Honesty Quotes

1. “No legacy is so rich as honesty.”

2. “Goodness is about character - integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people.”

3. “The influence of a mother upon the lives of her children cannot be measured. They know and absorb her example and attitudes when it comes to questions of honesty, temperance, kindness, and industry.”

4. “The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty.”

5. “Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.”

6. “We learned about honesty and integrity - that the truth matters… that you don't take shortcuts or play by your own set of rules… and success doesn't count unless you earn it fair and square.”

7. “The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made.”

8. “Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad.”

9. “There's just some magic in truth and honesty and openness.”

10. “Honesty is more than not lying. It is truth telling, truth speaking, truth living, and truth loving.”

11. “Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.”

12. “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.”

13. “Honesty is the best policy.”

14. “Many people resented my impatience and honesty, but I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.”

15. “Honesty is the fastest way to prevent a mistake from turning into a failure.”

16. “Honesty and loyalty are key. If two people can be honest with each other about everything, that's probably the biggest key to success.”

17. “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.”

18. “The person who is brutally honest enjoys the brutality quite as much as the honesty. Possibly more.”

19. “That inner voice has both gentleness and clarity. So to get to authenticity, you really keep going down to the bone, to the honesty, and the inevitability of something.”

20. “Confidence… thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live.”

21. “When the norm is decency, other virtues can thrive: integrity, honesty, compassion, kindness, and trust.”

22. “With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.”

23. “It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.”

24. “Honesty is of God and dishonesty of the devil; the devil was a liar from the beginning.”

25. “The high road is always respected. Honesty and integrity are always rewarded.”

26. “Relationships feed on credibility, honesty, and consistency.”

27. “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.”

28. “Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully.”

29. “Loyalty and honesty, those are important.”

30. “True country music is honesty, sincerity, and real life to the hilt.”

31. “It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office.”

32. “Transparency, honesty, kindness, good stewardship, even humor, work in businesses at all times.”

33. “Here are the values that I stand for: honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you want to be treated and helping those in need. To me, those are traditional values.”

34. “We have to stand up for what we believe in, even when we might not be popular for it. Honesty starts with being ourselves, authentic and true to who we are and what we believe in, and that may not always be popular, but it will always let you follow your dreams and your heart.”

35. “The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education.”

36. “The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale.”

37. “I believe fundamental honesty is the keystone of business.”

38. “Moral authority comes from following universal and timeless principles like honesty, integrity, treating people with respect.”

39. “The greatest truth is honesty, and the greatest falsehood is dishonesty.”

40. “The elegance of honesty needs no adornment.”

41. “Honesty is grounded in humility and indeed in humiliation, and in admitting exactly where we are powerless.”

42. “My parents taught me about the importance of qualities like kindness, respect, and honesty, and I realize how central values like these have been to me throughout my life.”

43. “Without intellectual honesty, you can't have a culture that's willing to tolerate failure because people cling too much to an idea that likely will be bad or isn't working and they feel like their reputation is tied up in it. They can't admit failure.”

44. “Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty.”

45. “If you look at life with any honesty and intelligence, it's clear that human nature is dark, vile, selfish, and despondent. But I also see a force in human nature, namely grace, that sometimes works against our natural moral entropy.”

46. “Concentration is my motto - first honesty, then industry, then concentration.”

47. “My strength would be my honesty and my passion towards my work.”

48. “Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.”

49. “Many churches are measuring the wrong things. We measure things like attendance and giving, but we should be looking at more fundamental things like anger, contempt, honesty, and the degree to which people are under the thumb of their lusts. Those things can be counted, but not as easily as offerings.”

50. “All religions try to benefit people, with the same basic message of the need for love and compassion, for justice and honesty, for contentment.”

51. “Achievements on the golf course are not what matters, decency and honesty are what matter.”

52. “Honesty is the best policy - when there is money in it.”

53. “When you do something with a lot of honesty, appetite and commitment, the input reflects in the output.”

54. “When you live your life with honesty and integrity, there is nothing that anyone can ever take away from you.”

55. “Acting is all about honesty. If you can fake that, you've got it made.”

56. “The three ordinary things that we often don't pay enough attention to, but which I believe are the drivers of all success, are hard work, perseverance, and basic honesty.”

57. “You must study to be frank with the world: Frankness is the child of honesty and courage.”

58. “I'm God's chosen child. I don't worry or carry anything extra to feel the strength. I've always felt the power of God beside me. Your strength lies in instilling honesty, truth, and sincerity in you.”

59. “All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse.”

60. “I'm very unpredictable. Very, very impulsive. Extremely. Absolutely! Sometimes I don't know what I want to do from one day to the next. I can't enjoy anything premeditated; I just do it as I feel it. But whatever I do is motivated by honesty.”

61. “Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.”

62. “Whatever you go into, you have to go in there to be the best. There's no formulas. It's all about passion and honesty and hard work. It might look glamorous, but it takes a lot of hard work. The blessing with the arts is that you can do it forever.”

63. “I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you in the face. Don't trust that conventional idea. Dishonesty will stare honesty out of countenance any day in the week, if there is anything to be got by it.”

64. “Honesty prospers in every condition of life.”

65. “I just write songs that I strongly believe in and that are coming from inside. There's no tricks. It's honesty with big melodies.”

66. “Irony is just honesty with the volume cranked up.”

67. “Good design begins with honesty, asks tough questions, comes from collaboration and from trusting your intuition.”

68. “In assisting his 'neighbour' every day to the best of his ability, and keeping truth, honesty, and kindness perpetually before him, the Boy Scout, with as little formality as possible, is pleasing God.”

69. “You know, there's nothing you can do about your public image. It is what it is. I just try to do things honestly. I guess honesty is what you would call subjective: if you feel good about what you're doing, yourself, if you figure you're doing the right thing.”

70. “Marriage requires searing honesty at all costs. I learned that from my third wife.”

71. “Humor, humility, and, of course, honesty, all are qualities that work in public and cultural diplomacy.”

72. “The true measure of life is not length, but honesty.”

73. “My career is based on openness and honesty.”

74. “I think the thing about love is that even though the things around us change, we as human beings, a lot of the ways we interact, and the ways we love each other is timeless. It requires trust, honesty, commitment, romance, and physical chemistry.”

75. “Wealth is a thing, earned with honesty and justice. Its opposite is the Mammon of unrighteousness.”

76. “Truth, honesty, empowerment - it's what I want for myself and my readers.”

77. “'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.”

78. “I think the number one thing that I find important is the importance of honesty with your friends and your parents, if you can be. But I think that telling people how you really feel, being who you truly are, being safe and taking care of yourself is the most important thing.”

79. “I like to see honesty out of people. People who are trustworthy. I like to see people who are involved with The Lord.”

80. “Asking in faith requires honesty, effort, commitment, and persistence.”

81. “I am afraid we must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that honesty is the best policy.”

82. “Honesty is as rare as a man without self-pity.”

83. “You will reciprocally promise love, loyalty and matrimonial honesty. We only want for you this day that these words constitute the principle of your entire life and that with the help of divine grace you will observe these solemn vows that today, before God, you formulate.”

84. “Honesty is something you can't wear out.”

85. “I believe in using words, not fists. I believe in my outrage knowing people are living in boxes on the street. I believe in honesty. I believe in a good time. I believe in good food. I believe in sex.”

86. “The theme of the Labor Department's centennial is 'Then, Now, Next.' So in honoring Esther Peterson, we look not just to the past but to the future, acknowledging with honesty and a sense of purpose the lingering challenges we still face and the distance we've yet to travel before equality is truly a reality in the lives of all women.”

87. “When a stranger comes into our presence, then, first appearances are likely to enable us to anticipate his category and attributes, his 'social identity' - to use a term that is better than 'social status' because personal attributes such as 'honesty' are involved, as well as structural ones, like 'occupation.'”

88. “People love that you're human and that we're frail and we face the same situations. Honesty tends to communicate with people better than standing up there like you have an 'S' on your chest.”

89. “People all over the nation are starved for honesty and common sense.”

90. “My friendships and relationships in the conservative world are not predicated on political correctness and enforced conformity of thought. They are based, instead, on mutual respect, honesty and understanding - concepts many modern liberals should consider revisiting.”

91. “I'm a big fan of honesty and being real, so to me, it seemed like Wynonna was a very human character in a very supernatural circumstance. I was like, 'I can do that!'”

92. “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.”

93. “Art, whose honesty must work through artifice, cannot avoid cheating truth.”

94. “'All I'm ever looking for in my work in general is honesty and truth and people being real to themselves.' - iO Tillett Wright”

95. “Commend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his honesty and he will receive you into his favor.”

96. “In all my public and private acts as your president, I expect to follow my instincts of openness and candor with full confidence that honesty is always the best policy in the end.”

97. “Honesty and integrity are absolutely essential for success in life - all areas of life. The really good news is that anyone can develop both honesty and integrity.”

98. “There's an honesty to Clark, Kal-El - Kal-El's the better way of saying it because he is both Superman and Clark - there's an honesty to him which crosses over on both - I don't like to use the word 'identities,' but I will because I can't think of a better one. So, it is not that tough to make that swap and change.”

99. “Confidence in others' honesty is no light testimony of one's own integrity.”

100. “I stand by the principle of honesty, fair play, and trustworthiness.”

101. “Communism everywhere has paid the price of rigidity and dogmatism. Freedom has the strength of compassion and flexibility. It has, above all, the strength of intellectual honesty.”

102. “Honesty is the most single most important factor having a direct bearing on the final success of an individual, corporation, or product.”

103. “Clients don't expect perfection from the service providers they hire, but they do expect honesty and transparency. There is no better way to demonstrate this than by acknowledging when a mistake has been made and humbly apologizing for it.”

104. “There's a place for all types of country music as long as there is honesty and realness and a real human experience for the fans.”

105. “The good news of suffering is that it brings us to the end of ourselves - a purpose it has certainly served in my life. It brings us to the place of honesty, which is the place of desperation, which is the place of faith, which is the place of freedom.”

106. “Honesty is the cruelest game of all, because not only can you hurt someone - and hurt them to the bone - you can feel self-righteous about it at the same time.”

107. “Ending poverty calls for humility, honesty, freedom from ideology and refusal to accept cruel simplicities about anyone's human potential. It requires listening to the wisdom and cutting the nonsense from both the Right and the Left.”

108. “Every time somebody speaks of my honesty, there is someone who quivers inside me.”

109. “Expressions of affection, like putting your arm around someone's shoulder, holding hands, or giving a kiss good night, involve the principle of honesty.”

