Quotes tagged ‘Honesty’

“Well, that's the trouble, I suppose, in coming at people with honesty. They sometimes counter with it.”

— David E Kelley, John Cage, Peter MacNicol, imdb.com

“So. I am not going to teach you to be writers. You already are writers. If you weren't, you wouldn't be sitting here, believe me. But you all do need to get past where you are. Past the need to stand between the work and the reader so that he'll know how clever you are. Because good writing, is writ…”

— Marshall Herskovitz, Ivy Dunbar, Lorinne Vozoff, imdb.com

“Truth is a powerful thing. It can right a wrong, or make a bad thing worse.”

— Tom Fontana, Augustus Hill, Harold Perrineau, imdb.com

“Bertier: Listen, I'm Gerry, you're Julius. Let's just get some particulars and get this over with. Big Ju: Particulars? Man, no matter what I tell you, you ain't never gonna know nothing about me. Bertier: Listen, I ain't running any more of these three-a-days. Big Ju: Well, what I've got to say, yo…”

— Gregory Allen Howard, Gerry Bertier, Ryan Hurst, imdb.com

“It's dangerous to be a honest man.”

— Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, Don Michael Corleone, Al Pacino, imdb.com

“The eyes, chico. They never lie.”

— Oliver Stone, Tony Montana, Al Pacino, imdb.com

“All right, Sparky, here's the deal. If you wanna court the little lady, you gotta be a straight shooter.”

— Ron Clements, The Genie (voice), Robin Williams, imdb.com

“Tell her the truth!”

— Ron Clements, The Genie (voice), Robin Williams, imdb.com

“If you aren’t going to text her again, don’t say that you are. If you aren’t into a woman, don’t give her signs that you are. You’re not going to break her heart or anything—it’s been one date. She will not be mad. You’re not in trouble. So don’t lie.”

— Sophia Benoit, gq.com

“If there is any dirty trick I cannot stand, it is honesty.”

— David Quantick, Tony Roche, Amy Brookheimer, Anna Chlumsky, imdb.com

“Minna Häkkinen: I would like you to understand that in my country, politics is a lot more honest. Selina Meyer: In your country, people fuck snow. And I hope you understand that I say that with the utmost respect.”

— Kevin Cecil, David Quantick, Andy Riley, Selina Meyer, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, imdb.com

“Nothing that you say is mildly true.”

— Gabbie Hanna, youtube.com

“Anna: Could you be any more pathetic? A lone figure sitting on the floor, wondering if he's gonna be lonely for the rest of his life. Seth: Hey, your sensitivity — it's really, uh, nonexistent. Anna: You know what your problem is? You're not a man. Seth: Again, not appreciating the brutal honesty.”

— Allan Heinberg, Josh Schwartz, Seth Cohen, Adam Brody, imdb.com

“Life is simple, really. It’s all about hard work. Honesty. Family. Words have meaning and actions have consequences.”

— Chris Mundy, Jacob Snell, Peter Mullan, imdb.com

“Ruby: Look, we're going to find Baal. You're going to harness the power of that Book against him, and none of this is going to be in vain. Pablo: And you promise me that we're all going to live happily ever after? Ruby: Even if this goes perfectly, there's a good chance you'll die. Pablo: Wow. Ruby,…”

— Suzanne Keilly, Ruby Knowby, Lucy Lawless, imdb.com

“Be honest. Are you as surprised as I am that I'm the only one here behaving myself?”

— Robert Levine, Jonathan E. Steinberg, Captain Charles Vane, Zach McGowan, imdb.com

“Accept a defeat as it is: a defeat. Don’t try to transform it in 'experience.' It may be an experience IF you swallow your ego and say to yourself: 'I lost.' If you want to be successful, you must respect one rule—never lie to yourself.”

— Paulo Coelho, twitter.com

“Felix: I was trying to be a good friend. Oscar: If you were a good friend you would have been honest with me. Felix: Fine, Paolo was a 28-year-old Brazilian gymnast with family money. Oscar: Not that honest.”

— Neil Simon, Matthew Perry, Felix Unger, Thomas Lennon, imdb.com

“[Recording] It's Gina's phone, leave me a voicemail. I won't check it 'cause it's not 1993.”

— Michael Schur, Daniel J. Goor, Gina Linetti, Chelsea Peretti, imdb.com

“Thank you, Nate, I appreciate your honesty, wrapped as it was in such a bouquet of condescension.”

— Christian Taylor, David Fisher, Michael C. Hall, imdb.com