Honest Quotes - Page 35

• I like to listen to sad music when I’m sad. It seems honest. It makes me cry, and sometimes a good cry is the only thing that can make you feel better.

  Elizabeth Berg

  Feel Better, Sad Music, Sometimes

  Elizabeth Berg (2011). “Once Upon a Time, There Was You”, p.44, Random House

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• A culture cannot evolve without honest, powerful storytelling. When a society repeatedly experiences glossy, hollowed-out, pseudo-stories, it degenerates. We need true satires and tragedies, dramas and comedies that shine a clean light into the dingy corners of the human psyche and society.

  Robert McKee

  Powerful, Drama, Light

  Robert McKee (2010). “Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting”, p.13, Harper Collins

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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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• My brother believed in all sorts of mythical creatures: pixies, dragons, werewolves, honest men.

  Jodi Picoult

  Brother, Men, Dragons

  Jodi Picoult (2013). “The Storyteller”, p.39, Simon and Schuster

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• New York [cannot] remain the center of commerce and capital for this continent, unless it has an independent bar and an honest judiciary.

  Samuel J. Tilden

  New York, Independent, Bars

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• Magnus had a list of favored traits in a partner-black hair, blue eyes, honest.

  Cassandra Clare

  Eye, Hair, Blue

  Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan (2013). “What Really Happened in Peru”, p.24, Simon and Schuster

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• I would love to say how nice it is to see you again, but that would be a lie. And I am nothing if not honest.

  Kami Garcia

  Nice, Lying, Would Be

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• However a man who was honest and clever was always, ALWAYS more difficult to scam than someone who was both dishonest and clever. Sincerity. It was so difficult , by definition, to fake.

  Brandon Sanderson

  Clever, Men, Fake

  Brandon Sanderson (2012). “The Emperor's Soul”, p.77, Tachyon Publications

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• When a question has no correct answer, there is only one honest response. The gray area between yes and no. Silence.

  Dan Brown

  Silence, Yes And No, Answers

  Dan Brown (2003). “The Da Vinci Code: A Novel”

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• The world is full of beautiful girls. But they're not Angelina Jolie. She's fun, honest, intelligent, gorgeous and divinely talented. She brings a hell of a lot to the party.

  John Frankenheimer

  Beautiful, Girl, Fun

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• To be honest, I look at my Pinball program and feel that it is old stuff. I could do much better.

  Bill Budge

  Looks, Stuff, Program

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• You said i could call you when i wanted but that you wouldn’t call me. you have to decide where and when, you said. if you leave it up to me i’ll want to see you every day. At least you were honest, which is more than i can say for me.

  Junot Diaz

  Want, Said, Call Me

  Junot Diaz (2012). “This Is How You Lose Her”, p.50, Faber & Faber

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• Betrayed and wronged in everything, I’ll flee this bitter world where vice is king, And seek some spot unpeopled and apart Where I’ll be free to have an honest heart. - Molière, The Misanthrope

  Moliere

  Kings, Heart, Vices

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• A blessed thing it is to have a friend; one human soul whom we can trust utterly; who knows the best and worst of us, and who loves us in spite of all our faults; who will speak the honest truth to us, while the world flatters us to our face, and laughs at us behind our back; who will give us counsel and reproof in a day of prosperity and self-conceit; but who, again, will comfort and encourage us in days of difficulty and sorrow, when the world leaves us alone to fight our own battle as we can.

  Charles Kingsley

  Blessed, Fighting, Self

  Charles Kingsley (1881). “The Works of Charles Kingsley”

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• The honest ratepayer and his healthy family have no doubt often mocked at the dome-like forehead of the philosopher, and laughed over the strange perspective of the landscape that lies beneath him. If they really knew who he was, they would tremble. For Chuang Tsǔ spent his life in preaching the great creed of Inaction, and in pointing out the uselessness of all things.

  Oscar Wilde

  Lying, Perspective, Healthy

  Oscar Wilde (1969). “The Artist as Critic: Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde”, p.222, University of Chicago Press

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• He was as honest as any criminal can hope to be.

  Holly Black

  Criminals

  Holly Black (2012). “Black Heart”, p.211, Simon and Schuster

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• I had to learn to be honest with myself. I had to recognize my pain threshold. When I hit the floor, I have to realize it's not as if I broke a bone. Pushing yourself over the barrier is a habit. I know I can do it and try something else crazy. If you want to win the war, you've got to pay the price.

  Flo Hyman

  Sports, Pain, War

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• That's the problem with the truth," Darcy said. "Liars and honest men both claim to have it.

  Hugh Howey

  Liars, Men, Problem

  Hugh Howey (2014). “The Wool Trilogy: Wool, Shift, Dust”, p.995, Random House

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• I haven’t changed my mind. That’s the point! I want to spend my life with you even though it’s totally irrational. And you have short earlobes. Socially and genetically there’s no reason for me to be attracted to you. The only logical conclusion is that I must be in love with you.

  Graeme Simsion

  Love, Mind, Want

  Graeme Simsion (2014). “The Rosie Project: A Novel”, p.283, Simon and Schuster

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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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• I want to be brave, and selfless, and smart, and kind, and honest.

  Veronica Roth

  Smart, Brave, Divergent

  "Divergent and the Gospel (Part II): Vanquishing Weakness, Cultivating Strength" by Jacob Myers, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 28, 2014.

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• An honest kiss, a little kindness, everyone deserves that much, however big or small.

  George R. R. Martin

  Kindness, Kissing, Littles

  George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Dance with Dragons: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Five”, p.613, Bantam

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• God, his chin. She wanted to make an honest woman of his chin. She wanted to lock it down.

  Rainbow Rowell

  Locks, Honest Woman, Wanted

  Rainbow Rowell (2013). “Fangirl”, p.265, Pan Macmillan

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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, Kind

  "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, You Choose

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