#honest

Men are able to trust one another, knowing the exact degree of dishonesty they are entitled to expect. ↗

— Stephen Leacock

#able #another #degree #dishonesty #entitled

I despise the rituals of fake friendship. I wish we could just claw each other's eyes out and call it a day; instead we put on huge radiant smiles and spout compliments until our teeth hurt from the saccharine sweetness of it all. ↗

— Jody Gehrman

#fake #friends #friendship #humor #pretense

Not compromising the music, but there is a way, by just showing the people that you're sincere and honest with what you're doing, and by talking to them. ↗

— Chuck Mangione

#doing #honest #just #music #people

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. ↗

— Pete McCloskey

#bob #ethical #ethics #ford #gerry

Any writer overwhelmingly honest about pleasing himself is almost sure to please others. ↗

— Marianne Moore

#almost #any #himself #honest #others

Honesty is always the best policy, even when it's not the trend. ↗

— Sean Covey

#teen

A friend to honesty and a foe to crime. ↗

— Allan Pinkerton

#foe #friend #honesty

To be honest I live among the English and have always found them to be very honest in their business dealings. They are noble, hard-working and anxious to do the right thing. But joy eludes them, they lack the joy that the Irish have. ↗

— Fiona Shaw

#among #anxious #business #dealings #do the right thing

If an honest man is the noblest work of God, then Mr. Lincoln's title to high nobility is clear and unquestioned. ↗

— Matthew Simpson

#god #high #honest #honest man #lincoln

For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst and to provide for it. ↗

— Patrick Henry

#freedom #honesty #revolution #self-examination #truth