Quotes About Transparency

I don't want to be somebody's crush. If somebody likes me, I want them to like the real me, not what they think I am. And I don't want them to carry it around inside. I want them to show me, so I can feel it, too. I want them to be able to do whatever they want around me. And if they do something I don't like, I'll tell them.

I was just trying to be a friend,' I said. 'But you weren't, Charlie. At those times, you weren't being his friend at all. Because you weren't honest with him.

I want them to like the real me, not what they think I am. And I don't want to them to carry it around inside. I want them to show me, so I can feel it, too. I want them to be able to do whatever they want around me. And if they do something I don't like, I'll tell them.

It's just that I don't want to be somebody's crush. If somebody likes me, I want them to like the real me, not what they think I am. And I don't want them to carry it around inside. I want them to show me, so I can feel it, too. I want them to be able to do whatever they want around me. And if they do something I don't like, I'll tell them.

At those times, you weren't being his friend at all. Because you weren't honest with him.

If somebody likes me, I want them to like the real me, not what they think I am. And I don't want them to carry it around inside. I want them to show me, so I can feel it, too. I want them to be able to do whatever they want around me. And if they do something I don't like, I'll tell them.

No porque no pensara que fueras genial. Es solo que no quiero ser el amor platónico de nadie. Si le gusto a alguien, quiero que sea mi verdadero yo el que le guste, no lo que piense que soy. Y no quiero que se lo guarde. Quiero que me lo demuestre, para poder sentirlo también. Quiero que sea capaz de hacer lo que quiera hacer estando conmigo. Y si hace algo que no me gusta, se lo diré.

I just wanted someone to tell me the truth

When lust descends, discretion, common sense and wisdom fly off and what may seem cunning concealment to one in the grip of passion looks like transparently clumsy idiocy to everyone else.

I expected the illegible and the deeply buried in me to be read as if carved on my forehead, just as I expected the obvious and the ill-concealed to be hidden from view.

Government works best under the glare of public scrutiny. Absent such scrutiny, abuses occur.

A man who can't bear to share his habits is a man who needs to quit them.

And this wasn't lying, not really. It was leaving out.

You always know the truth, because when you cut yourself or someone else with it, there's always a bloody show.

You always know the truth, because when you cut yourself or someone else with it, there's always a bloody show.

Writing about yourself seems to be a lot like sticking a branch into clear river-water and rolling up the muddy bottom.

You yourself are a letter, read and known by all men.

The rule is easy to understand.Be simple, honest & smart.

So necessary is it not only that we should be what we appear, but appear what we are.

Have the courage to take off your mask and be humbled.

Humility is the courage to be honest with yourself and those around you.

Once you show someone your true colors it is impossible to paint over them.

Police officers are among the most corrupt people that I have encountered in life.

People who love sausage and people who believe in justice should never watch either of them being made