'd thought I would regret it," he said calmly, "I never would have made that oath. I knew what becoming a… — Julie Kagawa Copy Share Image
Patient autonomy is paramount to the oath that we take when we enter the profession of medicine. That is why I am… — Ami Bera Copy Share Image
As a comedian, I am obligated to tell you the truth, my truth. To share with you my beliefs, my perspective. And… — Dane Cook Copy Share Image
I have just repeated word for word the oath taken by George Washington 200 years ago, and the Bible on which I… — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, in today's world we have to be reminded that the power of an oath derives from the fact that in it… — James L. Buckley Copy Share Image
My response to my friend Naheed Nenshi was simply to say that some of the hyperbolic language that's being used to critique… — Jason Kenney Copy Share Image
It is," I said. "And it's not even difficult. But I need your promise on the River Styx." "What?" Dionysus cried. "You… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“Thalestris stepped forward to join my sister, her deep voice ringing out with the words that we, as initiates, were compelled to… — Lesley Livingston Copy Share Image
Ideally, nothing should be embraced by a consumer firmly, nothing should command a commitment till death do us part, no needs should… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
Yet, for I know thou art religious And hast a thing within thee called conscience, With twenty popish tricks and ceremonies Which… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Some think that even the ancients who lived long before the present generation, and first framed accounts of the Gods, had a… — Mary Hunter Austin Copy Share Image
How odd that Americans, and not just their presidents, have come to think of their Constitution as something separable from the government… — Joseph Sobran Copy Share Image
Hermes's shoulders sagged. "They'll try, Percy. Oh, we'll all try to keep our promise. And maybe for a while things will get… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Literary men are being employed to praise a big business man personally, as men used to praise a king. They not only… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“When I was twenty they told me to swear loyalty to the King, a person who acts in the capacity because his… — Pitigrilli Copy Share Image
“the words have been spoken during rising tides of prosperity and the still waters of peace. Yet every so often, the oath… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Truth is the band of union and the basis of human happiness. Without this virtue there is no reliance upon language, no… — Jeremy Collier Copy Share Image
In the name of the constitution of Texas, which has been trampled upon, I refuse to take this oath. I love Texas… — Sam Houston Copy Share Image
Make this the golden rule, the equivalent of the Hippocratic oath: Everything we ask a child to do should be worth doing. — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
An oath is a recognizance to heaven, binding us over in the courts above to plead to the indictment of our crimes. — Thomas Southerne Copy Share Image
I wrote 'Oath' for Cher Lloyd because there were really no best-friend anthems out there. Not only did she love it, she… — Becky G Copy Share Image
I took an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States, and I'm concerned that voting for this [anti-terrorism]… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
Language cannot describe the scene that followed; the shouts, oaths, frantic gestures, taunts, replies, and little fights; and therefore I shall not… — Augustus Baldwin Longstreet Copy Share Image
As to the state, from my point of view, the measure of a writer's patriotism is not oaths from a high platform,… — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
It's normally agreed that the question 'How are you?' doesn't put you on your oath to give a full or honest answer. — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
The Sixth Army, true to their oath and conscious of the lofty importance of their mission, have held their position to the… — Friedrich Paulus Copy Share Image
“He swore a soldier’s oath to her; she’d have the pearl before the sun passed over. Harmon never broke his word.” — Kelly Said Copy Share Image
Oaths and curses are a proof of a most heroic courage, at least in appearance, which answers the same end. — Mary Collyer Copy Share Image
The first thing [Donald Trump] does on January 20th is take an oath to defend and adhere to the Constitution of the… — Chuck Todd Copy Share Image
“We make a vow to God never to cut our hair or beard; the oath stems from the Nazarite vow in the… — Colin Warner Copy Share Image
Anyone who has taken the oath I have just taken must feel a heavy weight of responsibility. If not, he has no… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image