Honest Quotes

Great robbers always resemble honest folk. Fellows who have rascally faces have only one course to take, and that is to remain honest; otherwise, they would be arrested off-hand.

Well, to be honest I think I tell less truth when I write journalism than when I write fiction.

I try and be as normal as I can, but it's all pretty mental to be honest.

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

Ther's still a few honest folks left but they never seem t' find anything you lose.

To be honest with you, I (would) much rather play basketball and not be famous.

I'll be honest with you: love is not always what we think it is. It is a roller coaster ride going through this, and it's beautiful at the same time.

I can honestly say that I am happier now than I have ever been. For the first time in my life I feel free.

To be honest, the play that was drawn up, I scratched it. I just told coach, 'Give me the ball.' We're either going to go to overtime or I'm going to win it for us. It was that simple.

What goes on between a father and a son, which is usually such a private matter, is that they are able to be honest with each other, and be honest with me, as a director. Its just remarkable.

Music has always gotten me through life, particularly honest, real music.

To be honest, the only thing I ever really wanted to be was a writer - since I read 'Charlotte's Web' as a child.

There is a passion of reverence, almost of pity, mingling with the love of an honest man for a pure girl, which makes it the most exquisite, perhaps, of all human sentiments.

All of us must come to an honest, open self-examination, an awareness within as to who and what we want to be.

When you are honest and open with young people, they let you in.

If I'm honest with myself, I think it's probably true I have learned more in my life through pain than through joy. But hopefully that's changing.

I think this [Gnomeo & Juliet] is the closest I ought to get to Shakespeare to be honest.

Honest, I only cheat a leetle.

If we are honest and fair, then we are known by that. If we are not, alas, we are known by that as well. What we want to do is do right, but you have to say it, you have to show it, and not stop.

I always try to attack the most honest issues I can in my comedy.

For a man who walks in the light, to stay humble is not to walk in the dark; you don't need to project yourself to be thought an honest man.

And believe it or not, a new record from Philly's greatest, the Roots. It's kind of bitter sweet, to be honest. Well, maybe not so bitter. It's called "Rising Down."

The American people voted to restore integrity and honesty in Washington, D.C., and the Democrats intend to lead the most honest, most open and most ethical Congress in history.

I am honest; I try to be truthful. I like people and wish us well. We are not always deserving of our own best wishes.

What could be a more Canadian way to indulge in the national preoccupation with perceptions - honest, hilarious, huffy or high-minded - of this country and its inhabitants?

Let's be honest. We're not Manchester United or Arsenal, are we?

Patience has nothing to do with suppression. In fact, it has everything to do with a gentle, honest relationship with yourself.

Honest criticism, I suppose, has its place. But honest writing is infinitely more valuable.

We should tax things we don't like. We should tax pollution ... And we should lighten the taxes on things we do like, like honest labor, like food.

The Italians . . . you can't find one who is honest.

When I grow up, I want to be an honest lawyer so things like that can't happen.

Get honest with God, and your focus will shift from just seeing your problems - no matter how overwhelming they seem - to the grace of God.

I am an honest, God-fearing man who is intensely dedicated to being the best person I can be on and off the football field.

I believe in the honest craft of workmen.

Honest fiction may be made to supplement the pulpit.

A miracle is the badge and brand of fraud. ... No intelligent, honest man ever pretended to perform a miracle, and never will.

Let's deal with each other honestly.

You learn how to do good work by being honest with yourself.

Because gold is honest money it is disliked by dishonest men.

I just wanted to be a guy on the radio and I wanted to succeed, and I wanted a situation where I could be honest.

The first step to greatness is to be honest.

To be honest, it's a bit of a relief not having to be the party animal for a change.

To be honest, you have to do a big Hollywood film to get enough money to do a good independent film!

I'm very real, very sincere and honest, and that's how I'll always be.

To be honest, because there's loud music in my ears probably three hours a day, between sound check and the show, I listen to podcasts more than I listen to music on the road.

But if you loved me Why'd you leave me?

I want to make honest music and tell honest stories that hopefully reflect the thoughts and feelings other people have.

One honest relationship can be more productive than fistfuls of business cards.

Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.

I have tried if I could reach that great resolution . . . to be honest without a thought of Heaven or Hell.