Being Honest Quotes - Page 28

• To be honest, I think love is complete bullshit. I don't think anyone ever loves anyone. I think the best people ever get is horny; horny and scared, so when they find someone who makes them horny, and they get too scared of the world outside, they stay together and they call it love.

  Neil Gaiman

  Love Is, Thinking, People

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• And if you think that you're showing your love to Catherine by suffering the way you've been doing, then somewhere along the way, I must have messed up in raising you." "You didn't mess up...." "I must have. Because when I look at you, I see myself, and to be honest, I'd rather see someone different. I'd like to see someone who learned that it's okay to go on, that it's okay to find someone that can make you happy. But right now, it's like I'm looking in the mirror and seeing myself twenty years ago.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Thinking, Mirrors, Years

  Nicholas Sparks (2011). “Message In A Bottle”, p.190, Hachette UK

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• One percent of people will always be honest and never steal," the locksmith said. "Another one percent will always be dishonest and always try to pick your lock and steal your television. And the rest will be honest as long as the conditions are right - but if they are tempted enough, they'll be dishonest too. Locks won't protect you from the thieves, who can get in your house if they really want to. They will only protect you from the mostly honest people who might be tempted to try your door if it had no lock".

  Dan Ariely

  Doors, Long, People

  Dan Ariely (2012). “The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone – Especially Ourselves”, p.20, HarperCollins UK

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• If there is no honesty, there is no relationship. The only degree to which there is a relationship is the degree to which you are honest. Expressing your clear desires does not make you a dictator and you telling what you think, feel, and what you want or don’t want, is just called being honest. It doesn't control him at all. You’re trying to control others by withholding information by not getting involved and by not being honest. Withholding information is a form of manipulation. It is dishonest and it’s destructive to a relationship.

  Stefan Molyneux

  Honesty, Thinking, Desire

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• "No," Preston snapped. But he didn't protest long because, if I'm going to be honest - which is kind of the point of these reports - I was already unzipping his pants.

  Ally Carter

  Long, Pants, Honest

  "United We Spy". Book by Ally Carter, September 5, 2013.

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• Being honest doesn't mean you say whatever you want, wherever you want. It means that what you choose to say is true.

  Veronica Roth

  Mean, Want, Honest

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• Do what's right. Be on time, be polite, and be honest; remain free from drugs; and if you have any questions, get out your Bible. 2. Do your best. Mediocrity is unacceptable when you are capable of doing better. 3. Treat others as you want to be treated. Practice love and understanding.

  Lou Holtz

  Inspirational, Motivational, Practice

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• I'll be honest with you. I'm a little bit of a loner. It's been a big part of my maturing process to learn to allow people to support me. I tend to be very self-reliant and private. And I have this history of wanting to work things out on my own and protect people from what's going on with me.

  Kerry Washington

  Inspiring, Women, Being Alone

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• I think we never become really and genuinely our entire and honest selves until we are dead--and not then until we have been dead years and years. People ought to start dead, and they would be honest so much earlier.

  Mark Twain

  Death, Honesty, Thinking

  Mark Twain (2004). “The Portable Mark Twain”, p.14, Penguin

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• Grace frees you to be honest about what you've always known to be true about yourself: that you're weaker & more afraid than you want to be.

  Tullian Tchividjian

  Grace, Want, Honest

  Twitter post from Jan 17, 2015

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• I drew the duck blue because I've never seen a blue duck before and, to be honest with you I wanted to see a blue duck.

  Adam Sandler

  Funny, Blue, Ducks

  "Fictional character: Billy Madison". "Billy Madison", 1995.

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• This club needs an impetus of energy - but I just feel tired to be honest. I'm worn out.

  Ian Holloway

  Football, Tired, League

  "Premier League predictions: Will Chelsea or Man City come out on top in the battle of the title contenders?" by Simon Bird, www.mirror.co.uk. October 25, 2013.

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• That if you be honest and fair, your honesty should admit no discourse to your beauty.

  William Shakespeare

  Honesty, Hamlet And Ophelia, Fairness

  William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, Richard Farmer, Samuel Johnson (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare”, p.330

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• I am trying to be honest with you and it hurts me. Now.

  William J. Clinton

  Hurt, Stupid, Humorous

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• To be honest, I am not happy about all the publicity.

  Jean Alesi

  Publicity, Honest, Not Happy

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• Warhol's images made sense to me, although I knew nothing at the time of his background in commercial art. To be honest, I didn't think about him a hell of a lot.

  Barbara Kruger

  Art, Thinking, Honest

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• To be honest with you, a lot of directors can be very lazy.

  Samantha Morton

  Lazy, Directors, Honest

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• To be honest, it's easier for me to speak with an American accent.

  Radha Mitchell

  Honest, Speak, Easier

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• The fact that we're in the playoffs doesn't mean anything to us, to be honest with you. Hopefully, we can accomplish our goal of going into the playoffs on a winning note.

  Michael Strahan

  Sports, Mean, Winning

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• One year ago, on this occasion, I called your attention to the abuses that had crept into the distribution of our public funds, and I urged you and pleaded with you that, so far as the Church and its membership were concerned, we do not soil our hands with the bounteous outpouring of funds which the government was giving unto us. I renew that plea now. My brethren and sisters, for the sake of the government which we love, for the sake of the government which we believe was divinely inspired, be honest with it. Be honest, just ordinarily gold honest. That is all I ask.

  J. Reuben Clark

  Believe, Hands, Years

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• It was very easy to kind of, kinda shut off and just, just kinda go crazy and just kinda dive into this or that. You never really take a minute to look around, you know take stock and see where you're at and make sure you're doing things for the right reasons and make sure that you remember to call that person who's really important to you and you know, tell them what's on your mind, and be honest with yourself.

  Andrew McMahon

  Crazy, Mind, Important

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• A true professional feels no pressure to run up a client's bill, knowing that any reduction in revenues caused by being efficient will be more than recompensed by the reputation earned for being honest and trustworthy.

  David Maister

  Inspiring, Running, Knowing

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• To be honest with you, I get a little fed up with actors who act crazy to make themselves more interesting.

  George Eads

  Crazy, Interesting, Actors

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• I am hard on myself. But isn't it better to be honest about these things before someone else can use them against you? Before someone else can break your heart? Isn't it better to break it yourself?

  Stephanie Perkins

  Life, Heart, Use

  Stephanie Perkins (2014). “Isla and the Happily Ever After”, p.192, Penguin

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• Learn to trust and be trustworthy. When you treat someone as if they are being dishonest, you will train them to be. It's more powerful to treat someone as if they are being honest, and you will train them to now be honest, even if they weren't then.

  Marshall Sylver

  Powerful, Honest, Trustworthy

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