110. “To me, when you're crying, you're aligned with some sort of truth. Some inner truth. That's why you cry. You identify. It's just ultimate honesty.”

111. “Three simple words - freedom, justice and honesty. These sum up what the Liberal Democrats stand for.”

112. “A child, from the time he can think, should think about all he sees, should suffer for all who cannot live with honesty, should work so that all men can be honest, and should be honest himself.”

113. “Party honesty is party expediency.”

114. “The important things are children, honesty, integrity and faith.”

115. “I haven't changed my mind about modernism from the first day I ever did it… It means integrity; it means honesty; it means the absence of sentimentality and the absence of nostalgia; it means simplicity; it means clarity. That's what modernism means to me.”

116. “Investing is about intellectual honesty. You want to know what you know. You want to know, mostly, what you don't know.”

117. “A trustee is held to something stricter than the morals of the market place. Not honesty alone, but the punctilio of an honor the most sensitive, is then the standard of behavior.”

118. “Honesty I can take. Lies I get upset about.”

119. “My parents taught me honesty, truth, compassion, kindness and how to care for people. Also, they encouraged me to take risks, to boldly go. They taught me that the greatest danger in life is not taking the adventure.”

120. “Most people are not good people. In business, in art, in almost every 'world' I've been in, most people I've meet are pretty gray to black. It takes practice to be the person who is a source of compassion and honesty.”

121. “In all honesty plastic surgery these days goes hand-in-hand with beauty maintenance. It's nothing new. Who I am, my body, I was not created from surgery, at all, whatsoever.”

122. “To make your children capable of honesty is the beginning of education.”

123. “Honesty is all you need.”

124. “I used to be very revenge-motivated, but that's just because I'm a Scorpio. Now I'm more so, like, practice honesty just because it makes you feel better.”

125. “I feel honesty always works.”

126. “Honestly, every person, every individual has a process, and my philosophy, whether it's an actor or an animator, is you try to understand the process that person has so you can get the most out of them, but I think you have to sort of manipulate that process with honesty.”

127. “The appointing power vested in the president imposes delicate and onerous duties. So far as it is possible to be informed, I shall make honesty, capacity, and fidelity indispensable prerequisites to the disposal of office, and the absence of either of these qualities shall be deemed sufficient cause for removal.”

128. “I don't believe in honesty at all costs.”

129. “It's more difficult to write a song about having your heart ripped out of your chest while you're in love. Because it lacks honesty. And the honesty comes through in the music, it really does.”

130. “The NFL is a unique work place. There are no secrets anymore. Technology has taken over, and secrets are exposed. People are going to know what you're all about. You have to make sure you have real honesty in the work place, or you're going to be exposed.”

131. “The trite saying that honesty is the best policy has met with the just criticism that honesty is not policy. The real honest man is honest from conviction of what is right, not from policy.”

132. “Honesty is never seen sitting astride the fence.”

133. “Watergate just happened to come along at the same time as the demand for honesty in relations between the sexes, in advertising, in ecology, in almost everything. It just stumbled into that great big elephant trap that had already been built for it.”

134. “An autobiography is not about pictures; it's about the stories; it's about honesty and as much truth as you can tell without coming too close to other people's privacy.”

135. “I think my love of truth and honesty forces me to notice that the liberal intelligentsia of Western countries is betraying itself where Islam is concerned.”

136. “Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread.”

137. “I don't know that I'm going to entirely do cloth diapers. I'd like to be ambitious about it, but in all honesty, I can't say that I will.”

138. “Honesty compels me to say that I am not a socialist. But so what?”

139. “The most important thing in acting is honesty. If you can fake that, you've got it made.”

140. “It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.”

141. “Empathy is important, openness, honesty, and an understanding for others.”

142. “Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control.”

143. “I'd like to think Fleabag's honesty makes her heroic in spite of her actions.”

144. “And, because there was an honesty about all that was going on. It connected with the people in the street.”

145. “Honesty is not found in revealing the truth, but in understanding how deeply afraid of it we are. To become honest is in effect to become fully and robustly incarnated into powerlessness.”

146. “In all honesty, I don't really know how to feel sexy.”

147. “In all honesty, Hilary Clinton can't fill a Starbucks even if they offered free ventis.”

148. “Truly, I would not hang a dog by my will, much more a man who hath any honesty in him.”

149. “What makes a woman beautiful is her loyalty to and her friendships with other women, and her honesty with men.”

150. “Love and honesty are the things that make a good wife and mother.”

151. “We are extremely concerned that early voting totals may have been leaked in Bladen County as reported by 'The Charlotte Observer.' This action by election officials would be a fundamental violation of the sense of fair play, honesty, and integrity that the Republican Party stands for.”

152. “Anything well written with good language and clarity and honesty is worth doing. It comes out of the same tradition as Shakespeare.”

153. “Honesty and integrity are by far the most important assets of an entrepreneur.”

154. “Quite a few of The Rolling Stones records have had a great honesty about them. In fact, I would put them side-by-side with a 'Treasury of Folk Music' collection, containing all the prison songs, the farm and road-gang songs that were recorded on the spot in the Deep South.”

155. “All stories should have some honesty and truth in them, otherwise you're just playing about.”

156. “For me, honesty is a huge thing, and loyalty, when it comes to relationships.”

157. “I think my confidence stems from my honesty. I'm brutally honest - about everything and even myself. I tell it as I think it. I'm not politically correct. I'm definitely not diplomatic. I get bashed up for what I say, but I don't know any other way.”

158. “They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it.”

159. “One of the market's virtues, and the reason it enables so much peaceful interaction and cooperation among such a great variety of peoples, is that it demands of its participants only that they observe a relatively few basic principles, among them honesty, the sanctity of contracts, and respect for private property.”

160. “I am a very conscientious golfer. I count every stroke. I learned to play that way. That is the only way I can play. It taught me to be honest. There is no greater virtue than honesty.”

161. “I admit that, for the first month of his candidacy, I had my concerns about Trump. I questioned, for example, whether someone with such cutting yet candid honesty, a candidate who veered so sharply from so many of the usual political expectations, could ever become president.”

162. “The thread that ties together everything I love is honesty in the intention.”

163. “The bourgeois novel is the greatest enemy of truth and honesty that was ever invented. It's a vast, sentimentalizing structure that reassures the reader, and at every point, offers the comfort of secure moral frameworks and recognizable characters.”

164. “'Heroes', 'Desperate Housewives', 'The Sopranos' - they're all very stylised. 'The Wire' is much more rooted in realism and honesty. In American television, I can't think of anything I'd rather have been in because it has got something to say and that is the kind of thing I want to do.”

165. “He that loseth his honesty hath nothing else to lose.”

166. “Growing up in northern Kentucky, honesty, integrity and character were revered traits, and - with my family - I looked to the greatest generation of Americans who saved the world during World War II.”

167. “Although it may be true that the notion of teaching virtues such as honesty or integrity arouses little controversy, it is also true that vague consensus on the goodness of these virtues conceals a great deal of actual disagreement over their definitions.”

168. “There's an honesty in our family - my kids and I are able to talk about things without me putting the fear of God into them.”

169. “In all honesty, once you become a professional, number one, you're no longer a fan. I don't root for the Dodgers, really. I just try to do the game as best I can. And the winning and the losing will take care of itself.”

170. “Our commitment for the cause of Pakistan is based on honesty.”

171. “I hope the people remember Dolce & Gabbana for the sensuality, for the Mediterranean sense, for our honesty to the life.”

172. “Honesty lies in understanding our close and necessary relationship with not wanting to hear the truth.”

173. “Simple honesty of purpose in a man goes a long way in life, if founded on a just estimate of himself and a steady obedience to the rule he knows and feels to be right.”

174. “Honesty is a complex and tricky thing, and we don't want to be honest all the time.”

175. “Life comes down to honesty and doing what's right. That's what's most important.”

176. “He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.”

177. “My approach is always the same. I try to be as honest as possible. Find the real honesty and humanity in the character because even a fictional character is supposed to feel real. And my job is to find that reality and bring it to the screen.”

178. “It might be said that the pose of absolute honesty is the most dishonest one of all.”

179. “Honesty is about the scars. It's about the blemishes. But it's more than just bragging about failure, which could be a form of ego. It's about truly helping people.”

180. “My main trick is to work with amazing people. It's a long and twisty journey, and you need people that really are amazing and have this rare gift of honesty and courage and really open up.”

181. “I love Pink and Nelly Furtado - the honesty and truth in their lyrics. I also love Kendrick Lamar and Chance the Rapper.”

182. “I like reading things where someone's looked at what I do with some honesty, and maybe been challenged by it, and they have something to say that shows they've thought about it, even if they don't necessarily like it.”

183. “Stop-and-search has the potential to cause immense resentment and honesty to the police, with all the implications that has for generating distrust and ending co-operation from the public, if it is not used fairly.”

184. “TV is a major force in our lives - a FORCE. It must be handled very carefully, both its censure and its artistic honesty.”

185. “Men are as we have always known them, neither better nor worse from the hearts of rogues there springs a latent honesty, from the depths of honest men there emerges a brutish appetite - a thirst for extermination, a desire for blood.”

186. “I like the honesty about direct selling because it openly tells people the way to get rich is residual income: Get paid tomorrow for something you did yesterday - and let it accumulate.”

187. “The film 'After Life' by Hirokazu Koreeda. I remember when I first saw it, just being totally blown away by every single frame of it. The honesty of it, the fact that it celebrated life, the fact that it was so unbelievably profound and spoke volumes about living life to the fullest and cherishing every moment.”

188. “Intellectual honesty is the quality that the public in free countries always has expected of historians; much more than that it does not expect, nor often get.”

189. “Thinking of Internet chat rooms or AIM as a kind - there's such an intimacy and honesty to tapping on your phone, despite how quick people are to damn digital means of communication as emotionless or too abstract.”

190. “I like honesty and fair play.”

191. “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.”

192. “I strive for honesty because I think that's where the funniest stuff comes from.”

193. “Do what is right… do it with honesty and vigor. Be creative - that's important. Don't follow what other people are doing.”

194. “I dabbled in things like Howlin' Wolf, Cream and Led Zeppelin, but when I heard Son House and Robert Johnson, it blew my mind. It was something I'd been missing my whole life. That music made me discard everything else and just get down to the soul and honesty of the blues.”

195. “Parents have no greater responsibility in this world than the bringing up of their children in the right way, and they will have no greater satisfaction as the years pass than to see those children grow in integrity and honesty and make something of their lives.”

