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Honest Quotes (page 12)

John Quincy Adams quote: "To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so,..."
To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so, is something worse. John Quincy Adams
James Beard quote: "Be simple. Be honest. Don't overcook and don't undercook,..."
Be simple. Be honest. Don't overcook and don't undercook, but it's better to undercook than overcook. James Beard
A person who is fundamentally honest doesn't need a code of ethics. The Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount are all the ethical code anybody needs. Harry S. Truman
You've always lived here, right?" Sarah asked."Except for the years I went to college."Didn't you ever want to move away? To experience something new?"Like bistros?"She nudged him playfully with her elbow. "No, not just that. Cities have a vibrancy, a sense of excitement that you can't find in a small town."I don't doubt it. But to be honest, I've never been interested in things like that. I don't need those things to make me happy. A nice quiet place to unwind at the end of the day,... Nicholas Sparks
J. D. Salinger quote: "Phooey, I say, on all white-shoe college boys who edit their..."
Phooey, I say, on all white-shoe college boys who edit their campus literary magazines. Give me an honest con man any day. J. D. Salinger
Jodi Picoult quote: "Your problem is that you have been too honest for too long. ..."
Your problem is that you have been too honest for too long. Once you start doing it, lying is simpler than breathing. Jodi Picoult
Ayn Rand quote: "An honest man is one who knows that he can't consume more than..."
An honest man is one who knows that he can't consume more than he has produced. Ayn Rand
I took the easy way, and to an extent I regret that. Still, though, the way we did it was honest. We played it and sang it the way we felt it, and there's a lot to be said for that. Johnny Cash
An armchair is always an armchair, to the modern child, never a ship, never a desert island. The pattern on the wall are patterns; not characters whose faces change at dusk... The trouble is, the children have no imagination. They are sweet, and have carefree, honest eyes; but they have not any magic in their day. The magic has all gone... Daphne du Maurier
Nobody asks you to love the whole world, only to be honest, ehrlich. Don't have a loud mouth. The more you love people the more they'll mix you up. A child loves, a person respects. Respect is better than love. Saul Bellow
Luck in all its moods had to be loved and not feared Bond saw luck as a woman, to be softly wooed or brutally ravaged, never pandered to or pursued. But he was honest enough to admit that he had never yet been made to suffer by cards or by women. One day, and he accepted the fact he would be brought to his knees by love or by luck. Ian Fleming
Love is the bridge that leads from the I sense to the We, and there is a paradox about personal love. Love of another individual opens a new relation between the personality and the world. The lover responds in a new way to nature and may even write poetry. Love is affirmation; it motivates the yes responses and the sense of wider communication. Love casts out fear, and in the security of this togetherness we find contentment, courage. We no longer fear the age-old haunting questions: "Who am... Carson McCullers
I do profess to be no less than I seem; to serve him truly that will put me in trust: to love him that is honest; to converse with him that is wise, and says little; to fear judgment; to fight when I cannot choose; and to eat no fish. William Shakespeare
Man, I didnt know anything like that was going to happen! Honest, Tex, he was on something. Holy cow! I really kid, I been doing this stuff for a year now and I never saw nobody pull a gun before! God Almighty! What if he hadnt missed!' -- Lem 'He didn't.' -- Tex 'What?' -- Lem 'I said he didn't miss. He shot me and it hurts like hell.' -- Tex S. E. Hinton
Rudyard Kipling quote: "I keep six honest serving men (they taught me all i knew);..."
I keep six honest serving men (they taught me all i knew); Theirs names are What and Why and When And How And Where and Who. Rudyard Kipling

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