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Being Honest Quotes

We are all jellyfish, too pitiful and too afraid of being disliked to be honest.

May Sarton (2014). “The House by the Sea: A Journal”, p.136, Open Road Media

Dare to be honest and fear no labor.

Robert Burns, James Currie, Robert Hartley Cromek (1839). “The prose works of Robert Burns: with the notes of Currie and Cromek, and many by the present editor”, p.57

To be honest I inherited a mess. It's a mess. At home and abroad, a mess.

"Full Transcript and Video: Trump News Conference". www.nytimes.com. February 16, 2017.

Be honest with yourself and lie to everyone else.

Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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

"Why We Lie, Go To Prison And Eat Cake". Interview with Joanna Pearlstein, www.wired.com. June 22, 2012.

To be honest, all I wanted to do, all I ever, ever wanted to do - I just wanted to perform.

"James Corden Conquers YouTube With 'Carpool Karaoke'". "All Things Considered" with Ari Shapiro, www.npr.org. March 8, 2016.

You have to be ruthless with yourself, in terms of being honest about what is working and what is not.

"Patton Oswalt Talks TRAGEDY PLUS COMEDY EQUALS TIME, Doing Another Stand-Up Special, Preparing to Shoot Live Performances & Upcoming TV Guest Spots". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. January 16, 2014.

To be honest, one must be inconsistent.

H. G. Wells (2016). “A Year of Prophesying”, p.60, Read Books Ltd

One thing, I try to be honest. And what is revealed is often rather hideously unflattering.

Sylvia Plath (2013). “The Journals of Sylvia Plath”, p.70, Anchor

Being a geek is all about being honest about what you enjoy.

"Why Comic Book Geeks Must Be Stopped (Before It's Too Late!)" by Kevin Maher, www.esquire.com. March 1, 2014.