196. “We talk about honesty, but the reality is we have lots of human values, and they are not all compatible. We don't always tell the truth about everything, no matter what the consequences.”

197. “Honesty allows us to live with not knowing. We do not know the full story; we do not know where we are in the story. We do not know who, ultimately, is at fault or who will carry the blame in the end.”

198. “Honesty is the quality I value most in a friend. Not bluntness, but honesty with compassion.”

199. “Trump's behavior is conscienceless, showing utter disregard for the safety of others, consistent irresponsibility, callousness, cynicism and disrespect of other human beings. Contempt for truth and honesty, and for norms, rules and laws. A complete inability to feel remorse, or guilt.”

200. “My first job in all honesty is going to continue to be mom-in-chief. Making sure that in this transition, which will be even more of a transition for the girls… that they are settled and that they know they will continue to be the center of our universe.”

201. “Honesty is always hip.”

202. “If you're a student that likes to, you know - that wants to go into the trades and have an incredible job, and you're a student that loves the electricity or whatever it may be, in all honesty, a lot of times when you walk the halls people may - other kids may look down on you a little bit. It's not fair. It's not right.”

203. “Honesty has always been an integral part of my operation, really.”

204. “I want to place morality, honesty and ethics at the center of my government's preoccupations, of its councilors or all the principality's decisions.”

205. “Honesty is the best policy; but he who is governed by that maxim is not an honest man.”

206. “Honesty will never break you.”

207. “Almost any difficulty will move in the face of honesty. When I am honest I never feel stupid. And when I am honest I am automatically humble.”

208. “The idea of 'raw' music, to me, is honesty: getting people to feel you with the least amount of production possible, the shortest distance traveled emotionally, sonically.”

209. “I'd like to introduce someone who has just come into my life. I've admired him for 35 years. He's someone who represents integrity, honesty, art, and on top of that stuff I'm actually sleeping with him.”

210. “Would that the simple maxim, that honesty is the best policy, might be laid to heart; that a sense of the true aim of life might elevate the tone of politics and trade till public and private honor become identical.”

211. “A sarcastic person has a superiority complex that can be cured only by the honesty of humility.”

212. “Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty.”

213. “I've done more harm by the falseness of trying to please than by the honesty of trying to hurt.”

214. “For the merchant, even honesty is a financial speculation.”

215. “As a governor and senator, John Chafee set the standard for honesty and decency that the rest of us on our best days could only dream to emulate.”

216. “Acting is all about truth and honesty, and the sensitivity that's capable of transporting you.”

217. “In all honesty, I'm not able to talk about contracts. It's nothing with 'American Idol' in particular, it's just things I really need to take care of in my life.”

218. “Both politicians and journalists face situations which strain their honesty and humanity. My opinion is that politicians on the average stand up somewhat better than journalists.”

219. “Industry, economy, honesty, and kindness form a quartet of virtues that will never be improved upon.”

220. “Living in Washington, you can't take politics too seriously. I draw the line at honesty. I have no time for political hacks who say things they don't believe because they get paid to.”

221. “I always like to reveal the fact that the emperor has no clothes. And children are best at that. They teach us how to see the world in that sense. They are without artifice; they see it for what it is. I am drawn to that ruthless honesty.”

222. “It was a department where you had honesty and integrity stamped right on you when you came into the Los Angeles Police Department. If you violated that, or if you were a dishonest cop, you were terrible. We got rid of you as quickly as possible.”

223. “I'm a firm believer in absolute honesty.”

224. “More by example than by word, my father taught me logical reasoning, compassion, love of others, honesty, and discipline applied with understanding.”

225. “I think it requires a bit of honesty, Swan Lake.”

226. “But I love honesty, and, therefore; do I make great account of facts.”

227. “Honesty, integrity, and accountability, the values, which should be the hallmark of this government, have instead been thrown under the bus by an arrogant majority, casualties in a misguided campaign to shield from accountability those who abuse this House.”

228. “I just don't think that I could be the kind of actor I want to be and not be honest with myself. Honesty is very important to me as an actor and as a person. I didn't even think about it.”

229. “And so it's inescapable and people who proclaim scrupulous honesty can only proclaim that if they don't examine closely the things they believe.”

230. “I think it has most to do with the way in which a story is told, whether it feels real either via the music of the telling or the 'honesty' of the story.”

231. “That's a wonderful thing, because one of the primary qualities of a good performance is honesty.”

232. “I believe honesty comes across in music because for people that music isn't just something to dance to. For people for whom music is something that they feel, they understand what I'm talking about.”

233. “Washington's entire honesty of mind and his fearless look into the face of all facts are qualities which can never go out of fashion and which we should all do well to imitate.”

234. “In all honesty, at that time, I never saw myself as an author… I was just a Mom in a state of panic, trying to enter a short story contest to win the prize money in order to keep the lights on in my home.”

235. “Especially when you deal with comedy, you have got to be really honest because it's the honesty and the spontaneity that causes people to chuckle, that catches people.”

236. “Philip Larkin has a tough honesty and sense of humor that I find irresistible, as a contemporary poet.”

237. “In all honesty my cake was baking when I met Al - I had made up in my mind already to get physically healthy. He refreshingly was on his own journey so it was almost as if we walked together.”

238. “Not really in all honesty because until you take control of your own health and go to your own doctor and have your own doctor tell you what's going to work for you.”

239. “I think all those artists are artists who are appreciated because you believe their words and you appreciate their honesty in their music. If you don't appreciate the honesty in the music, the beat can be fly as hell but you'll never give an emcee props.”

240. “The first question at that time in poetry was simply the question of honesty, of sincerity.”

241. “With honesty of purpose, balance, a respect for tradition, courage, and, above all, a philosophy of life, any young person who embraces the historical profession will find it rich in rewards and durable in satisfaction.”

242. “All pro sports, as well as the NCAA, should thank God every day we have sports betting here… We have the only agency in the world that regulates the honesty of games.”

243. “I'd much rather have the honesty than not. Because if you will say what's on your mind and get it off your chest, then the sooner I can prove you wrong!”

244. “There are quite a few honest songwriters out there writing about relationships and their own personality traits. But for some reason, once they step out of the bedroom, their honesty doesn't seem to come with them.”

245. “Coming out is a means of redefining oneself, of claiming membership in a lifestyle and a social order with distinct values. Chief among these values is honesty.”

246. “But I recognize no infallible authority, even in special questions; consequently, whatever respect I may have for the honesty and the sincerity of such or such an individual, I have no absolute faith in any person.”

247. “In LA I was watching At the Movies with Ebert and Roper, it was, nice to see them differentiate between the subject matter and the art form of making the film, and they both gave it thumbs up, and I was kind of pleased at their honesty as far as reviewers go.”

248. “When I do documentaries, my best information ends up on the cutting-room floor. People have trouble dealing with sexual honesty.”

249. “In my time, we served with noble and ethical leaders: Gerry Ford, Bob Michael, John Rhodes, men of impeccable honesty. We didn't have anybody locked up for a violation of ethics.”

250. “I have built my reputation on honesty, I have sometimes been too honest.”

251. “Sexuality is a big issue, but there are others - how much you commit to a relationship, to social obligation, to honesty and being honest with yourself.”

252. “I think there's a form of honesty, because I used to be very honest with the press, and then it backfired on me, and I understood it.”

253. “Honesty is very sexy.”

254. “If you write songs and if you write music that's very sincere and very honest, it's pop music, but it is pop music with a lot of honesty and a lot of heart.”

255. “Let none of us delude himself by supposing that honesty is always the best policy. It is not.”

256. “I think the greatest rogues are they who talk most of their honesty.”

257. “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.”

258. “Honesty has come to mean the privilege of insulting you to your face without expecting redress.”

259. “It has now become the doctrine of a large clan of politicians that political honesty is unnecessary, slow, subversive of a man's interests, and incompatible with quick onward movement.”

260. “For many decades now - and certainly during my adult life in academe - the Western intellectual world has not been convinced that theology is a pursuit that can be engaged in with intellectual honesty and integrity.”

261. “Surely the President can agree with us, that theft from government is not good. I know it's bold. It's out on the edge. I know from a Chicago-Springfield background it's hard to fully grasp that honesty could be part of government.”

262. “I lost my sense of trust, honesty and compassion. I crashed down and became what I consider an emotional mess. I've never been so miserable in my whole life. I just wanted to go to bed and never get up.”

263. “Blunders, no, only friendship binds us to honesty - attracting crypts of mushrooms in the wake of our snowboards.”

264. “I look for these qualities and characteristics in people. Honesty is number one, respect, and absolutely the third would have to be loyalty.”

265. “True fans of the Constitution, like true fans of the national pastime, acknowledge the critical role of human judgment in making tough calls. We don't expect flawless interpretation. We expect good faith. We demand honesty.”

266. “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.”

267. “If you think something's funny, go with that. Most comedians pull jokes from a place of honesty.”

268. “Honesty has always been very important to me.”

269. “You know, for most of its life bluegrass has had this stigma of being all straw hats and hay bales and not necessarily the most sophisticated form of music. Yet you can't help responding to its honesty. It's music that finds its way deep into your soul because it's strings vibrating against wood and nothing else.”

270. “I think that people respond to honesty in music, so I only choose songs that are the truth for me.”

271. “In all honesty, I grew up a certain way. I never had to worry about money… that was my reality.”

272. “For a long time I tried to manage an honesty and openness about my personal life because I'm human and I'm normal - well, semi-normal.”

273. “I'm the voice of honesty.”

274. “Even if it was a difficult operation to copy a song, it only takes one person to do it. After that the spread of the song via the Internet or other means of propagation is only limited by the honesty of the users.”

275. “I want somebody like my mom. My mom is a very charitable woman. She's the sweetest woman in the world. I'm looking for the second sweetest woman in the world. I'm looking for honesty and a big heart.”

276. “Honesty has always worked for me.”

277. “I was raised Jewish, my wife was raised Catholic. Though we respect each other's heritage, and while many of our friends are deeply religious, we have chosen to focus on our similarities, not our differences. We teach our children compassion, charity, honesty and the benefits of hard work.”

278. “My father believed in toughness, honesty, politeness and being on time. All very important lessons.”

279. “'Truth Will Set U Free' is about honesty. My philosophic belief that ultimately being true to yourself is liberating, with every individual's inalienable right to be who they are without fear or recrimination.”

280. “I feel like my honesty gives people the freedom to talk about things they wouldn't otherwise.”

281. “In all honesty I think that I've had a very normal life, even though I've been making movies since I was 9.”

