Quotes tagged ‘Honesty’

“People think they want the truth, of course — but that is simply not borne out by human experience, which is really just a series of hypocrisies.”

— Brandy Jensen, thecut.com

“I think you’re looking for a way to live a more genuine, authentic life. In order to do that, you need to learn how to say no without immediately apologizing for yourself.”

— Heather Havrilesky, thecut.com

“This is the Way for men who want to learn my strategy: Do not think dishonestly. The Way is in training. Become acquainted with every art. Know the Ways of all professions. Distinguish between gain and loss in worldly matters. Develop intuitive judgment and understanding for everything. Perceive tho…”

— Miyamoto Musashi, amazon.com

“There’s a sense of integrity and honesty there in telling the people what you actually see and feel.”

— Harry Caray, youtube.com

“Most writers who are beginners, if they are honest with themselves, will admit that they are praying for a readership as they begin to write. But it should be the quality of the craft not the audience, that should be the greatest motivating factor. For me, at least, I can declare that when I wrote T…”

— Chinua Achebe, amazon.com

“It's a bit like how people hate their own voices on tape, doubly so because we know that those foreign, goofball intonations represent that way that everyone else hears us. In photos, we see ourselves in various states of motion, in different contortions and from uncaring, neutral perspectives. Lens…”

— John Herrman, gizmodo.com

“An honest man's the noblest work of God.”

— Alexander Pope, gutenberg.org

“Go home, take a paper bag and cut some eyeholes out of it. Put it over your head, get undressed and look at yourself in the mirror. Really evaluate where your strengths and weaknesses are. And be honest.”

— Matthew Weiner, Joan Holloway, Christina Hendricks, imdb.com

“I know Bill Clinton said the price of doing the same old thing is far higher than the price of change, but I don’t think Bill Clinton ever lost sleep figuring out how to qualify for a mortgage as a single woman in a town where a car parking space can go for a hundred grand.”

— Laura Jane Williams, redonline.co.uk

“Mr. Rosso: How dumb do I look? Ken: Do you really wanna know?”

— Judd Apatow, Jeff Rosso, Dave Allen, imdb.com

“Ilene: And what is your occupation? Omar: Occupation? Ilene: What exactly do you do for a living, Mr. Little? Omar: I rip and run. Ilene: You... Omar: I robs drug dealers. Ilene: And exactly how long has this been your occupation, Mr. Little? Omar: Well, I don't know exactly. I venture to say maybe…”

— David Simon, Omar Little, Michael Kenneth Williams, imdb.com

“In the States, people don't want brutal honesty, they want to wrap it in cotton wool. But I've got a job to do. Is that Mr. Nasty? Maybe.”

— Gordon Ramsay, esquire.com

“If you're honest and you want to work, America opens its doors.”

— Pele, esquire.com

“If we lived each day as our last, I bet we’d all be a lot more honest with people, because we wouldn’t have to care what people think anymore.”

— Ellen Degeneres, books.google.com

“Me, I'm dishonest. And a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest. I mean honestly, it's the honest ones you have to watch out for. Because you can never predict when they're going to do something incredibly...stupid.”

— Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Captain Jack Sparrow, Johnny Depp, amazon.com

“We weren't friends. Friends tell the truth, friends don't turn on each other.”

— Brian Yorkey, Jessica Davis, Alisha Boe, imdb.com

“As doctors, we're trained to be skeptical, because our patients lie to us all the time. The rule is, every patient is a liar until proven honest....Lying is bad. Or so we're told constantly from birth—honesty is the best policy, the truth shall set you free, I chopped down the cherry tree, whatever.…”

— Joan Rater, imdb.com

“Just, brutal honesty, it's just the best policy.”

— Ben York Jones, Michael Mohan, Ken Messner, Patch Darragh, imdb.com

“Honesty that's motivated by shame, anger, fear or hurt is not 'honesty.' It's shame, anger fear or hurt disguised as honesty.”

— Brené Brown, amazon.com

“There are lessons to be found here—but mostly, I do this so you can know me. Lately, as I write these, I realize they are as much for me as they are for you. This is the one place I can be completely open—the pen and paper has no judgment, no vote, it simply receives my truth and allows me to turn t…”

— Chris Collins, Kurt Sutter, imdb.com