I'm a firm believer in absolute honesty.
~By Frank Langella ~
Confidence in others' honesty is no light testimony of one's own integrity.
~By Michel de Montaigne ~
I like honesty and fair play.
~By Marcus Garvey ~
If you write songs and if you write music that's very sincere and very honest, it's pop music, but it is pop music with a lot of honesty and a lot of heart.
~By Jon Secada ~
In all honesty my cake was baking when I met Al - I had made up in my mind already to get physically healthy. He refreshingly was on his own journey so it was almost as if we walked together.
~By Star Jones ~
Regardless of the moral issue, dishonesty in advertising has proved very unprofitable.
~By Leo Burnett ~
I think the number one thing that I find important is the importance of honesty with your friends and your parents, if you can be. But I think that telling people how you really feel, being who you truly are, being safe and taking care of yourself is the most important thing.
~By Emma Stone ~
Almost any difficulty will move in the face of honesty. When I am honest I never feel stupid. And when I am honest I am automatically humble.
~By Hugh Prather ~
And, because there was an honesty about all that was going on. It connected with the people in the street.
~By Ben E. King ~
There are quite a few honest songwriters out there writing about relationships and their own personality traits. But for some reason, once they step out of the bedroom, their honesty doesn't seem to come with them.
~By Billy Bragg ~
Dishonesty in government is the business of every citizen. It is not enough to do your own job. There's no particular virtue in that. Democracy isn't a gift. It's a responsibility.
~By Dalton Trumbo ~
All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse.
~By John Quincy Adams ~
Good design begins with honesty, asks tough questions, comes from collaboration and from trusting your intuition.
~By Freeman Thomas ~
The person who is brutally honest enjoys the brutality quite as much as the honesty. Possibly more.
~By Richard J. Needham ~
It has always seemed strange to me... the things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second.
~By John Steinbeck ~
You frighten a lot of scientists. If they say that climate is not changing, they lose their research grants. And some people cannot afford that; they become silent, or a few of us speak up, because we think that it's for the honesty of science, that we have to do it.
~By Nils-Axel Morner ~
Industry, economy, honesty, and kindness form a quartet of virtues that will never be improved upon.
~By James Oliver ~
As a governor and senator, John Chafee set the standard for honesty and decency that the rest of us on our best days could only dream to emulate.
~By John McCain ~
That's a wonderful thing, because one of the primary qualities of a good performance is honesty.
~By Roberta Flack ~
Honesty is very sexy.
~By Valerie Bertinelli ~
The first question at that time in poetry was simply the question of honesty, of sincerity.
~By George Oppen ~
Art, whose honesty must work through artifice, cannot avoid cheating truth.
~By Adrienne Rich ~
Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control.
~By Don Marquis ~
Three simple words - freedom, justice and honesty. These sum up what the Liberal Democrats stand for.
~By Charles Kennedy ~
I feel honesty always works.
~By Bobby Unser ~
True country music is honesty, sincerity, and real life to the hilt.
~By Garth Brooks ~
There are some things that we know are just not as pleasant as the lies that we tell ourselves, and in that sense in order to endure existence everyone endures a certain amount of dishonesty in their everyday lives.
~By Todd Rundgren ~
Confidence... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live.
~By Franklin D. Roosevelt ~
Honesty is never seen sitting astride the fence.
~By Lemuel K. Washburn ~
In my time, we served with noble and ethical leaders: Gerry Ford, Bob Michael, John Rhodes, men of impeccable honesty. We didn't have anybody locked up for a violation of ethics.
~By Pete McCloskey ~
Men are able to trust one another, knowing the exact degree of dishonesty they are entitled to expect.
~By Stephen Leacock ~
With honesty of purpose, balance, a respect for tradition, courage, and, above all, a philosophy of life, any young person who embraces the historical profession will find it rich in rewards and durable in satisfaction.
~By Samuel E. Morison ~
Dishonesty is so grasping it would deceive God himself, were it possible.
~By George Bancroft ~
He that loseth his honesty hath nothing else to lose.
~By John Lyly ~
There is indeed a inherently honesty to it.
~By Ben Edwards ~
Honesty is the most single most important factor having a direct bearing on the final success of an individual, corporation, or product.
~By Ed McMahon ~
Honesty is something you can't wear out.
~By Waylon Jennings ~
I have built my reputation on honesty, I have sometimes been too honest.
~By David Blunkett ~
Sexuality is a big issue, but there are others - how much you commit to a relationship, to social obligation, to honesty and being honest with yourself.
~By Ang Lee ~
Honesty has come to mean the privilege of insulting you to your face without expecting redress.
~By Judith Martin ~
It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office.
~By H. L. Mencken ~
Commend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his honesty and he will receive you into his favor.
~By Henry Fielding ~
He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.
~By Samuel Johnson ~
Washington's entire honesty of mind and his fearless look into the face of all facts are qualities which can never go out of fashion and which we should all do well to imitate.
~By Henry Cabot Lodge ~
For the merchant, even honesty is a financial speculation.
~By Charles Baudelaire ~
Not really in all honesty because until you take control of your own health and go to your own doctor and have your own doctor tell you what's going to work for you.
~By Star Jones ~
All stories should have some honesty and truth in them, otherwise you're just playing about.
~By Nigel Kneale ~
I believe fundamental honesty is the keystone of business.
~By Harvey S. Firestone ~
Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad.
~By Salvador Dali ~
I think the greatest rogues are they who talk most of their honesty.
~By Anthony Trollope ~
A child, from the time he can think, should think about all he sees, should suffer for all who cannot live with honesty, should work so that all men can be honest, and should be honest himself.
~By Jose Marti ~
Coming out is a means of redefining oneself, of claiming membership in a lifestyle and a social order with distinct values. Chief among these values is honesty.
