#honesty

Bullshit makes the flowers grow and that is beautiful ↗

— Malaclypse the Younger

#lie #lies #beauty

If politics is like show business, then the idea is not to pursue excellence, clarity or honesty but to appear as if you are, which is another matter altogether. ↗

— Neil Postman

#disinformation #facade #falsities #politics #show-business

Sometimes carrying the burden of an upsetting truth, and hiding it, is actually a gift you give to someone else. You bear that burden, so they don’t have to, in a situation where telling them will change nothing. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#care #honesty #love #moral #morality

You know there's no such thing as a complete lie. There's always some truth in there. ↗

— David Levithan

#honesty #lies #truth #communication

Honesty is a fine foundation from which to build upon; for if one was to really know what another thinks and how they feel…they would surely treat each other differently ↗

— Jeremy Aldana

#friendship #honesty #life #communication

The truth is that we were so spiritually and morally bankrupt that we could not even see some of those lines: we stepped over them blindly. Other times we saw the lines alright, but we wanted to cross them. Alcohol gave us the false courage to do it and numbed our conscience as we did. Alcohol was the great enabler, and the great anesthetic. It wasn’t God who was dead. We were. – p. 116 ↗

— Ray A.

#enabler #honesty #courage

Life comes down to honesty and doing what's right. That's what's most important. ↗

— Bob Feller

#doing #down #honesty #important #life

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. ↗

— Wynonna Judd

#country music #experience #fans #honesty #human

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. ↗

— TobyMac

#chest #communicate #face #frail #honesty

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

— Freeman Thomas

#begins #collaboration #comes #design #good