Quotes About Honesty

said he had a "unique artistic vision," which wasn't exactly a lie. His vision just happened to be shit.

I am learning how to let my yes be yes and my no mean no without the need to justify why I choose to say either.

When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness' sake. But don't make a production of it. Children are children, but they can spot an evasion quicker than adults, an evasion simply muddles 'em.

Got a pencil handy?" "Yes, I'm listening." "Nothing in any of the interviews really stands out. A lot of people said they loved him. A lot said he was very honest. A couple told nice

We at Chrysler borrow money the old-fashioned way. We pay it back.

I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you're trying to accomplish and what you're willing to sacrifice to accomplish it.

You can go a long way with some integrity.

Character is what we are in the dark

The measure of a man's character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.

It was so useful to lie with the truth.

Only man can blush. No other creature knows of shame. Why have we wandered so far away From simple honesty?

What else exhausts like sustained deception?

If you're not honest with yourself, life will never be honest with you.

I will speak to them,' he said 'with a straight tongue.

Oh, we all are, my young friend! We all deceive. Some of us deceive the whole world, every single fellow creature we meet. Some of us deceive only selected people, wives and lovers, or mothers and fathers. And some of us deceive only ourselves. But none of us is totally honest with everyone all the time, in all matters. Hell, the need to deceive is just one more curse that our sorry species has to bear.

Sometimes when someone tells a ridiculous lie, it is best to ignore it entirely.

This is an absurd moral, for you and I both know that sometimes not only is it good to lie, it is necessary to lie.

She wouldn't have to be lying to be wrong.

The phrase 'for naught' is simply a fancy way of saying 'for nothing,' and it doesn't matter which phrase you use, for they are both equally difficult to admit.

Respecting one's elders is difficult enough, but when they are soaked with water and have proved themselves to be dishonest, it is nearly impossible.

i want to be friends with people who are honest and interesting, generous but not ridiculous, thoughtful but who don't have irritating voices

As I have said, I prefer a shop which sells one thing to a shop which sells many things, and a supermarket, of course, tries to sell everything, and there is always something distrustful about a place so eager to please.

The sad truth is the truth is sad.

Most men would kill the truth if truth would kill their religion.