Famous Quotes & Sayings

Robert Burns

For thus the royal mandate ran, When first the human race began, "The social, friendly honest man, Whate'er he be, Tis he fulfils great Nature's plan, And none but he!"

Robert Burns

Dare to be honest and fear no labor.

Ridley Scott

I don't ever blink, honestly.

Richard Steele

There is hardly that person to be found who is not more concerned for the reputation of wit and sense, than honesty and virtue.

Richard Armour

"Do you want my honest opinion?" People ask. I say, "Yes," for I'm curious. So they give me their honest opinion, And I - well, I'm always furious.

Richard Armitage

I'm the only honest person in Washington.

T. Boone Pickens

A dollar is not worth as much as you think it is. Your honesty is worth much more.

Scott Westerfeld

She turned to Frizz. "So you understand the problem? You can't let Tally know about Radical Honesty. There's no telling what she'll do if she finds out you could ruin her plans." Frizz's eyebrows rose. "So let me get this straight, Aya-chan. You want me, a person who can't lie, to lie about the fact that I can't lie?" "We need another plan," Hiro said.

Scott Adams

Dogbert: So, Since Columbus is dead, you have no evidence that the earth is round. Dilbert: Look. You can Ask Senator John Glenn. He orbited the earth when he was an astronaut. Dogbert: So, your theory depends on the honesty of politicians. Dilbert: Yes... no, wait...

Kent Beck

Responsible Development shares many practices with XP but the roots are different. Responsible Development's values are honesty, transparency, accountability and responsibility. These lead me to pairing, test-first, incremental design, continuous integration and so on because they support the values.

Kenneth Branagh

It doesn't mean old or younger. I've learned a lot from people much younger than me as well as people much older than me. So I think it's about honesty and generosity.

Kelly Rowland

Honesty, like my mama always says, is always the best policy.

Kelly Rowland

I just feel like Brits are honest - period. And that's what I like.

Katy Perry

Honesty has always worked for me.

Katy Perry

I'm okay if everything is honest and truthful and relatable. If it's fabricated and ill-motived, it's not good.

Ralph Ellison

I was never more hated than when I tried to be honest. Or when, even as just now I've tried to articulate exactly what I felt to be the truth. No one was satisfied

Radha Mitchell

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson

We commonly say that the rich man can speak the truth, can afford honesty, can afford independence of opinion and action;--and that is the theory of nobility. But it is the rich man in a true sense, that is to say, not the man of large income and large expenditure, but solely the man whose outlay is less than his income and is steadily kept so.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

But to most of us society shows not its face and eye, but its side and back. To stand in true relations with men in a false age isworth a fit of insanity, is it not?

Ralph Waldo Emerson

When a man speaks the truth in the spirit of truth, his eye is as clear as the heavens. When he has base ends, and speaks falsely, the eye is muddy, and sometimes asquint.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Yet a man may love a paradox, without losing either his wit or his honesty.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.

Scarlett Thomas

Honesty and authenticity are a big deal for me.

Liam Hemsworth

Honestly, I'm not an extravagant person, I don't spend a lot of money.

Theresa May

The public want honesty from their politicians.Not showy gimmicks.

Terry Pratchett

Things have no power that humans don't put there.

Terry Pratchett

If you were going to be successful in the world of crime, you needed a reputation for honesty.

Terry Goodkind

Honor is honesty to what is, not blind duty to what you wish to be.

Terry Goodkind

Once you place that crown of liar on your head, you can take it off again, but it leaves a stain for all time.

Sinead O'Connor

When I kissed you, you didn't mind. I thought I tasted of too many cigarettes, but you tasted like wine.

Simone Elkeles

Love is honesty. Love is a mutual respect for one another.

Simon Pegg

Being a geek is all about being honest about what you enjoy...

St. Jerome

Honest speech does not seek secret places.