282. “It is our job above all in politics to tackle the big issues and to explain them, and have the honesty to say to people, 'There are no easy solutions here.'”

283. “Good people can disagree - all you want is honesty, because you know, if I disagree, I'm willing to debate you on that, and then let the public decide what's good policy and bad policy.”

284. “The way Hollywood portrays mothers - you're either all good and saint-like, or you're all bad. And I think the real honesty of motherhood is not given a voice in movies. I miss that as an audience member.”

285. “Listen, I think movies serve many different purposes, from those movies that are frivolous and just an entertainment, to movies that just go to exploring the complexities of the human soul. Everything is valid if it's done with honesty and dignity, and I actually do both of those types of movies in my career.”

286. “The nature of honesty is that if someone has information or knows something about you that you don't want heard, then they have power over you.”

287. “The memoirs that have come out of Africa are sometimes startlingly beautiful, often urgent, and essentially life-affirming, but they are all performances of courage and honesty.”

288. “Anything that raises any internal honesty about gay life is inherently suspect.”

289. “See, the 'On the Road' that came out in 1957 was censored. A lot of the honesty of it, the bitter honesty, is in the original scroll version that came out in 2007 on the 50-year anniversary. Back then, there was so much post-Second World War fear that was imposed on everybody - 'You must live life this way' - and these guys were bored.”

290. “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.”

291. “You know, I find people with great honesty, bodily, physical honesty, who sit just the way they like to sit, and walk the way they like to walk, and don't come into a room all pumped up, I find them elegant.”

292. “I think brutal honesty is extremely important. Don't be afraid of being up-front about your feelings and your life.”

293. “I don't aspire to have high approval ratings. I aspire, in light of my two predecessors, to be the most honest governor I can be. I'd rather focus on honesty than popularity.”

294. “I don't really distinguish between sympathy and honesty when I'm writing. The two go together - I'm interested in inhabiting my characters, seeing the world through their eyes.”

295. “I like documentaries because there's nothing to nitpick or criticize about scenes if they aren't just right. It's about honesty and real-life circumstances coming out. Granted it can be swayed by how people tell that story, but overall, I like it because it is true.”

296. “Even if you know that what you'll say will hurt a woman's feelings, I've learned that it's better to be truthful with her than it is to cover up. Ultimate honesty is what a relationship is really about.”

297. “I know that everybody is so obsessed with this idea of fame, and they think that I'm obsessed. In all honesty, I'm just doing me.”

298. “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.”

299. “People like to see honest persons. So I certainly will advise many young people who want to participate in politics, honesty is the best policy.”

300. “When 'The Awakening' was published it was considered so scandalous it was banned in the author's home-town library, and she herself was barred from the Fine Arts Club in the same city. What the novel has to offer, among other things, is honesty.”

301. “It turns out that understanding the British public is not rocket science. The British appreciate honesty and they also have a bonkers, off-the-wall sense of humour like me.”

302. “I love the honesty of New Yorkers. When a New Yorker says 'let's do lunch,' they actually mean it. In L.A., when they say 'let's do lunch,' they're just trying to say good-bye.”

303. “Where there seems to be a difference between guys being nuts and women being nuts is that guys are much more open in calling each other on stuff; lots of insults and dirty names. Whereas women will talk frankly and honesty, but there also seems to be more passive aggressiveness.”

304. “Well, of course, every actor's limited, and I am the first one to admit it, in all honesty, when I think that I've hit the wall a bit. I'm not ashamed at all, I think it's a process that you have to go through. That's how you learn.”

305. “You want to try and bring a character to life in an honest a way as you possibly can. It doesn't matter whether he's a doctor, an actor, a car salesman or a captain of a starship. If you can bring truth and honesty to that character, then your audience will believe you.”

306. “The funniest things just come from honesty. We have a tendency to see female characters as representative of something larger than what they are, when male characters are just characters.”

307. “I have to stay on top of myself with honesty and be very forthcoming, quickly admit when I'm wrong, you know? I have a whole system that works for me, and that's part of my worldview now.”

308. “Being truthful is a necessity because when I'm not being truthful it takes a toll on me. I don't have any room for it in my life. I don't have an across-the-board opinion on honesty in relationships. But for me, personally, it's paramount.”

309. “I don't have fights with actors. In absolute honesty, I've never fought with any actor ever.”

310. “I'll say, what makes me happy about making movies is, every once in a while through movies we find a kind of honesty. There's an honesty in fiction that's as effective or even more powerful than the honesty of our lives. We can find something that's genuinely true, like a chemistry between people or a statement that speaks to an audience.”

311. “I think it is better when people with their own businesses and means of income join politics as there is some degree of honesty and integrity.”

312. “You can hear some artists, hear five of their albums and still have no idea who they are. But if you've heard most of what I've recorded, you know me. You go from 'Honesty' to 'Going Through Hell' - you can listen to the hits, and they pretty much reflect who I am. 'Take a Back Road' is the same thing.”

313. “Women want honesty but sometimes get upset if you are honest, so you need to know when to be honest.”

314. “Adele's like a beacon of honesty. Doesn't compromise, goes to America and she's still the same sweary cockney.”

315. “I find talking about my work harder than it might be if honesty wasn't my calling card.”

316. “I know that I need honesty from the people I interview. I also know that the truth is more interesting than made up stuff, and also, people don't connect with you if you're not honest.”

317. “A pick-up artist gave me a good piece of advice: the three most important things in a relationship are honesty, trust and respect, and if you don't have those, you don't have love.”

318. “A lot of people have said that I'm super-snarky and mean. But honesty is the only way to get people to change. It's very important to be constructively critical - give people alternatives and you're giving them a new way to see themselves.”

319. “In all honesty, we all want our fantasy selves to be the best people. We all think in a time of crisis, we will react heroically and with humanity.”

320. “Martyrdom is evidence only of a man's honesty - it is no evidence that he is not mistaken. Men have suffered martyrdom for all sorts of opinions in politics and in religion; yet they could not therefore have all been in the right; although they could give no stronger evidence that they believed themselves in the right.”

321. “The power of real debate is in the language and intellectual honesty of the debaters, alongside the engagement of spectators.”

322. “In all honesty, titles are an embarrassment to me.”

323. “In all honesty, I don't know what one song can change.”

324. “When I interview someone, I know in the first two minutes if I like them or not. I find that if it's easy to talk to someone and I see an openness and honesty and integrity, then I usually hire them.”

325. “We have to start processing what we're really made of in America. American character is not dead. American integrity and honesty are not dead. When we're backed up against the wall against the largest corporations in the history of corporations, it's there.”

326. “Superstars come and go. I want to make sure I am always a producer's actor. I may be refused to be called a great actor but I have never troubled any of my producers in my life. Honesty always catches the camera, and that is what my strength is.”

327. “In a girl I look for honesty above all, someone who I can carry on a conversation with, someone who has a good sense of humor, someone who's true to herself, and to top it, someone who can get ready for a date in less than ten minutes.”

328. “Nothing trumps honesty, as far as I'm concerned.”

329. “I think people respect honesty rather than hiding it.”

330. “Once you lose the honesty in a relationship, I mean, I think you don't have a relationship at all.”

331. “It's much easier to be successful than it is to be relevant. The tricks won't keep you relevant. Tricks might keep you popular for a while, but in all honesty, I don't know how U2 will stay relevant. I know we've got a future. I know we can fill stadiums. And yet with every record, I think, 'Is this it? Are we still relevant?'”

332. “David Mamet's writing is pretty spectacular, obviously. I like the honesty of it; I like how funny it is and how sad it is.”

333. “Fame terrifies me. I can say that with honesty. You're terrified that, when people know the real you, they won't like you.”

334. “I think I've been called edgy - but in all honesty, there is a safety in what I do because I'm always the idiot. Unless you're just listening to buzz words and not taking into account the context of the situation, you see I'm always the ignoramus.”

335. “I believe in accessibility. I believe in honesty and a culture that supports that. And you can't have that if you're not open to receiving feedback.”

336. “I had often wondered how to best decolonize my people… It must be done one human being at a time. Without that kind of help, Western society does not allow people to come to terms with their feelings. With honesty and therapy, my people can be made whole again.”

337. “They will look at my career as the guy who gave it all but at the same time did it with integrity. That's what we all aim for - the respect of the game as well as the honesty that's played a part of that game.”

338. “In all my movies, be it 'Page 3', 'Chandni Bar' or 'Corporate,' I have tried to depict honesty and reality.”

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

340. “In honesty, there are probably a lot of stories that can be told with Batman. I like the idea of him growing older and he can't quite do it as much anymore.”

341. “I believe in the importance of sincerity and emotion and honesty in TV, even when it's goofy comedy.”

342. “More precious is want with honesty than wealth with infamy.”

343. “If you're Obama, can you imagine being lectured to about honesty and integrity from a convicted perjurer, Bill Clinton? My gosh, folks, I mean, literally how far has one fallen when that is the case?”

344. “When I go home, I try to raise my children with honesty and integrity and teach them to take care of the world and of each other.”

345. “In all honesty, if somebody asked me the secret of auditioning for Americans, I don't know. Often, I do what's called self-taping for America. I go over there quite a lot to sit in a room and do stuff in front of people. You feel like a performing monkey. It's bizarre.”

346. “I think the most important thing for me in a relationship is honesty.”

347. “I know people said I wasn't selling out in America, but that was entirely untrue. We sold out all over the world, and every night I looked out into the fans and those front rows that you're talking about, the tears, the honesty, the inability to not be completely overjoyed because they felt accepted.”

348. “I want people to hear the honesty in my singing, and that I'm not hiding behind anything. It's raw. It's not for any arrogance or ego. It's just pure feelings.”

349. “When I went to Memphis and Mississippi and Nashville, I learnt the blues is a whole way of life. I don't really have the blues, but I can appreciate the honesty and the simplicity of it.”

350. “There is an interaction and action, reaction between two people. One should show honesty in a relationship. Be honest to your partner and tell him everything. How long can you do things with dishonesty and that's wrong. Don't get into a relationship if you can't be honest.”

351. “You can defeat fear through humor, through pain, through honesty, bravery, intuition, and through love in the truest sense.”

352. “There is a degree of confidence exhibited towards strangers in Sweden, especially in hotels, at post-stations, and on board the inland steamers, which tells well for the general honesty of the people.”

353. “Stephen King has inspired me with his humor and honesty, and his admonition that the author's job is to tell the truth.”

