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Quotes About Honesty

Aye, well, I've said a lot of shit in my time that didn't add up to much.
~ Joe Abercrombie
I was loyal to both", said Clover. "I was just more loyal to me. Truth is, men love to blab abour loyalty till it might trap 'em on the losing side. Then there's a chorus o' silence on the issue. So I consider reasonably loyal to be a bit more loyal than most, and a lot more honest than most. It's a fool who makes folk choose too often between loyalty and good sense.
~ Joe Abercrombie
Trust. It was a word that only liars used. A word the truthful has no need of.
~ Joe Abercrombie
What is the world coming to when an honest man cannot burn corpses without suspicion?' asked Nothing.
~ Joe Abercrombie
fine lies beat tedious truths every time,
~ Joe Abercrombie
Everything sounds fairer in the daylight.
~ Joe Abercrombie
Everyone says you're the most untrustworthy bitch in the whole North.' 'No one should know better than you what the things everyone says are worth. Truth is, I only care about keeping my word to folk I like. I seem untrustworthy because there are only seven of those outside the hills.' She made a fist of her tattooed hand, trembling tight. 'To those seven, I am a rock.
~ Joe Abercrombie
A good liar lies as little as possible.
~ Joe Abercrombie
I make no judgements on hearsay.
~ Joe Abercrombie
It has honesty, integrity. The best steel doesn't always shine the brightest.
~ Joe Abercrombie
He'd come to Styria looking for honest work. But when the purse runs empty, dishonest work has to do.
~ Joe Abercrombie
Sometimes pretty lies win the day. But sometimes ugly truths cut deeper.
~ Joe Abercrombie
Most of us tend to be truthful until we are punished for it.
~ Joe Beam
In Washington, D. C., a gaffe is when you tell the truth.
~ Joe Biden
A gaffe in Washington is someone telling the truth, and telling the truth has never hurt me.
~ Joe Biden
If you're honest with yourself as a writer, trying to tell the best story you can, your story will be an honest one. And your values will come out, no matter how hard you try to disguise them.
~ Joe Clifford Faust
It's so fucking cheap when people say I love you. It's a name to stick on a surge of hormones, with a little hint of loyalty thrown in. I've never liked saying it. Here's what I say: We're together, now and until the end. You have everything I need to be happy. You make me feel right.
~ Joe Hill
I think if you cheat in a ethics class then there's really no hope for you.
~ Joe Hill
I have to tell you, heroin dealers and meth slingers have made your country a wretched place to be a simple, honest drug dealer who wants to give his customers a lovingly curated experience.
~ Joe Hill
Silence is the purest form of harmony. Everyone ought to try it. Put a stone in your mouth instead of a lie. Put a rock on your tongue instead of gossip. Bury the liars and the wicked under stones until they say no more. More weight, hallelujah.
~ Joe Hill
A man just can't earn a living wage selling Smurfpecker in this blighted nation. I have to tell you, heroin dealers and meth slingers have made your country a wretched place to be a simple, honest drug dealer who wants to give his customers a lovingly curated experience. "Tom
~ Joe Hill
Put a stone in your mouth instead of a lie. Put a rock on your tongue instead of gossip.
~ Joe Hill
The thing I'm hung up on is the idea of seeing something real. I don't think most people feel half the things they pretend to feel.
~ Joe Hill
The truth is always more scary than kissing someone for the first time.
~ Joe Hill