Quotes About Honesty

You're not a hypocrite. You aim toward lofty heights. The fact that your arrow cannot always reach them does not make you a hypocrite.

Those who claim they can spot a lie are usually just fooled with greater conviction.

There was an awkwardness to him, a stoicism that most people, with their need for appearances and fake smiles, found off-putting. Shane couldn't handle small talk or the excess bullshittery of modern society. When

Myron likes to say that even the ugliest truth is better than the prettiest of lies.

Hoyt?" Hoyt turned back around. "So there's no misunderstanding," Carlson said. "I don't believe a word you just said. We clear?" "Crystal," Hoyt said.

A Ma Vie de Coer Entier

You might argue that I'm nesting myself on an awfully slippery slope. I would agree with you, though I might counter that most of life is lived out there. The problem was, there were repercussions when you lived in the grays—not just theoretical ones that taint your soul, but the brick-and-mortar ones, the unforeseeable destruction that such choices leave behind. I wondered what would have happened if I had told the truth right from the get-go. And it scared the hell out of me.

The ugly truth was better than the fanciful lie.

The ugliest truth is still better than the prettiest of lies.

Truth is truth. By definition. Anything else is a lie.

But I know my truth.

I know, because I tried all sorts of ways of being in character, and the best way is to be totally straight.

I understand people have doubts, but I'm totally clean.

I'm not going to pretend that I am the best thing in their life and they have to be totally loyal.

You must be absolutely honest and true in the depicting of a totem for meaning is attached to every line. You must be most particular about detail and proportion.

If I told a lie, then I got to come back and correct it years later. I hate that I have to be the person that touch on their life and be personal and be direct with certain situations, but man, I'm glad that it's me than them.

As long as I tell the truth I feel that nobody can touch me.

I keep in touch with what's real.

I'm just a human being that is in touch with myself. And I'm honest with myself. And I really, at the end of the day, don't care what people say. I never cared about what people say.

Most of the people I write about I'm still in touch with, so I would be loath to make up stuff about them.

I am actually very in touch with all of my emotions, from joy to pain, and I am free with them.

I can experiment, I can be honest, and honestly, musically, I can't be touched.

'Carrie Diaries' was one of the scripts that was sent my way, and it was instantly something I wanted to work on. It was very charming, and there's a lot of heart to it. It was touching and nostalgic and relatable, and it validates so many coming-of-age issues in an open and honest way. I think it speaks to real life.

I don't think a tough question is disrespectful.