354. “I've realized I have to be very careful in what I say. I speak my heart out. Such honesty is not appreciated in the film industry. Instead, it is twisted and distorted. A lot of what I say is lost in translation.”

355. “Being traditional is a choice for me. South Indian families bring up their children with a sense of freedom, self-respect and self-value. We do whatever we have to with earnestness and honesty, including being uninhibited. Yet we hold onto our roots.”

356. “I returned to India because I believe in an India of honesty and hard work, not of corruption and crookedness. I believe in an India of openness and straightforwardness, not of hypocrisy and double-dealing. I believe in an India where opportunities are available to all, and not just to a chosen few.”

357. “I don't think you could change my father; he is a very strong character. He believes totally in honesty.”

358. “Misdeeds of a few players and certain people cannot and should not bring bad name to hundreds of players who participated in the I.P.L. with full honesty. The reputation of the I.P.L. cannot be tarnished by a few greedy individuals.”

359. “My background is putting in large systems that change lives… The right kind of systems can bring honesty and efficiency.”

360. “Democracy is not simply a question of structures. It is a state of mind. It is an activity. And part of that activity is honesty.”

361. “My grandfather was an amazing man. You talk about character and integrity, everyone who knew him, whether they agreed with him or not, said, 'George Romney is a good man, and he sticks to his principles: a man of honesty and hard work, integrity.'”

362. “If there is honesty in your face, the battle is won. It doesn't have to be the most beautiful face in the world. The audience can relate to you then. They feel love, not lust, for you.”

363. “While I am aware of no counsel on whether kissing should be reserved only for post-mission dating or courtship, I am aware of plenty of counsel concerning honesty in our actions and treating others with respect and kindness. Casual attitudes about expressions of affection such as kissing can cause much grief and heartache.”

364. “If you ask the CEO of some major corporation what he does, he will say, in all honesty, that he is slaving 20 hours a day to provide his customers with the best goods or services he can and creating the best possible working conditions for his employees.”

365. “Reparations - not just aid - should be provided by those responsible for devastating Iraqi civilian society by cruel sanctions and military actions, and - together with other criminal states - for supporting Saddam Hussein through his worst atrocities and beyond. That is the minimum that honesty requires.”

366. “Honesty is seldom ingratiating and often discomfiting.”

367. “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.”

368. “Kids have a weird honesty, especially in their reaction to things where a lot of older people who have matured have lost that.”

369. “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.”

370. “I am fortunate to have been well paid for an almost pathological honesty.”

371. “To be honest with my music… for me to expect anyone to connect it has to come from a place of honesty.”

372. “I do tend to be an anxious fellow, and I do tend to see the world as a little darker than perhaps it genuinely is, but I also do appreciate much more than a rosy scenario, I appreciate straight news. I appreciate honesty.”

373. “Most writers flinch at the thought of being completely honest about themselves. So absolute honesty is what marks the true modern.”

374. “When the modern movement began, starting perhaps with the paintings of Manet and the poetry of Baudelaire and Rimbaud, what distinguished the modern movement was the enormous honesty that writers, painters and playwrights displayed about themselves. The bourgeois novel flinches from such notions.”

375. “I can't think of any shows I've watched about teenagers that has the same spirit that 'Skins' has, the same honesty about it.”

376. “I will run an open government that speaks with honesty, seeks opinion, listens to its citizens.”

377. “I believe family first. Blood is thicker than water. I grew up like that, and I want to continue to keep that goal in my heart. Just family first! Just honesty, integrity, and respect. All of that. I live by the code of those things. If you do that you'll be fine.”

378. “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.”

379. “To me, Ann Romney sounds like a better candidate than her husband. She put her MS into remission through horseback riding, alternative therapies, and a healthy diet. She knows how to pace herself. She has a sense of humor and an innate honesty, and her hair moves in the wind. Maybe she should run.”

380. “Branding jails corporate America, but honesty sets entrepreneurs free.”

381. “The thing that I think a lot of guys need to know how to do is not take your mother's advice about honesty being the best policy. Listen to your cool, drunk uncle who tells you to lie. Those are the relationships that last.”

382. “In all honesty, I should have given up this acting lark years ago.”

383. “My mother was terribly invasive, all in the name of psychiatric honesty. It was a bad thing in some ways, but I do think it had the effect of making me interested in 'the truth' as a writer - more than beauty, more than having a shapely story.”

384. “For me, any fiction of nobles and swords necessarily has to be a story of corruption, injustice and savagely violent conflict - because any other treatment is going to have all the heft and realistic honesty of a bedtime fairy tale for five year olds.”

385. “We look to our pastors and priests and rabbis and counselors of all kinds to testify of the enduring principles upon which our society is built: honesty, charity, integrity and family.”

386. “I don't think it's more difficult for actors to have a good marriage than anyone. I think, in the end, a really important component of any relationship is honesty, and it also comes down to luck.”

387. “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.”

388. “'Birdman' came from a very beautiful side of me, from a part of honesty and surrender about things.”

389. “People have said I played some pretty amazing gigs in the seventies, but in all honesty, I probably played one good show in three.”

390. “No one has any license to brag because he is honest. That should be natural instinct and, besides, if you are not, they put you in jail. Honesty is merely a form of insurance.”

391. “I ask the educational system, the parents, the church, and pillars of the community to help shape a new culture of honesty, patriotism, respect, discipline and service for young Filipinos.”

392. “My favorite series of 'Peep Show' is always the most recent one, which I can say with all honesty because I don't write it. It gets better and better.”

393. “Even in fiction, I feel rigorous honesty applies. It doesn't apply to facts; it applies to what I think of as not telling emotional lies, which is a funny business.”

394. “I was big into grunge, like Nirvana and Hole, when I was younger, which has been a really huge inspiration because of its rawness and honesty.”

395. “When people like your music because it has vulnerable honesty, and you're able to comfortably admit to flaws and imperfections, then that's the most liberating thing about being an artist.”

396. “I think that people in general appreciate honesty and not trying to cook something up just to fit a mold that would be beneficial for you. I never made music like that.”

397. “I'm always going for truth and honesty.”

398. “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.”

399. “All you have is yourself and what you have to present, and just focus on that. And if you can walk out of the audition and say to yourself, 'I hit all my beats,' 'I accomplished my emotional honesty,' or 'I remembered my words,' then that's winning.”

400. “In every role that I do - whether I'm a teacher, actor or mentor - I do it with total dedication and as much honesty as I feel is required because there's no alternative to honesty and hard work.”

401. “Although rap is about boasting, it's also about honesty and expressing your emotions.”

402. “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.”

403. “As long as we can get redress in the courts, as long as the laws shall be honestly administered, as long as honesty and intelligence sit upon the bench, as long as intelligence sits in the chairs of jurors, this country will stand, the law will be enforced, and the law will be respected.”

404. “In all honesty, I didn't love reading when I was a kid. I'd rather be running around in the woods or doing my best to scare the pants off all the children in the neighborhood by pretending my house was haunted or making them play Bloody Mary in the bathroom.”

405. “A life in politics is for people who know themselves and know where their own line is between loyalty and honesty.”

406. “I want people to see an honesty within me. I'm not trying to be the next Sam Cooke or Otis Redding.”

407. “I wrote poetry before I wrote songs, and T.S. Eliot was my inspiration. I love his honesty and try to bring that to my own songwriting.”

408. “Most of the big banks were shot through with short-termism, deceptive practices and self-dealing. We must institute basic changes in corporate governance and in management practice to restore responsibility and honesty for the sake of the economy and for the self-respect of the country.”

409. “I'm such a fan of actors and also enjoy watching them work so that I can help their acting in any way I can. Sometimes it walks a tricky line because you want to be entertaining to some degree. But honesty is always entertaining to me. I'm a big Woody Allen and Spike Lee fan, and I find their films to be very honest.”

410. “It is my conviction that secrets are more costly in the long run than honesty.”

411. “I judge people based on their capability, honesty, and merit.”

412. “You learn their honesty, you learn their competitiveness. You learn a lot about a person. It's not that they have to sink the putt and there's a great deal of talent involved - but you do learn about how competitive a person is on the golf course, and frankly, how honest.”

413. “At school, I was never given a sense that poetry was something flowery or light. It's a complex and controlled way of using language. Rhythms and the music of it are very important. But the difficulty is that poetry makes some kind of claim of honesty.”

414. “'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.”

415. “I feel like I have some stuff that matches 'Fight Song,' not in necessarily the message exactly but in the emotion and honesty.”

416. “James Garner was a gift to our business and an example of honesty and pure class. It was an honor to have worked beside him and receive his bear hugs every day.”

417. “I wanted to write with emotional honesty and tell a story people could connect with. And I wanted people to know how the foster system in America fails children; and how, at 18, they fall through the cracks. Then we can all work together and give support.”

418. “In the West, anything that must be hidden is suspect; availability and honesty are interlinked. This clashes irreconcilably with Islam, where the things that are most precious, most perfect and most holy are always hidden: the Kaaba, the faces of prophets and angels, a woman's body, Heaven.”

419. “If you want honesty and love, you have to be honest and loving and loveable.”

420. “Emotional honesty transcends reality; it's what allows disbelief to be suspended and yet what makes a story stay true.”

421. “I am keenly aware that in writing about my mother, I am writing about my aunts' sister, and that in writing about my grandmother, I'm writing about their mother. I know that my honesty about how my view of these people has changed over the years may be painful.”

422. “I can tell you in all honesty that I am highly connected to my family, my wife, and my three children, though I don't get to spend dollops of hours with them.”

423. “In all honesty, my favorite place to write is an anonymous, cheap hotel in a city or town where nobody knows me, the wireless service is spotty, and the adjoining gas station has coffee, beer and junk food.”

424. “The number one thing I look for is personality. For me, the personality of someone makes them more and more attractive over time … and for those with bad personalities, less and less attractive. I look for honesty, intelligence, kindness, and a good work ethic, to name a few.”

425. “I've never been - I don't think I'm, like, a great A&R by any means. I don't even know production lingo, in all honesty.”

426. “Modesty is good. But not when it comes at the cost of honesty.”

427. “I think people appreciate honesty.”

428. “A romantic relationship requires honesty between a couple.”

429. “I admire honesty more than any other trait.”

430. “Obviously, Kanye and I are very different in the way we express ourselves publicly. He's so passionate… about art, about culture, about creativity. And he's really good at it. And that honesty manifests itself in ways that are not politically correct, not socially acceptable sometimes.”

431. “I take my fundamental cue from John Coltrane that says there must be a priority of integrity, honesty, decency, and mastery of craft.”

