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Quotes tagged “Honesty”

“Well, that's the trouble, I suppose, in coming at people with honesty. They sometimes counter with it.”
— John Cage, Ally McBeal, Season 5: Neutral Corners
Tagged: Honesty, Counter, argument, Deep, Wisdom, Truth
“So. I am not going to teach you to be writers. You already are writers. If you weren't, you wouldn't be sitting here, believe me. But you all do need to get past where you are. Past the need to stand between the work and the reader so that he'll know how clever you are. Because good writing, is writing that appears not to have been constructed but to have ripened. Like a banana. The key to this, of course, is honesty. There are no rules in fiction, except honesty. If you learn that, you will have spent your money well.”
— Ivy Dunbar, thirtysomething, Season 2: Michael Writes a Story
Tagged: Writers, Writing, Honesty, fiction
“Truth is a powerful thing. It can right a wrong, or make a bad thing worse.”
— Augustus Hill, Oz, Season 3: The Truth and Nothing But...
Tagged: The Truth, Honesty
“Bertier: Listen, I'm Gerry, you're Julius. Let's just get some particulars and get this over with.

Big Ju: Particulars? Man, no matter what I tell you, you ain't never gonna know nothing about me.

Bertier: Listen, I ain't running any more of these three-a-days.

Big Ju: Well, what I've got to say, you really don't wanna hear 'cuz honesty ain't too high upon your people's priorities list.

Bertier: Honesty? You want honesty? Alright, honestly, I think you're nothing. Nothing but a pure waste of God-given talent. You don't listen to nobody, man! Not even Doc or Boone! Shiver push on the line every time and you blow right past 'em! Push 'em, pull 'em, do something! You can't run over everybody in this league, and every time you do you leave one of your teammates hanging out to dry, me in particular!

Big Ju: Why should I give a hoot about you, huh? Or anyone else out there? You wanna talk about the ways you're the captain, right?

Bertier: Right.

Big Ju: You got a job?

Bertier: I've got a job.

Big Ju: You been doing your job?

Bertier: I've been doing my job.

Big Ju: Then why don't you tell your white buddies to block for Rev better? Because they have not blocked for him worth a plug nickel, and you know it! Nobody plays. Yourself included. I'm supposed to wear myself out for the team? What team? Nah, nah what I'm gonna do is look out for myself and I'ma get mine.

Bertier: See man, that's the worst attitude I ever heard.

Big Ju: Attitude reflects leadership, captain.”
— Gerry Bertier, Remember the Titans
Tagged: Honesty, waste of talent
“It's dangerous to be a honest man.”
— Don Michael Corleone, The Godfather: Part III
Tagged: danger, Honesty
“The eyes, chico. They never lie.”
— Tony Montana, Scarface
Tagged: Eyes, lying, Honesty
“All right, Sparky, here's the deal. If you wanna court the little lady, you gotta be a straight shooter.”
— The Genie (voice), Aladdin
Tagged: Dating Advice, Honesty
“Tell her the truth!”
— The Genie (voice), Aladdin
Tagged: Honesty, Truth
“If you aren’t going to text her again, don’t say that you are. If you aren’t into a woman, don’t give her signs that you are. You’re not going to break her heart or anything—it’s been one date. She will not be mad. You’re not in trouble. So don’t lie.”
— Sophia Benoit, What To Say At The End Of A Bad Date
Tagged: Bad Dates, Honesty
“If there is any dirty trick I cannot stand, it is honesty.”
— Amy Brookheimer, Veep, Season 3: Debate
Tagged: dirty trick, Honesty
“Minna Häkkinen: I would like you to understand that in my country, politics is a lot more honest.

Selina Meyer: In your country, people fuck snow. And I hope you understand that I say that with the utmost respect.”
— Selina Meyer, Veep, Season 3: Detroit
Tagged: fucking snow, Fuck, Politics, Honesty
“Nothing that you say is mildly true.”
— Gabbie Hanna, YouTuber Gabbie Hanna Is Actually An AMAZING Singer
Tagged: Youtubers, Honesty
“Anna: Could you be any more pathetic? A lone figure sitting on the floor, wondering if he's gonna be lonely for the rest of his life.

Seth: Hey, your sensitivity — it's really, uh, nonexistent.

Anna: You know what your problem is? You're not a man.

Seth: Again, not appreciating the brutal honesty.”
— Seth Cohen, The O.C., Season 1: The Debut
Tagged: pathetic, Lonely, Sensitivity, Insensitive, Man, Brutal Honesty, Honesty, joke, humor
“Life is simple, really. It’s all about hard work. Honesty. Family. Words have meaning and actions have consequences.”
— Jacob Snell, Ozark, Season 1: The Toll
Tagged: Life, Simple, Hard Work, Honesty, Family, Words, actions, Consequences, Meaning, wise, Wisdom
“Ruby: Look, we're going to find Baal. You're going to harness the power of that Book against him, and none of this is going to be in vain.

Pablo: And you promise me that we're all going to live happily ever after?

Ruby: Even if this goes perfectly, there's a good chance you'll die.

Pablo: Wow. Ruby, I know you're new to this whole mortal thing, where people don't live forever, the idea of dying really sucks.

Ruby: Well, I was just trying to be honest. But all right, you go on thinking all the sweet things you're going to do, if you survive or not, I'll find a way out of here.”
— Ruby Knowby, Ash vs Evil Dead, Season 2: Ashy Slashy
Tagged: Happily Ever After, realist, Pessimistic, Death, Mortality, dangerous, Honesty
“Be honest. Are you as surprised as I am that I'm the only one here behaving myself?”
— Captain Charles Vane, Black Sails, Season 1: III.
Tagged: behave, joke, Cheeky, Honesty, surprise
“Accept a defeat as it is: a defeat.
Don’t try to transform it in 'experience.'  It may be an experience IF you swallow your ego and say to yourself: 'I lost.'
If you want to be successful, you must respect one rule—never lie to yourself.”
— Paulo Coelho
Tagged: Defeat, lost, Failure, Experience, Life, life advice, don't lie to yourself, lying to yourself, be truthful to yourself, Honesty, be honest to yourself
“Felix: I was trying to be a good friend.

Oscar: If you were a good friend you would have been honest with me.

Felix: Fine, Paolo was a 28-year-old Brazilian gymnast with family money.

Oscar: Not that honest.”
— Felix Unger, The Odd Couple, Season 1: Sleeping Dogs Lie
Tagged: good friend, Honesty, not that good
“[Recording] It's Gina's phone, leave me a voicemail. I won't check it 'cause it's not 1993.”
— Gina Linetti, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Season 2: The Mole
Tagged: Voicemail, Honesty, Old, Outdated
“Thank you, Nate, I appreciate your honesty, wrapped as it was in such a bouquet of condescension.”
— David Fisher, Six Feet Under, Season 1: The Room
Tagged: Honesty, Condescension, Backhanded Compliments

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