~By Lance Loud ~
With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.
~By Arthur Schopenhauer ~
A sarcastic person has a superiority complex that can be cured only by the honesty of humility.
~By Lawrence G. Lovasik ~
Honesty is the cruelest game of all, because not only can you hurt someone - and hurt them to the bone - you can feel self-righteous about it at the same time.
~By Dave Van Ronk ~
A friend to honesty and a foe to crime.
~By Allan Pinkerton ~
I believe honesty comes across in music because for people that music isn't just something to dance to. For people for whom music is something that they feel, they understand what I'm talking about.
~By Willa Ford ~
Time will inevitably uncover dishonesty and lies; history has no place for them.
~By Norodom Sihanouk ~
Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.
~By Kin Hubbard ~
Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty.
~By Nathaniel Hawthorne ~
To make your children capable of honesty is the beginning of education.
~By John Ruskin ~
Honesty is as rare as a man without self-pity.
~By Stephen Vincent Benet ~
For many decades now - and certainly during my adult life in academe - the Western intellectual world has not been convinced that theology is a pursuit that can be engaged in with intellectual honesty and integrity.
~By Arthur Peacocke ~
There's a place for all types of country music as long as there is honesty and realness and a real human experience for the fans.
~By Wynonna Judd ~
Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty.
~By Sallust ~
Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread.
~By Josh Billings ~
Treat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are not good with goodness. Thus goodness is attained. Be honest to those who are honest, and be also honest to those who are not honest. Thus honesty is attained.
~By Lao Tzu ~
TV is a major force in our lives - a FORCE. It must be handled very carefully, both its censure and its artistic honesty.
~By Bill Bixby ~
The greatest truth is honesty, and the greatest falsehood is dishonesty.
~By Abu Bakr ~
No legacy is so rich as honesty.
~By William Shakespeare ~
Honesty, integrity, and accountability, the values, which should be the hallmark of this government, have instead been thrown under the bus by an arrogant majority, casualties in a misguided campaign to shield from accountability those who abuse this House.
~By Louise Slaughter ~
I believe in using words, not fists. I believe in my outrage knowing people are living in boxes on the street. I believe in honesty. I believe in a good time. I believe in good food. I believe in sex.
~By Bertrand Russell ~
The discipline of the written word punishes both stupidity and dishonesty.
~By John Steinbeck ~
I think it requires a bit of honesty, Swan Lake.
~By Graeme Murphy ~
Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.
~By Mary Kay Ash ~
It has now become the doctrine of a large clan of politicians that political honesty is unnecessary, slow, subversive of a man's interests, and incompatible with quick onward movement.
~By Anthony Trollope ~
Men are as we have always known them, neither better nor worse from the hearts of rogues there springs a latent honesty, from the depths of honest men there emerges a brutish appetite - a thirst for extermination, a desire for blood.
~By Frederica Montseny ~
I've done more harm by the falseness of trying to please than by the honesty of trying to hurt.
~By Jessamyn West ~
All pro sports, as well as the NCAA, should thank God every day we have sports betting here... We have the only agency in the world that regulates the honesty of games.
~By Meyer Lansky ~
I am a very conscientious golfer. I count every stroke. I learned to play that way. That is the only way I can play. It taught me to be honest. There is no greater virtue than honesty.
~By Martin Sheen ~
Acting is all about truth and honesty, and the sensitivity that's capable of transporting you.
~By Thomas Kretschmann ~
But I recognize no infallible authority, even in special questions; consequently, whatever respect I may have for the honesty and the sincerity of such or such an individual, I have no absolute faith in any person.
~By Mikhail Bakunin ~
The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education.
~By Plutarch ~
Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully.
~By Richard Bach ~
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
~By Thomas Jefferson ~
I do not believe we can blame genetics for adultery, homosexuality, dishonesty and other character flaws.
~By Jerry Falwell ~
Honesty does not always bring a response of love, but it is absolutely essential to it.
~By Ray Blanton ~
In LA I was watching At the Movies with Ebert and Roper, it was, nice to see them differentiate between the subject matter and the art form of making the film, and they both gave it thumbs up, and I was kind of pleased at their honesty as far as reviewers go.
~By Michael Berryman ~
I lost my sense of trust, honesty and compassion. I crashed down and became what I consider an emotional mess. I've never been so miserable in my whole life. I just wanted to go to bed and never get up.
~By Shania Twain ~
The high road is always respected. Honesty and integrity are always rewarded.
~By Scott Hamilton ~
I'd much rather have the honesty than not. Because if you will say what's on your mind and get it off your chest, then the sooner I can prove you wrong!
~By Garth Brooks ~
I always like to reveal the fact that the emperor has no clothes. And children are best at that. They teach us how to see the world in that sense. They are without artifice; they see it for what it is. I am drawn to that ruthless honesty.
~By Mira Nair ~
They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it.
~By Sallust ~
Honesty will never break you.
~By Kate Hudson ~
Both politicians and journalists face situations which strain their honesty and humanity. My opinion is that politicians on the average stand up somewhat better than journalists.
~By John McCarthy ~
Honesty is the best policy.
~By Benjamin Franklin ~
And so it's inescapable and people who proclaim scrupulous honesty can only proclaim that if they don't examine closely the things they believe.
~By Todd Rundgren ~
You will reciprocally promise love, loyalty and matrimonial honesty. We only want for you this day that these words constitute the principle of your entire life and that with the help of divine grace you will observe these solemn vows that today, before God, you formulate.
~By Pope John Paul II ~
That inner voice has both gentleness and clarity. So to get to authenticity, you really keep going down to the bone, to the honesty, and the inevitability of something.
~By Meredith Monk ~
Irony is just honesty with the volume cranked up.
~By George Saunders ~
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