Honest Quotes

Between a fellow who is stupid and honest and one who is smart and crooked, I will take the first. I won't get much out of him, but with that other guy I can't keep what I've got.
Lewis B. Hershey

Smart, Stupid, Him

No one can ever enter the celestial kingdom unless he is strictly honest.
Joseph Smith, Jr.

Unless, Kingdom, Celestial

Being honest is my job. That's what music is for me.
Erykah Badu

I very much dislike the intolerance and moralism of many Christians, and feel more sympathy with Honest Doubters than with them.
A. N. Wilson

Sympathy, Dislike, Christians

Americans' addiction to sports, with the NFL at the top, is based on the excitement generated by the potential for the unexpected great play which can only happen with honest competition from great athletes.
Arlen Specter

Great, Sports, Happen

It's a video release as well so I have to be perfectly honest and go, probably not specifically for DVD, but there are extra bits on it that aren't on anything else, so as exciting as that sounds.
Jo Brand

Else, Exciting, Sounds

By crying on my bed, drinking quite a lot and feeling tempted by drugs. Well, just not reading it to be perfectly honest with you. I know it's a bit of a copout.
Jo Brand

Feeling, Reading, Quite

A buddy will keep you honest and add a dimension of fun to your workout.
Bill Toomey

Fun, Keep, Workout

I know I have a very self-destructive tendency since my mother died, I have got to be honest.
George Michael

Mother, Since, Died

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

Lives, Changes, Number

The makers of entertainment must try, in our field, to be honest and grown-up.
Elia Kazan

Try, Field, Makers

America fell in love with the innocence of a kid who just was honest, saying, I did the best I could, and I had no formal training.
Paula Abdul

Love, Best, Saying

I've learned not to hide behind a veil of irony - to talk about my work in a more honest way.
Florence Welch

Work, Learned, Talk

I'm certainly honest - and I can be socially awkward.
Norman Reedus

Awkward, Socially

Cathy was the first widely syndicated humor strip created by a woman. The strip was pretty revolutionary at the time not only because it starred a female, but also because it was so emotionally honest about all the conflicting feelings many women had in 1976.
Cathy Guisewite

Humor, Time, Women

I think when it comes to Botox and surgery, actresses should do it or not do it, but be honest about their choices.
Debra Winger

Choices, Surgery, Botox

I'm not a loud, extravagant person; I'm never going to be that and, to be honest, I don't want to be like that.
Leona Lewis

I'm a terrible interviewer. I'm not a journalist - although I have a Peabody Award - and I'm not really a late-night host. What I am is honest.
Craig Ferguson

Terrible, Journalist, Host

To be honest I don't think I was any great shakes as a theatre actor because everything I was doing was really small in size - intimate.
Robert Carlyle

Great, Small, Theatre

When it comes to casting, I've been so lucky. I've worked with unbelievable actors who make me look better than I am and take the written word and make it honest.
Jason Reitman

Word, Lucky, Worked

Honesty is the best policy; but he who is governed by that maxim is not an honest man.
Richard Whately

Best, Honesty, Policy

I've never been crazy. I'm a very good girl, to be honest. I don't do anything to hurt anybody.
Leighton Meester

Good, Hurt, Crazy

I sympathize far more with heavier people than I ever will with thin. I'll never be thin. Let's be honest.
Kevin Smith

Far, Thin, Heavier

The crucial task of old age is balance: keeping just well enough, just brave enough, just gay and interested and starkly honest enough to remain a sentient human being.
Florida Scott-Maxwell

Age, Gay, Human

The people who watch Fox are not going to watch CNN. You know, let's be honest.
Fareed Zakaria

Watch, Fox, Cnn

I can't impress enough upon people that if you tell an honest story that people relate to and people believe and invest in, you can do anything.
Paul Feig

Enough, Tell, Story

To be honest, once you've driven around for about five, 10 laps, you don't notice a difference.
Danica Patrick

Around, Once, Difference

Making an album should be an honest experience. It shouldn't be about trying to gauge where popular music is today; it should be about artistic expression and putting down what you want to put down.
Scott Weiland

Music, Experience, Today

In many ways, being honest about 'Huckleberry Finn' goes right to the heart of whether we can be honest about our heritage and our identity as Americans.
Jane Smiley

Heart, Whether, Goes

If you're gonna tell your life story, you gotta be honest, or don't do it.
R. Kelly

Life, Tell, Story

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