Quotes About Honesty

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I'd rather know how you feel than hope and wonder and delude myself for weeks on end…

Never ignore the elephant in the room. That's rude

I try to be as honest about what I see and to speak rather than be silent, especially if it means I can save lives, or serve humanity.

I am a rebel by birth... I contest anything that is unjust, that causes suffering in humanity. My feelings about that are so strong, I don't think I could live with myself if I weren't honest.

All of humanity is in peril of extinction if each one of us does not dare, now and henceforth, always to tell only the truth, and all the truth, and to do so promptly - right now.

To me, the responsibility of an actor is to recreate humanity honestly. I never feel like an actor, I always look at it from a blue collar perspective.

Advertising is a racket, like the movies and the brokerage business. You cannot be honest without admitting that its constructive contribution to humanity is exactly minus zero.

Not gifted with genius but honestly holding his experiences deep in his heart, he kept his simplicity and humanity.

I'm interested in acting because I'm interested in exploring humanity, and we're all nuts, we're all damaged, and we're all gorgeous, so anything less than that is dishonest to me.

They told me I was everything. 'Tis a lie, I am not ague-proof.

Anybody who says they are a good liar obviously is not, because any legitimately savvy liar would always insist they're honest about everything.

Conscience is what makes a boy tell his mother before his sister does.

You know what make me laugh? Good, clean, honest humor. Not-trying-to-be-funny humor. Like Will Ferrell. Will Ferrell got that kind of humor.

Honesty may be the best policy, but it's important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy.

Holding back is so close to stealing.

Some people say, "Never let them see you cry." I say, if you're so mad you could just cry, then cry. It terrifies everyone.

The best jokes are dangerous, and dangerous because they are in some way truthful.

An honest politician is an oxymoron.

Always be sincere, even if you don't mean it.

Humor is the most honest of emotions. Applause for a speech can be insincere, but with humor, if the audience doesn't like it there's no faking it.

Written on her tombstone: "I told you I was sick.

I don't mean to sound bitter, cold, or cruel, but I am, so that's how it comes out.

Every rascal is not a thief, but every thief is a rascal.