Famous Quotes & Sayings

Benjamin Franklin

Nothing but Money, Is sweeter than Honey.

Benjamin Franklin

'tis his honesty that brought upon him the character of a heretic.

Benjamin Franklin

Let honesty and industry be thy constant companions, and spend one penny less than thy clear gains; then shall thy pocket begin to thrive; creditors will not insult, nor want oppress, nor hungerness bite, nor nakedness freeze thee

Benjamin Franklin

I grew convinced that truth, sincerity and integrity in dealings between man and man were of the utmost importance to the felicity of life, and I formed written resolutions . . . to practice them ever while I lived.

Barbra Streisand

What reaches an audience is honesty. If you're saying something truthful that's supposed to be a funny line, it's going to be funny. And if it's supposed to be a serious line, it's going to be serious. But, I don't think there's a distinction between how you play drama or comedy, if it's based in the truth.

Avril Lavigne

And you fall, and you crawl, and you break, what you get, and you turn it into honesty and promise you're never going to find you're faking, no no no.

Anton Chekhov

A litterateur is not a confectioner, not a dealer in cosmetics, not an entertainer. . . . He is just like an ordinary reporter. What would you say if a newspaper reporter, because of his fastidiousness or from a wish to give pleasure to his readers, were to describe only honest mayors, high-minded ladies, and virtuous railroad contractors.

bell hooks

Commitment to truth telling lays the groundwork for the openness and honesty that is the heartbeat of love.

bell hooks

Honesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful dialogue.

Anthony Trollope

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.

Anthony Trollope

It is easy for most of us to keep our hands from picking and stealing when picking and stealing plainly lead to prison diet and prison garments. But when silks and satins come of it, and with the silks and satins general respect, the net result of honesty does not seem to be so secure.

Anthony Trollope

I think the greatest rogues are they who talk most of their honesty.

Dan Ariely

Honesty is a complex and tricky thing, and we don't want to be honest all the time.

Elizabeth Wurtzel

I am fortunate to have been well paid for an almost pathological honesty.

B. C. Forbes

Honesty is the cornerstone of character. The honest man or woman seeks not merely to avoid criminal or illegal acts, but to be scrupulously fair, upright, fearless in both action and expression. Honesty pays dividends both in dollars and in peace of mind.

B. C. Forbes

Honesty is the cornerstone of character.

Arthur Helps

There is an honesty which is but decided selfishness in disguise. The person who will not refrain from expressing his or her sentiments and manifesting his or her feelings, however unfit the time, however inappropriate the place, however painful this expression may be, lays claim, forsooth, to our approbation as an honest person, and sneers at those of finer sensibilities as hypocrites.

Armistead Maupin

The world changes in direct proportion to the number of people willing to be honest about their lives.

Antonio Banderas

Listen, I think movies serve many different purposes, from those movies that are frivolous and just an entertainment, to movies that just go to exploring the complexities of the human soul. Everything is valid if it's done with honesty and dignity, and I actually do both of those types of movies in my career.

Austin Peck

Especially when you deal with comedy, you have got to be really honest because it's the honesty and the spontaneity that causes people to chuckle, that catches people.

Ava Gardner

When I lose my temper, honey, you can't find it any place.

Miley Cyrus

I've never been that person to fake it, and say what everyone else wants you to say. Then you never have anything personal. If I wanted to be an actress all the time, I could do that. But I don't. I want to be real. I want to be a real person. That's what an artist is. An artist has to be honest. Without honesty, there's nothing.

We honestly have not looked at this from an anti-importation perspective.

Benjamin Graham

Before you place your financial future in the hands of an adviser, it's imperative that you find someone who not only makes you comfortable but whose honesty is beyond reproach.

Bruce Springsteen

Blame it on the lies that killed us. Blame it on the truth that ran us down.

Bruce Springsteen

When I look at myself, I don't see the man I wanted to be.

Bruce Springsteen

I know I ain't nobody's bargain, but hell a little touchup and a little paint...

Brian Tracy

Deal honestly and objectively with yourself; intellectual honesty and personal courage are the hallmarks of great character.

Brian Blessed

My parents taught me honesty, truth, compassion, kindness and how to care for people. Also, they encouraged me to take risks, to boldly go. They taught me that the greatest danger in life is not taking the adventure.

Brenda Ueland

You can write anything you want to,--a six-act blank verse, symbolic tragedy or a vulgar short, short story. Just so that you write it with honesty and gusto, and do not try to make somebody believe that you are smarter than you are. What's the use? You can never be smarter than you are.

Jane Fonda

I feel like my honesty gives people the freedom to talk about things they wouldn't otherwise.

Jamie Campbell Bower

I don't think I'd really be alive without it, in all honesty.

Juvenal

Honesty's praised, then left to freeze.