432. “Examine the history of China for 2,000 years back, and then compare it with the Western history of fifty years! Does the government of these foreign countries present such a record of generosity, benevolence, loyalty, and honesty as ours?”

433. “In my experience, honesty is the best policy. And being a friend to somebody is not always the best way to help them.”

434. “It's just about being honest. I listen to a lot of stuff that's out there, some of which I wrote, and I'm like, 'Where is that? Where's the honesty?' So that's what I want to get to in my music now.”

435. “There may be some people in the country who forget to perform their duty. You should set an example by doing your job with honesty and faithfulness.”

436. “I believe in honesty and integrity, having a belief system that you've thought through and then stick to. I believe in being creative and contributing, and I believe in taking a stand against injustice that you encounter in everyday life and not being idle in that respect.”

437. “Honesty is the best policy; the only way out is deeper in: a candid confrontation with existence is dizzying, liberating.”

438. “Our educational establishment is failing; it is past time for courage, honesty, and action commensurate with the need, particularly here in the United States.”

439. “I want to hear from my team in a way that they know they don't have to hold back. I've made it clear that there are no repercussions for brutal honesty. I let them know that we want to hear about anything they feel is not working for the company.”

440. “I try to stick with things that I can sing with honesty.”

441. “What people would qualify as R&B is, for me, just soul. And I love honesty and soul and heavy, crunchy beats that move you and make you breathe a little bit faster.”

442. “I don't have any sense of inhibition, so I'm able to lead my life with a lot of honesty.”

443. “Honesty is wonderful, but I suspect it's also overrated.”

444. “Please don't compare me with Taher Shah. He is a joker, while I am an artiste - I am a model and an actress. Taher Shah comes, makes people laugh, and goes away. I work with a lot of honesty.”

445. “Honesty and integrity is an important part of our character, my character.”

446. “I try to perform honestly during the fight, and I always remember that I'm a representative of Russia. I try not to bring any aggression. Just honesty.”

447. “Mainly, I hope to inspire honesty. We live in a space where so much can be manipulated, and so much is expected to be manipulated - curated, contrived, edited. I think that's a real detriment to self expression and happiness in a lot of ways. In my mind, honesty and vulnerability is the way forward.”

448. “As for what I look for, I don't know any other way to put it, but I look for truth, and honesty, because that's something that's few and far between. And obviously, someone who takes care of herself physically. But truth, honesty, and love, that's what's most important. Oh, and someone who can vibe to some jazz. Because I love jazz music a lot.”

449. “Acting means nothing unless it's truth. And honesty.”

450. “I think probably honesty is the biggest quality I look for in a relationship. Being exactly who you are with the other person.”

451. “There's an old actor's saying about how you don't work with children or animals. I disagree with both of them. Some of the best times I've ever had were working with kids because there's an honesty to them.”

452. “I liked Trump's honesty because it was different and had a chance to change the business of politics. What I didn't realize he was missing at the time was a complete and utter lack of preparation, knowledge, and common sense.”

453. “I'm a student of Eric Church, and I say that a lot… I was drawn to it because of the honesty and because it's got rough edges on it. He doesn't shy away from anything, and that's the way I wanted to be.”

454. “Most writers write from their own experiences. That is where the honesty and intensity of emotions come from.”

455. “In all honesty, when you talk about 'the gay community,' you are talking about my community, haha.”

456. “Selfless service to the people and resolution of their problems should be the top priority of local bodies representatives, as they can come up to the expectations of the people only through service, hard work, and honesty.”

457. “The problem is that even as you reveal the mysteries in your past, you are accumulating them in the present; complete honesty is the stuff of post-mortem, not autobiography.”

458. “There are really four 'headlines' for me: honesty, integrity, hard work, and what I call a 'can-do' attitude. You could call that 'can-do' attitude optimism, but it is not Pollyannaish optimism. Rather, it is a 'we'll figure it out' type of mentality.”

459. “What clients are really interested in is honesty, plus a baseline of competence.”

460. “I look around and pay attention to what around me is not being talked about, and then I talk about it with as much humour and honesty as I can. All my books have been that way.”

461. “The honesty of my material and my being vulnerable was from Richard Pryor. He doesn't mind talking about his life, which is why I think he was one of the dopest to ever do it.”

462. “You have to have honesty to the product. You have to meet consumer expectations. You give them value for their money and give them a product that they need. I don't see anything wrong with all these things. And I don't think it's a bad thing to meet consumers' expectations.”

463. “People like my honesty. When I'm sane, I'm very much myself.”

464. “Parents today are self-absorbed. They don't care what anyone thinks or even what their children think. There is less focus on discipline, integrity, boundaries, fairness, honesty and spirituality.”

465. “The compelling drive to get at the truth is what improves us all as psychologists and is part and parcel of intellectual integrity. But I do urge that we not let the drive for honesty put blinders on us and cut off our range of vision so that we miss the very thing we set out the understand - namely, the living human being.”

466. “People are just looking for honesty and authenticity more than anything.”

467. “It's very difficult to escape your background. You know, I don't think it's necessary to even try to escape it. More and more, I start to think that it's necessary to see exactly what it is that you inherited on both ends of the stick: your timidity, your courage, your self-deceit, and your honesty - and all the rest of it.”

468. “Living such an opaque life has forced me never to take transparency, openness, and honesty for granted.”

469. “Seek out a personal coach or mentor in the workplace. He/she should push you when you need it by encouraging and motivating you. Don't be afraid of their honesty.”

470. “My policy has always been to say what I believe to be in the best interest of the American people and hope the voters agree, or at least will respect my honesty.”

471. “What I actually do put much more weight on, in all honesty, is not being critically acclaimed - it's being respected by my OGs. When I talk to E-40 on the phone, every time I talk to him, I'm like, you know, if he tells me I'm doing good, I'm doing good.”

472. “Where he tells you exactly how he views the world - just very straight Kanye, honesty that definitely gets your creativity and strong opinions out on the floor. I think it helped me find myself.”

473. “Much like my father instilled in us many of the values and traditions that my brothers and sisters and I still carry forward, P.C. Richard and Son is a family run business - now with four generations having worked toward providing customers with honesty, integrity and reliability. We are proud to be associated with such a beautiful family business.”

474. “Former Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi and the radical Islamist mullahs ruling Iran share many similarities, but honesty and negotiating in good faith are not among them.”

475. “It is Proust's implacable honesty, his reluctance to cut corners or to articulate what might have been good enough or credible enough in any other writer that make him the introspective genius he is.”

476. “I love that Barry Seal is working for the CIA, and he's an awful liar. It just goes to how honest this character is at the end of the day, even as he rips off the country and the world to the tune of becoming one of the wealthiest men in America. There's an innate honesty, a purity to him.”

477. “I exist because I am expendable. In all honesty, it's because if I get hurt, I can be replaced.”

478. “I like people who enjoy life. I can't stand women who play games. I lose interest very quickly. I prefer up-front honesty.”

479. “Self-deprecating humor and brutal honesty is a really freeing thing.”

480. “I think absolute honesty may not be what we want. I mean, 'My goodness, you look ugly this morning.' Perhaps that's not necessary.”

481. “I think entrepreneurs really appreciate directness and honesty, coupled with empathy.”

482. “That's one of the main things I've learned: honesty is paramount. The biggest thing I try and instil in my daughter. My deepest regrets have been to do with times that I've been dishonest. There's nothing worse than getting caught out in a lie. It's excruciatingly embarrassing.”

483. “I would do theatre till I die. Theatre keeps your honesty alive. You can't pollute yourself. You learn a lot, and you use theatre techniques in life.”

484. “Everyone appreciates me for my honesty. Why shouldn't I speak my mind? I will not say I am blunt. I don't speak about others.”

485. “Anytime I hear songs that are so honest, whether they make the person who's singing it look good or not, there's a level of honesty that resonates with people.”

486. “I can sleep fine at night knowing that even though my honesty might not translate very diplomatically, the words I speak have good intent, and I live my life with great integrity.”

487. “No one actually knows how popular you are or how people think of you until and unless a few of the people who like your work walk up to you and let you know that you are really good. You can see the honesty in their eyes.”

488. “I don't like people lying; I like honesty.”

489. “I don't want to sign something just because everyone is looking forward to what I sign next. When I take up a project, I am all in to deliver the best I can with sincerity and honesty.”

490. “I like stability in a man, honesty, and security about who you are and what you think of yourself.”

491. “I think people are very interested when a creator is really trying to do something new and do it with integrity and honesty, when it gives them something they can connect with and has an emotional core.”

492. “We try to instill a sense of fair play, a sense of honesty.”

493. “How precise you need to be when you're in a comedy, and the honesty you need and to have those two things meet up and have the execution just right, I always found very difficult.”

494. “I've always been very honest about what's good and bad in my writing. That honesty might have made me sound arrogant sometimes, when I was talking about work I thought was good.”

495. “I want my brand and Bibi Bourelly to represent honesty.”

496. “I have faith in the people. Honesty will prosper.”

497. “A few things make a person stylish: honesty, imagination with a sprinkling of humour. I still keep an eye on trends, but I don't follow them any more.”

498. “In a way, there's nothing new under the sun, so anything you write about has been written about by other people. All you can do is bring yourself to it, bring as much honesty as you can to it.”

499. “I wanted to create a body of work that I was proud of. It's come from honesty and integrity, without forcing anything from myself, the ideas had to come instinctively and organically. Whether that translates to people in that way, it's kind of out of my hands now.”

500. “I'd like to think my brand shares some of those characteristics we like to think of as classically American - a certain straightforwardness, honesty, a sense of humor, inclusiveness, practicality - all those great Yankee traits. And I don't mean the baseball team.”

501. “You play the honesty of the characters and show a side of them that people can relate to and want to get to know.”

502. “Marlon Brando was the major influence in my life, though I never met him. And my father - we didn't get along, but he was an influence in terms of honesty and work ethic. That's the greatest compliment I could pay him.”

503. “When someone is successful, there's always a feeling that they were lucky. Luck plays a part, sure, but to be successful, you must have iron discipline. You must have energy and hunger and desire and honesty.”

504. “Honesty is love.”

505. “People think I'm rude. I'm not rude; I'm just not networking. It's just honesty.”

506. “Honesty and truth in writing is so important, and I think that YA writing above all is honest, and I think that appeals to anyone of any age.”

507. “The only responsible way to write about anything is with honesty.”

508. “As wild and raunchy as Richard Pryor was, people related to his honesty because they found something in their life that they understood.”

