Quotes About Honesty

For many writers, the journal is their opportunity to be honest with them- selves—the greatest test of all.

I never truckled. I never took off the hat to Fashion and held it out for pennies. I told them the truth. They liked it or they didn't like it. What had that to do with me? I told them the truth.

What you see is what you see

Modesty is not one of my virtues. At the time, virtue was not one of my virtues.

Of course, as someone once observed, there is no right way to do something wrong

Every single person has at least one secret that would break your heart.

If your children ever find out how lame you really are, they'll murder you in your sleep.

For the record, folks; I never took a shit on stage and the closest I ever came to eating shit anywhere was at a Holiday Inn buffet in Fayetteville, North Carolina, in 1973.

I think that if you use the so-called strong words you'll get your point across faster and you can save a lot of beating around the bush. Why are people so afraid of words? Sometimes the dumbest thing that gets said makes the point for you.

They are never going to invite you back, so you might as well open your mouth and unload both barrels of that gun. Say what you got to say.

One tells as few lies as possible only by telling as few lies as possible and not by having the least possible opportunity to do so.

Not everyone can see the truth, but everyone can be the truth.

And when once in a while some leisurely passer-by stopped, made merry over the old figure on the board, and spoke of swindling, that was in its own way the stupidest lie ever invented by indifference and inborn malice, since it was not the hunger artist who was cheating, he was working honestly, but the world was cheating him of his reward.

In einer Welt der Lüge wird die Lüge nicht einmal durch ihren Gegensatz aus der Welt geschafft, sondern nur durch eine Welt der Wahrheit.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Ihminen valehtelee mahdollisimman vähän vain valehdellessaan mahdollisimman vähän, ei silloin kun hänellä on siihen vähiten tilaisuuksia.

He said he'd like to help the chief financial officer himself, because he was a good and honest man, but he didn't know how to go about it, and he could only hope that influential people would intervene in his behalf. He thought that would surely happen and that things would turn out well, but for the moment, as he gathered form the chief financial officer's mood, things didn't look at all good.

58. Ä°nsan ancak olabildiÄŸince az yalan söylediÄŸinde olabildiÄŸince az yalan söylemiÅŸ olur; yoksa olabildiÄŸince az yalan söyleme f?rsat?n? bulduÄŸunda deÄŸil.

Not everyone can see the truth, but he can be it

I just wanted to say, the fact that I know you well doesn't protect me much, it only relieves you of the effort of telling me lies.

En gift vän är ingen riktig vän

Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would look people in the face and be like, 'Your snake cake's not good.'

Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light.

A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.