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  • There is a noticeable general difference between the sciences and mathematics on the one hand, and the humanities and social sciences on the other. It's a first approximation, but one that is real. In the former, the factors of integrity tend to dominate more over the factors of ideology. It's not that scientists are more honest people. It's just that nature is a harsh taskmaster. You can lie or distort the story of the French Revolution as long as you like, and nothing will happen. Propose a false theory in chemistry, and it'll be refuted tomorrow.

    Integrity   Real   Lying  
    "Noam Chomsky: A Life of Dissent". Book by Robert F. Barsky, 1997.
  • You may talk about religion and speak about the Gospel, and say we have got the truth and the plan of salvation, and we have got the authority of the Priesthood; but if we are not honest, it does not amount to anything; for neither God nor honorable men love dishonesty. We must, therefore, be an honest people.

  • Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues, and this is mine: I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known.

    Honesty   People   Virtue  
    The Great Gatsby ch. 3 (1925)
  • Honest people know that the road to success and virtue always involves shared sacrifice, hard work, and gratification postponed. Telling people otherwise isn't leadership, it is pandering.

    Eric Liu, Nick Hanauer (2012). “The True Patriot”, p.89, Sasquatch Books
  • Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.

    Truth   Honesty   People  
  • Want of money and the distress of a thief can never be alleged as the cause of his thieving, for many honest people endure greater hardships with fortitude. We must therefore seek the cause elsewhere than in want of money, for that is the miser's passion, not the thief s.

    William Blake (1977). “The Portable William Blake”, p.135, Penguin
  • Mostly you don't want to make people feel bad because they carry that with them for the rest of their lives. I've found that. I hurt people on Celebrity Fit Club by being too honest. People loved it, but I was serious. I just hate phony baloneys. I can't do it anymore. I told them no. My tongue is too sharp. It was brutal.

    Hurt   Hate   People  
    "Jackée Harry on 227, Ladybugs, and why she wants to be the next Maggie Smith". Interview with Marah Eakin, tv.avclub.com. February 26, 2016.
  • Honest people, mistakenly believing in the justice of their cause, are led to support injustice.

    Elihu Root (1916). “Addresses on International Subjects”
  • I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known.

    The Great Gatsby ch. 3 (1925)
  • It is strange how in some things honest people can be dishonest without the slightest compunction.

    People   Strange   Honest  
    James Weldon Johnson, Sondra K. Wilson (1995). “The Selected Writings of James Weldon Johnson: Social, political, and literary essays”, p.284, Oxford University Press on Demand
  • I've actually found - especially doing my cabaret show - I'm connecting with people in a way I haven't connected with them. I've found that when you're open and honest, people respond to that, whatever you're being open and honest about. You could then, when you lay that as the groundwork, say, "Here I am. This is what I think. I come in peace." Then you're able to push out, to be able to talk about more things. And that's been a really heartening thing about my life, actually.

    Source: film.avclub.com
  • I belong to an ancient, idle, wild and useless tribe, perhaps I am even one of the last members of it, who for many thousands of years, in all countries and parts of the world, has, now and again, stayed for a time among the hard-working honest people in real life, and sometimes has thus been fortunate enough to create another sort of reality for them, which in some way or another, has satisfied them. I am a storyteller.

    Isak Dinesen, Karen Blixen (1987). “On Modern Marriage and Other Observations”
  • You want people who are both great fans and supporters and believers of your work and people who are also ruthlessly honest. People who will tell you the truth about it. Over the years I've picked up some friends and I know who to show what to and they'll give me the proper read.

    Years   People   Giving  
    "Writer Talk: An Interview With Rob Bell on Writing and Creativity". Interview With Chris Dikes, thisischrisdikes.wordpress.com. September 18, 2013.
  • There are two way of establishing a reputation, one to be praised by honest people and the other to be accused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the first one, because it will always be accompanied by the latter.

    Two   People   Way  
  • Tomorrow, they will say, Donald Trump rants and raves at the press. I'm not ranting and raving. I'm just telling you. You know, you're dishonest people. But - but I'm not ranting and raving. I love this. I'm having a good time doing it. But, tomorrow, the headlines are going to be, Donald Trump rants and raves.

    Source: www.pbs.org
  • Freedom is for honest people. No man who is not himself honest can be free – he is his own trap.

    Honesty   Men   People  
    L. Ron Hubbard (1976). “Scientology, a New Slant on Life”, p.227, Bridge Publications, Inc.
  • There are more honest people and more good people than there are thieves and bad people. It's just always been that way.

    People   Thieves   Way  
    Interview with Ken Plume, asitecalledfred.com. 2003.
  • I am inspired by honest people who don't cheat others. To me the famous are those who are kind to fellow human beings and dedicate their life to charity.

    People   Charity   Honest  
  • There were honest people long before there were Christians and there are, God be praised, still honest people where there are no Christians. It could therefore easily be possible that people are Christians because true Christianity corresponds to what they would have been even if Christianity did not exist.

    Christian   Long   People  
    "Aphorisms". Book by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Notebook L 16, 1799.
  • There are very honest people who do not think that they have had a bargain unless they have cheated a merchant.

  • There are honest people in the world, but only because the devil considers their asking prices ridiculous.

    Honesty   People   Devil  
    Peter S Beagle (2007). “A Fine & Private Place”, p.144, Tachyon Publications
  • You could not bribe honest people, but bad people would accept bribery.

    Anne Holm (1965). “North to freedom”
  • I think that, you know, this is a different year than most years. We've got to tell the American people that we have to live with less. We have a $13.5 trillion debt. And the only way to do that is an honest campaign with honest people.

    Thinking   Years   People  
    "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. October 17, 2010.
  • The personal qualities necessary for attaining office are practically the opposite of those demanded by the office itself. The trouble with the damn system is that it selects for the skills needed to get elected, and nothing else. A test that you can only pass by cheating can't possibly select honest people.

    James P. Hogan (1983). “Code of the Lifemaker”, Del Rey
  • Honest people will respect us for our merit: the public, for our luck.

    People   Luck   Merit  
  • The best thing is to always keep honest people around, because when you have a bunch of yes men around that know that you're making a mistake but let you go on with it, that's when it ruins your mind state as an artist.

    Mistake   Men   Artist  
    "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
  • The most that can be said of flattery is that it is sometimes a cheap psychological trick with which charlatans and dishonest people lull others into a state of carelessness while they pick their pockets.

    Napoleon Hill (2009). “How To Sell Your Way Through Life”, p.20, John Wiley and Sons
  • Since the dawn of history, mankind has honoured and respected brave and honest people.

    Nelson Mandela (2011). “Conversations With Myself”, p.150, Pan Macmillan
  • People who are brutally honest get more satisfaction out of the brutality than out of the honesty.

  • My parents were dishonest people. If it was my birthday, I knew my mother took me to the K-Mart and she stole my toy. She'd put it in the shopping cart and we'd walk out. I was raised with that.

    "Buffalo boy" by Andrew Smith, www.theguardian.com. September 29, 2001.
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