509. “Good music is timeless, and if you create with that honesty, it will last.”

510. “Comedy is just honesty. Whether things are going well or bad.”

511. “There's an honesty in our lyrics, and that will never change.”

512. “We have made such great friends at country radio. I think they love the honesty of 'Fly' and how raw and vulnerable it is.”

513. “I don't feel like I've ever subscribed to the stereotypical notion of success. I've always equated success with having integrity, conducting yourself with compassion and honesty, and following your heart despite whether or not you ever make any money at it.”

514. “I became Fantastic Negrito, and I felt like there was a rawness and an honesty in that music that I could relate to. That I was ready, finally, in my life to be that honest with myself.”

515. “'Eleanor' was so much fun to write, because there's a brutal honesty about her. She's got no filters and no concept of social norms.”

516. “I don't really speak for anybody else's music, and I don't think I should, but I think the reason why people enjoy my music is because there's a level of honesty and transparency that people can connect and relate to.”

517. “I've always felt that acting is acting, at the end of the day, so whether you're doing comedy or heavy drama or anything else in between, you always have to bring a semblance of honesty to it. It's all make believe.”

518. “I'm just a total nerd, in all honesty. I'm a massive, insane record fan - that's how I got into playing music. That's why I wanted to make an album - I'm obsessed with how sides flow.”

519. “The most powerful, most insightful, and most important part of my music is honesty and inclusiveness with my fans - giving them as deep a story as I can give them.”

520. “The danger with genre is playing genre instead of playing the honesty of what's going on.”

521. “We are always in favour of diplomacy and talks… but talks need honesty. Trump's call for direct talks is only for domestic consumption in America ahead of elections… and to create chaos in Iran.”

522. “People like a bit of honesty in films.”

523. “The basis of my politics is, first of all, fairness and honesty.”

524. “I'd like to think people know what I stand for, which is straight-talking honesty and telling you not just what you want to hear but where it is at.”

525. “Honesty, vulnerability, pain - these are things that always supersede the trends of the day.”

526. “I'm very true to the old punk ethics of honesty and truthfulness and integrity… and still be authentic.”

527. “I'm not a gifted storyteller, so I write what I know and hope that honesty resonates with other people's experiences.”

528. “I think what's captivating about me on the microphone is my honesty.”

529. “I believe, as artists, I do think we have a responsibility, and there's also a place for a lot of different artists. It is nice when music captures the honesty of the time but also what we're going through in that moment.”

530. “I believe in reflecting honesty and reflecting reality in my music and making music that touches people emotionally - music that can bring us together.”

531. “I love Twitter in particular because it allows me to grow and see how people feel about the decisions I make. My followers, they're always pretty honest with me. I love the honesty I get. I also find motivation in it.”

532. “What all my favorite comedians have in common is extraordinary honesty.”

533. “I've served Ohioans starting as a county prosecutor in 1976 for, for 30 years. I think they know my integrity. I think they know my honesty. I think they knew who, who I am.”

534. “What matters to me as a creative artist is the credibility of the production house, the honesty in the script, and the way the filmmaker has conceived the characters in the narrative.”

535. “Italy has turned its back on its political class, and a new language of community, identity, and honesty is filling the gap.”

536. “I'm very humbled by the fact that I do have so much to say, and I just hope that my walk, my honesty, will make a difference for people and maybe motivate them.”

537. “What I believe is to keep working. How a film performs at the box office is not in my control: what is in my control is my work, how much honesty I can bring on-screen. I am happy people love me.”

538. “My experience is authenticity and honesty always works best with people my age and younger, and even older. Millennials specifically really respond to keeping it real about your opinions.”

539. “While I do my work with a sense of honesty, I tell myself, 'What is the worst that can happen? I fail, right?' So, will I stop living after that? No. I will try again.”

540. “I play on my honesty. Audience like me because they find me honest.”

541. “I am a follower of the Spain team. I think I did things correct, with the greatest honesty, always under the premise that I would say yes to Real Madrid.”

542. “Eminem has been someone that I've always considered the greatest ever, to ever do it. You know what I mean? In every aspect, the storytelling abilities, lyrical ability, honesty. You can hear it in my music that I'm heavily influenced by that.”

543. “If people feel misled or deceived, then sorry that they feel that way, but I believe that's more due to their definition and construct of race in their own minds than it is to my integrity or honesty, because I wouldn't say I'm African American, but I would say I'm black, and there's a difference in those terms.”

544. “I play my part in my films with utmost honesty.”

545. “I started to feel songwriting was pulling different pieces of my heart out - the more I started writing, the more there was honesty.”

546. “'If Our Love Is Wrong' is, quite simply, my coming out song, as I was trying to wrap my head around my sexuality and was starting to learn about songwriting, and that my honesty and my authenticity came from my personal experiences and writing about stuff that genuinely bugged me or upset me.”

547. “Maybe sometimes you are punished for honesty, but I always prefer to be honest.”

548. “Actors can become technically sound, but honesty always translates, even if you are not doing a lot of things on camera.”

549. “I don't want to sign four films at a time, as acting is an art, and art cannot be done without honesty.”

550. “Friendship brings in a lot of honesty and trust into any relationship, especially a marriage.”

551. “I hate the idea of people nicking my stuff, but in all honesty, I'm pretty well off. If a genuinely desperate man on his last gasp nicks my coat from the pub on a freezing night, well, he's welcome to it. It'll change his life. Mine's only inconvenienced by having to buy another one.”

552. “Honesty is a foundation, and it's usually a solid foundation. Even if I do get in trouble for what I said, it's something that I can stand on.”

553. “The most important gift you can give anyone is honesty, and that's what I want to do.”

554. “Society is notoriously stupid in its failure to harness the wisdom of older women in everything from television to politics, family life to boardrooms, and here is one reminiscing with honesty and realism about women's particular challenge: to create our professional and financial structures in the same period as our peak fertility.”

555. “Comedy has so much to do with honesty, and women can be more open about their emotions.”

556. “My dream is to be able to promote a message of honesty, whether with music or in anything that I'm doing. I don't think to be a role model you have to be perfect.”

557. “I love movie musicals because I think there is an amount of emotional honesty that's needed to portray someone who feels so deeply that all they can do is break into song.”

558. “When Atletico wanted to sell me, I was told that I earned too much money and they wanted me off the wage bill. I liked that honesty.”

559. “I want to marry a good person, not his profession. If the person is good, the profession doesn't matter. I hold honesty, simplicity, and genuineness above everything.”

560. “In all honesty, I'm not interested in records.”

561. “A lot of my honesty, and wanting to be as authentic as possible, came from coming out of bands like S Club 7 - things that felt glossy, you know? And with the rise of social media, there was an initial backlash against that glossiness, too. And then, I don't know, somehow it managed to get lost again.”

562. “Something that I've always been really keen on representing is some honesty with the way that we view ourselves. That's something I've always appreciated watching actors that I've looked up to, is when they look like you and me, or they have a funny elbow, or they have, you know, a hairy face.”

563. “My parents, Arthur and Olwen, were honest, working-class people who raised my brother Arthur, sister June, and me with the values of that era - patriotism, stoicism, honesty, concern for your neighbours, and judging a man by what he did rather than what he had.”

564. “It doesn't matter if you're a star or not; what is important is that you do your job with absolute honesty.”

565. “Justice can rarely exist without honesty.”

566. “A real good artist learns to be a better person through all the changes they've been through. They keep their loving and honesty growing and learn to look at the world and not be full of hatred.”

567. “I just have to open up when I'm on stage because that's what I did in my life. I want people to know what I've been through, and the love and the honesty that I have kept inside me. I just open my heart and let my heart go free.”

568. “I was determined not to sit around and watch my life deteriorate. I kept reaching out in hope and honesty that someone would find me. I never gave up hope. I fell flat on my face and got up again.”

569. “I like to see the joy in people's' faces. I like to see when they actually question that I'm not afraid to answer and give them my respect and honesty with what I have to say to them.”

570. “My honesty about mental illness has helped open a door for real conversation, and I think Justin wants to continue that conversation. He has put no restrictions on me. His father couldn't. Why should he try?”

571. “If you stick to what the Bible teaches, then you have everything you need: honesty, openness, friendliness, respect, tolerance, and much more, which is often lost nowadays.”

572. “I can claim with total honesty that no home minister has visited Kashmir as many times as I have.”

573. “I think honesty is an important thing when writing a song. If you can't sing it with conviction, then no-one else is going to believe it.”

574. “I think the best writing is full of honesty and conviction. A lot of people are afraid to reveal much of themselves.”

575. “The stuff that I do and enjoy is normally quite similar to a lot of the stuff that psychics and spiritualists would enjoy themselves. I just have a different approach to wanting to find out how things really work, or a sense of, I guess, responsibility about honesty and so on.”

576. “I know a lot of artists and chefs don't talk about this, but sometimes you just don't get to the finish line. That honesty and tenderness is something we're kind of not supposed to express.”

577. “I think funny comes from tragedy and time. And I think that's where I get it. I'm able to take things that are serious and sad, and turn it into funny. In all honesty - this is after a lot of therapy - I think that, you know, I need love from something, and so now, I find it through performing.”

578. “In the absence of honesty from the Conservative party leadership, it is Labour's duty to spell out the very real consequences of a no-deal Brexit. It is also our duty to take whatever steps are necessary to prevent it.”

579. “The most important factors for any artist, is the honesty towards one's craft, hard work and passion that guides them.”

580. “We at the NRA embrace and hold dear what makes us uniquely American. Family, responsibility, patriotism, mutual respect, honesty, civic duty.”

581. “I do agree that Justin has integrity, honesty and amazing judgment, but sometimes I think he's just maybe too sensitive, and that's kind of scary.”

582. “Many people talk about me entering the history books as the first female in 22 years and what a big moment it was. And I'm very flattered that I managed to do something historic, but in all honesty I was out there for me as a racing driver and to show everybody what Susie Wolff is capable of not to put my name in the history books.”

583. “My dad likes my honesty and has always stood by me due to that.”

584. “That became the Netflix culture: radical honesty.”

585. “What I look for in a girl is honesty.”

586. “Speaking of honesty, if you're like me you turn on the news to get information - a set of facts. If you want opinion, you come to shows like mine, where our prejudices and biases and opinions are made known; there's no false pretenses that you're getting pure objectivity.”

587. “You do your best to tell your own story, in the most specific way, and then you hope that that travels well, when it's done with heart and honesty.”

588. “People often comment on the feeling and soul in my music, and I think part of that comes from the honesty and diversity of the kids I went to school with and jammed with.”

