I think love can be really tough. Because it involves ultimately an honesty to the nth degree that you are capable of. Once said, you’ve lost your deposit. It’s best if you don’t say it. – John Hurt
‘Honesty’ in social life is often used as a cover for rudeness. But there is quite a difference between being candid in what you’re talking about, and people voicing their insulting opinions under the name of honesty. – Judith Martin
People are consuming more than ever, but I think they want a bit of honesty and depth. Adele, Gotye, Janelle Monae – they’re giving you a catchy song, but it’s also a challenging song at the same time. – Kimbra
In the long run, I believe that honesty is definitely the best policy. One can get away by being dishonest for a short term, but ultimately, honesty is what pays. – Kapil Dev
To be honest with my music… for me to expect anyone to connect it has to come from a place of honesty. – Keri Hilson
There isn’t a lot of honesty when it comes to discussing Obamacare. Too many Republicans lie about the implications of the health-insurance program and dismiss out of hand the reasons a massive overhaul of the long-time system is necessary. – Kurt Eichenwald
Treat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are not good with goodness. Thus goodness is attained. Be honest to those who are honest, and be also honest to those who are not honest. Thus honesty is attained. – Lao Tzu
In all honesty I think that I’ve had a very normal life, even though I’ve been making movies since I was 9. – Josh Hutcherson
Honesty works against you in the entertainment field. I try to be a journalist and a documentarian, but that doesn’t mean that people are going to embrace it at the moment. The point is I’m leaving the mark of my hysteria and the political hysteria, and that’s it… I can only do what I do. – Lydia Lunch
If money, education, and honesty will not bring to me as much privilege, as much equality as they bring to any American citizen, then they are to me a curse, and not a blessing. – John Hope
Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist. – Mary Kay Ash
Food, in the end, in our own tradition, is something holy. It’s not about nutrients and calories. It’s about sharing. It’s about honesty. It’s about identity. – Louise Fresco
I want people to see an honesty within me. I’m not trying to be the next Sam Cooke or Otis Redding. – Leon Bridges
‘Blue Valentine,’ Derek Cianfrance’s emotional gunslinger of a film, tears into the topic of moribund marriages with an honesty that’s hard to come by in Hollywood these days. – Katie Hafner
Nobody wants to rock their own life. But, on the other hand, when your life does get rocked, it affords you a certain level of emotional honesty. It liberates you to be who you really are. – Jonathan Tropper
My theory is the root of a country artist is truth and honesty. For me, I look at Sam Hunt. The truth and the honest thing is we have southern roots, we were raised in a southern way, but we listen to Drake and other stuff, too. – Kelsea Ballerini
Industry, economy, honesty, and kindness form a quartet of virtues that will never be improved upon. – James Oliver
It’s about communication. It’s about honesty. It’s about treating people in the organization as deserving to know the facts. You don’t try to give them half the story. You don’t try to hide the story. You treat them as – as true equals, and you communicate and you communicate and communicate. – Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.
I’ve done more harm by the falseness of trying to please than by the honesty of trying to hurt. – Jessamyn West
I think I’m sort of blind to genre. As long as it has a sort of honesty about it, which I think you’ll hear in whatever music you respond to, then I think it doesn’t need to be called anything particularly. – Lianne La Havas
Ethics or simple honesty is the building blocks upon which our whole society is based, and business is a part of our society, and it’s integral to the practice of being able to conduct business, that you have a set of honest standards. – Kerry Stokes
A sarcastic person has a superiority complex that can be cured only by the honesty of humility. – Lawrence G. Lovasik
I guess I’m reasonably confident in all honesty. But I definitely don’t think I’m arrogant. I’m pretty down to earth, I mean I’m genuinely down to earth. – John Key