#honest

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

— Marianne Moore

#almost #any #himself #honest #others

It's the emotional trigger points that are important to me because I know if I could believe in the characters and try and imagine how they felt then I'd be able to do something quite honest. ↗

— Graeme Murphy

#because #believe #characters #could #emotional

The cure for cynicism is simply to engage honestly. ↗

— Jeremy Paxman

#cynicism #engage #honestly #simply

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. ↗

— Arthur Peacocke

#adult #adult life #been #certainly #convinced

I know who my dad is, I've met him a few times, but I don't even call him dad. I know it sounds horrible, but I don't even see him as part of my family, to be honest. If you want the truth, it doesn't bother me because I don't know any different. I just know that me and my mum, that was my family. ↗

— Sally Pearson

#because #bother #call #dad #different

A friend to honesty and a foe to crime. ↗

— Allan Pinkerton

#foe #friend #honesty

I know a lie when I hear one. ↗

— Adrian Mitchell

#lie #life #quote #sarcasm #satire

I have never made any secret of any of my thoughts or areas of interest. I've always been honest, open, and upfront. ↗

— Boyd Rice

#any #areas #been #honest #i

I would rather be damned by my honesty, than caged by my lies. ↗

— Omega Maverick

#inspirational #self-confidence #words-to-live-by #inspirational

My most difficult thing so far, to be brutally honest, has been to waltz as if I knew what I was doing. ↗

— Richard Roxburgh

#brutally #cult thing #difficult #difficult thing #doing