The essence of all jokes, of all comedy, seems to be an honest or well intended halfness; a non performance of that… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I hold the value of life is to improve one's condition. Whatever is calculated to advance the condition of the honest, struggling… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
In my books my characters experience things as they are. My books allow youth an honest look at important issues affecting them.… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
To be totally honest? I don't know if I'll keep doing more impressions. People told me I had a facility for it,… — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
I'm not sure if a mental relation with a woman doesn't make it impossible to love her. To know the mind of… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
I been saying it for years: church is full of sneaky men posing as honest souls, and they are perpetuators our here… — Terry McMillan Copy Share Image
It isn't necessarily easier if you know what it is you're meant to do-- but at least you don't waste time in… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
Like my hero Virginia Woolf, I do lack confidence. I always find that the novel I'm finishing, even if it's turned out… — Michael Cunningham Copy Share Image
Anybody who is an entrepreneur is a person who essentially has impaired judgment. The odds of success are zilch. This valley is… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
I have to be honest, I dont pay as much attention to womens fashion, but being a sneaker head, I do like… — Bryan Greenberg Copy Share Image
We must talk about how sexism and patriarchy operate in conjunction with state violence. Until we're honest about that, and do something… — Marc Lamont Hill Copy Share Image
I have always been honest. I am honest because I believe it is incumbent upon us to have a new kind of… — Zohran Mamdani Copy Share Image
“Craigengelt, you are either an honest fellow in right good earnest, and I scarce know how to believe that; or you are… — Sir Walter Scott Copy Share Image
I signed the pledge. I have been very good. I have been very straight and honest and honorable. And they're not treating… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Men by their constitutions are naturally divided into two parties: 1. Those who fear and distrust the people, and wish to draw… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
A lot of advertising has gotten worse. I think it's kind of lost its nerve, to be honest with you. I feel… — Jerry Seinfeld Copy Share Image
That is the danger we now face. And this is why the intermixing of science and politics is a bad combination, with… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
Black community, I think as a whole America is dealing with the issue of homophobia. We got to be really honest about… — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
Friends have asked how I came to engender this American antagonism. My prodigious sin was, and still is, being a non-conformist. Although… — Charlie Chaplin Copy Share Image
I have to be very clear and very honest. I'm not asking [ the American officials] to believe if they don't want… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
Yeah, I may not be completely honest. Yeah, I've lied many times before. Yeah, I do have cuts and scars all over… — Amber Hope Copy Share Image
Talk about the flag or drugs or crime (never about race or class or justice) and follow the yellow brick road to… — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
First and foremost, you do not have to live up to or emulate the lives of any of your predecessors. But at… — Yuri Kochiyama Copy Share Image
On my best day, I cannot do Scottish people. I don't even believe that's a real accent, to be honest with you.… — Russell Peters Copy Share Image
I kept saying I got sick of listening to people's productions, like people who had no ideas, no songs, nothing to say… — Jason Pierce Copy Share Image
As an actor, I think it's really important to be as anonymous as possible. It's your job to convince people that you… — Jodhi May Copy Share Image
My artistic practice always involved diversity to the groups of people in which I would find camaraderie, friendship, colleagues, whereas I feel,… — Lorna Simpson Copy Share Image
When I recall my teachers at school, I realise that half of them were abnormal. . . . We pupils of old… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
Life is not that simple. That is why it is called life. That word includes both lie and if. Time to figure… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
Experts in ancient Greek culture say that people back then didnt see their thoughts as belonging to them. When ancient Greeks had… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
I see the booing as a nice bit of banter and at least it means the fans aren't bored. It's quality. I… — David Bentley Copy Share Image
Do what's right. Be on time, be polite, and be honest; remain free from drugs; and if you have any questions, get… — Lou Holtz Copy Share Image
You can tell a person's morale from their Twitter feed. I like that; it's so honest. And I like being able to… — Jessie Cave Copy Share Image
Entrepreneurs may be brutally honest, but fostering relationships with partners and building enduring communities requires empathy, self-sacrifice and a willingness to help… — Ben Parr Copy Share Image
People think they know me, but they don't. Not really. Actually, I am one of the loneliest people on this earth. I… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
We need a free economy not only for the renewed material prosperity it will bring, but because it is indispensable to individual… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
The truth is, most of those female stories that are contending for Oscars are directed by men. Let's be honest. I looked… — Catherine Hardwicke Copy Share Image
Every home is a house of learning either for good or otherwise. Family members may learn to be obedient, honest, industrious, self-reliant,… — Joseph B. Wirthlin Copy Share Image
The holy spirit means the invisible power of Jehovah, holy because he is holy. This power of Jehovah operated upon the minds… — Joseph Franklin Rutherford Copy Share Image
I was struggling at Rookie Camp to be quite honest with you. Basically, it was a week of being locked down like… — Andrew Bogut Copy Share Image