589. “We have a set of core values. Honesty, respect.”

590. “I'm a big believer in honesty, and in this Instagram world, it's important to remember that not everyone's lives are perfect.”

591. “Honesty is the door to finding a love that brings an identity found only in Christ.”

592. “The fact that my parents were both educated and held certain values very dearly, like honesty, self-respect and integrity, meant that I could steer clear of many pitfalls.”

593. “I never met Lou Reed, never was one of those journalists lucky enough to be the object of his derision, contempt, condescension, indifference, and occasional piercing honesty.”

594. “I'm all of those things that I was brought up to really value: honesty, stick with it, don't quit, don't cut and run, stay in there. When you think things might fall apart, believe that you have enough for victory. That's the stuff I have in me.”

595. “I think there's a lot of honesty in that track. 'Smalltown Boy' was about leaving Glasgow but it was also about the people I had come to meet on my journey, especially when I was squatting in London.”

596. “In all honesty, I hope I don't coach again.”

597. “I think what kids who like heavy music are really looking for is the honesty and candour of it.”

598. “Vellimoonga' works at the box office because there is an inherent honesty to the film. Nothing about the movie has been exaggerated; it's a comedy that is clean and maintains a certain standard that harks back to Malayalam cinema's past.”

599. “In any relationship, only if both partners bring in emotional, financial commitment and honesty in equal measure, can there be harmony.”

600. “Black, white and brown people have to work together to find new answers. The only way we can stop the systemic problems that people of color have faced all our lives is through honesty and transparency.”

601. “I love being an actor. So, when I am the baddie on screen, I am just doing my job and I am doing it with love and honesty.”

602. “As an actor, I feel my job is to perform with utmost honesty and then it is just the film's fate. Of course, you want as many people as possible to watch your film, but there are too many factors and circumstances that come in between.”

603. “I believe the foundation of love is based on honesty and truth.”

604. “In all honesty, I just love car deadlifts.”

605. “I suppose my job is to describe spaces that are honest to me. And the goal, I suppose, is that the listener can hear themselves in some way in that song and also, in some way, hear me. And so if the listener is able to identify with my honesty then I'm being the most helpful I can possibly be.”

606. “That's the power of the good con artist: the ability to identify your deepest need and exploit it. It's not about honesty or greed; we are all suckers for belief.”

607. “I believe in the fact that an audience has one heart. I can just tell you one thing: If I sing the 'Adagio,' and I pull it out with all the honesty I have - whether they're Japanese, Italian, American or Belgian or French - they will react in the same way.”

608. “I never thought that I would be a parent and have kids. It is the layer to my life that I never knew I would need. You are around honesty and vulnerability every day - it's so good.”

609. “I wish that sometimes there is a little more honesty and that you can discuss things openly. There should not be taboo subjects.”

610. “I've worked hard and tried to approach my career with as much honesty and integrity as possible. I've also had many blessings along the way and feel very fortunate to have a career that speaks so much to my soul.”

611. “We need more honesty out there, but it is hard when you see what the media does to someone who is trying to be honest.”

612. “When I interview people that want to work with us, I often disregard their resume, because a piece of paper, it doesn't tell me really who they are. I'm looking for honesty, vulnerability. I'm looking for strength, I'm looking for weakness. I'm looking also for someone that wants to learn and is excited about learning.”

613. “I think acting's very natural. It comes from a place of honesty, and if someone tries to teach you their way of doing it, that could be quite damaging.”

614. “What I want is an international monument to the world's greatest playwright. It would be an attraction that would be both educational and an automatic sight for tourists, like St Paul's and the Tower of London. It would be built with honesty and integrity not another Disneyland, but as nearly as possible a replica of the original Globe Theatre.”

615. “The traits I picked from my conversation with Captain Gopinath was his honesty. He was completely possessed at each stage by what he was doing. When he was in the army, he was possessed there. He was possessed when he started Udupi hotel or while doing agriculture. He is a perfectionist and he is very impatient.”

616. “There's a need for music that has urgency and emotional honesty. That's why people are reintroducing themselves to guitar music - that instrument has an ability to emote.”

617. “I have always made music with passion, love and honesty.”

618. “It doesn't matter if there are 5,000 or 500 people in the crowd, if you can sing well and with absolute honesty, people will love you back.”

619. “And what's nice about 'Sunny' is that it has this honesty with the viewers, which is, like, they're here because they're on a television show and they're locked in this purgatory where they have to keep doing the same things with each other.”

620. “Marriage largely entails love, respect, honesty, understanding and trust between two people, which only you can create for yourself to make it last.”

621. “Our armed forces, not our parliament of dunces, are our pride. Doubting our armed forces' integrity and honesty is a disgraceful travesty.”

622. “I grew up in the North-East so identifying with mountain people - their simplicity and honesty - comes naturally to me. I even call myself an honorary Garhwali.”

623. “I enjoy the honesty of English football, because nobody gives up, and almost all the best players are here. Italian football is at the bottom because of all those scandals. Their league is not very interesting.”

624. “If I'm wrong, I love to have someone tell me you're wrong, to yell at me. I wont be angry. I love honesty.”

625. “I guess if you try to write with honesty and emotional truth, then that will resonate no matter what the age of the viewer.”

626. “Simplicity and honesty make a person most graceful, but in today's world, they are overrated.”

627. “I believe in working with full honesty.”

628. “If you have capabilities then the audience will accept you with an open gate. The way you would show them your identity, they will accept you. But you should have the honesty to show your true identity.”

629. “In 'Ta Chuma,' we used folk language so that the honesty reflected in it can live in people's hearts forever.”

630. “In all honesty, I'm super happy to be where I am, doing what I'm doing and making a living doing what I love to do.”

631. “As a human, you tend to lose your calm at some point. But I ensured I was being myself through the journey. I feel people liked my honesty and casualness.”

632. “When kids ask questions there is a painful honesty at times and they will ask things that throw me.”

633. “I like who I am, trying to handle myself with integrity, character, honesty, treat people well and how I would like to be treated. And as long as I do those things, I can look at myself in the mirror and be proud of who I am at the end of each day.”

634. “I'd played a few games at the Under-17 World Cup finals, and that's when I agreed a deal with City. In all honesty, I didn't know that much about the club at the time.”

635. “I'm an actor so I approached my debut with as much honesty and integrity towards the character that I was given to play.”

636. “As I prepared for the 2009 draft, I vividly remember meeting with a prospective agent that told me if I put in the work, I could be a good special teams player in the league for a little bit. On one hand, thanks for the honesty, I guess. But I thought I might be capable of more.”

637. “My father was my hero, both for the physical things he could do and for the values he taught me, about honesty and standing up for what you believe in. I never felt like I was living in his shadow.”

638. “I mean Ireland, in all honesty I owe Ireland a lot because I think, and I'm not just saying this flippantly, Ireland is probably the reason that I do the job I do because when I started doing stand-up I came to Ireland and I just sort of gelled with the idea of doing it the way I do - telling stories.”

639. “The Audrey you saw in her films and in her advocacy for children is who and what she really was and what, I think, we all sensed was an extraordinary honesty of emotion.”

640. “In truth the importance of U.K. airstrikes and the U.K.'s eight additional planes is more political than military. It is in honesty a micro military issue. There is no great military necessity for the U.K. to be involved since planes are queuing up from a wide range of countries over the skies of Syria.”

641. “In all honesty, the reason we did The Pirate Bay was to bring freedom and take back control from a centralized system.”

642. “Honesty is the best policy, I think - there's no point trying to be fake, and that's one thing I never have been.”

643. “In some ways I'm quite strict - in terms of morality, honesty, things like that. And manners.”

644. “I started from scratch but I have always acted with honesty and integrity.”

645. “Some of the sexiest things to me in a man are confidence, authenticity, honesty, kindness and masculinity.”

646. “In all honesty, I was hoping to use football as a path to play basketball in college.”

647. “People's lives and livelihoods are often in their hands, and it is critical that judges have integrity, honesty, compassion, and impartiality.”

648. “I see an honesty in Salman and Akshay's work that cannot go unrewarded.”

649. “Union members deserve honesty about where their dues are going.”

650. “I've learned that writing a book and songwriting have a lot in common - it's all about the honesty and connection with the audience.”

651. “I always have to have a level of honesty when I'm on stage no matter what I'm doing. Honesty in the sketch or the character, honesty in the moment, and fully committing to it.”

652. “I love truth, and I love honesty.”

653. “In Barcelona some very big media outlets focused on selling the idea to people that I had done a bad thing by warning the club I was not going to renew. For me it was an act of honesty and appreciation. And the fans understood, so I can only have words of appreciation for the spectacular way they have treated me, for their shows of support.”

654. “As we face the monumental task ahead of stopping a damaging Brexit, healing the rifts in society and rebuilding the U.K., there is only one party with the honesty, energy and vision to do that - and that is the Liberal Democrats under the leadership of Jo Swinson.”

655. “Honesty, irony and small children make me laugh.”

656. “I do every role with diligence and honesty.”

657. “Honesty is the most important thing when you are in love.”

658. “Look, I think honesty at the start of a relationship is a very good thing because communication is so important through good times and bad.”

659. “A marriage doesn't look after itself - it needs attention, communication, nurturing and honesty.”

660. “Honesty and transparency are my guiding principles in politics.”

661. “The ideals of trust, honesty and respect for democracy are all riding on Brexit - as well as belief in Britain's potential.”

662. “People are yearning for leadership, and leadership to them does not mean a life spent as a career politician in North Dakota. It means someone who's got the characteristics of integrity and honesty. Someone you can trust and someone who's willing to take risks, someone who can take a leap and not know where they're going to land.”

663. “My mother is an absolute stickler for honesty. If you found money in the street you handed it in to a shop or found a policeman. So I've always accepted that you don't lie.”

664. “All of my flaws and all the things that make me up are part of who I am. It's about honesty and everything that encompasses: fragility, neuroses, getting it wrong. I stand for being an ambassador of that kind of honesty.”

665. “Honesty' is the moment when things just seem to click and you feel a kind of energy you didn't think existed, and all you want to do is give that person all of your time. Suddenly things feel possible again, you know you belong somewhere and with someone.”

666. “My situation wasn't great at Stoke in all honesty and I've got the opportunity to come here and impress the manager, get games under my belt and help Fulham push forward.”

667. “In all honesty, of course it is lovey that your boys want to play football and can reach a certain level and keep your family name going. But I couldn't care a less whether they were footballers or not, I just want them to be happy.”