Quotes About Honesty

For a man with no cows you talk a lot of bullshit, Ryan.

He once told me that being politically correct was like pretending you could pick up a dog turd by the clean end.

During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. GEORGE ORWELL

People think they want the truth, but the opposite is true. Honesty is mean and rough and ugly, while lying can be kinder, softer and more humane. It's not honesty that we want, but consideration and respect.

Fools lie, clever men stick to the truth.

Hacía tiempo que Sophie había llegado a la conclusión de que a los adultos se les daba realmente mal inventar excusas creíbles

the best lie is one that is wrapped around a core of truth.

Y cuando dudes, Josh —jadeó—, sigue tu corazón. Las palabras pueden ser falsas y las imágenes y sonidos pueden manipularse. Pero esto… —dijo señalando el pecho de Josh—, siempre te dirá la verdad.

When in doubt, we follow our hearts. Words can be false, images and sounds can be manipulated. But this...' He tapped his chest, over his heart. 'This is always true.

The best lie is wrapped around a core of truth.

What is inappropriate is accepting fossil fuel funding while attacking others for doing the same. Even less appropriate is lying about it.

environmental scientists, journalists, and activists have an obligation to describe environmental problems honestly and accurately, even if they fear doing so will reduce their news value or salience with the public.

The truth is only irrelevent when its beneficial

Truth is the mirror that reflects our errors and brings them to the light

Like Abraham Lincoln, I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.

if you don't know what you're talking about, then don't talk, or at least say you don't know.

And it's not like I've never jacked off. I'm fifteen years old. Of course I do it. Any guy who says he doesn't is lying. That would be like having the coolest video game ever and never playing it. No one's that stupid.

People always say they want to hear the truth, but they really don't

Why is it that you have to warn people about who you are? Why can't it just be something that happens?

I mean, if I'm going to go to all the trouble of being gay and everything, I might as well tell people.

I am quite certain in my heart of hearts that modern music and modern art is not a conspiracy, but is a form of truth and integrity for those who practise it honestly, decently and with all their being.

In his essay "Equality" (1943), Lewis advises: "Watch the faces, mark well the accents, of the debunkers." In other words, those who debunk tend not to be straightforwardly critical, but usually have "an agenda" (as we now say); the opposition that debunkers have to things is not honest and reasonable but tainted by an inferiority complex, or small-mindedness, or some other intellectual defect.

Casualness is the enemy of pretense.

So clear was his inability to take any criticism or to participate in any honest argument about policy that the attempt was almost never made.