Quotes About Honesty

Sanitizing the past is every bit as morally irresponsible as whitewashing atrocities in the present.

Truth, my friend, is food, shelter, warmth, companionship, and living to see another sunset. There, damn you. How much more elemental can you get? That's Truth.

You know what the critics are. If you tell the truth they only say you're cynical and it does an author no good to get a reputation for cynicism.

It wasn't until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say "I don't know."

there is no truth Saving in thine own heart. -from "The Song of the Happy Shepherd

Never trust a man who doesn't drink.

by our lofty standards animals are poor liars.

An honest self-portrait is extremely rare because a man who has reached the degree of self-consciousness presupposed by the desire to paint his own portrait has almost always also developed an ego-consciousness which paints himself painting himself, and introduces artificial highlights and dramatic shadows.

When a reviewer describes a book as 'sincere,' one knows immediately that it is a) insincere (insincerely insincere) and b) badly written.

Any fool may write a most valuable book by chance, if he will only tell us what he heard and saw with veracity.

You can't say the public likes generic characters. Give others a chance, go for a more rooted and honest characterisation, take some risk, and then let the public choose.

Let's be honest: it's not like I'm not making a good living that the whole family benefits from. No one talks about my foul mouth when we're all in Aspen for Christmas.

I am the worst at keeping secrets. I am the kind of person that the second I buy someone a Christmas present, I tell them what I bought them. I don't wait until Christmas. I'm not good at it.

Assumptions are the termites of relationships.

We should be as careful of our words as of our actions.

Apply this simple rule to your conversations: If you wouldn't write it down and sign it, don't say it.

The first step of any communication is honest & consistent intentions, after this, even if you don't communicate, people will listen, hear & align

Be sincere; be brief; be seated.

Use what language you will, you can never say anything but what you are.

If you wouldn't write it and sign it, don't say it.

In saying what is obvious, never choose cunning. Yelling works better.

If you say what you think don't expect to hear only what you like.

Conscious communication is called Turiya-when you are totally effective, totally understood and totally truthful.

Real communication happens when people feel safe.