Hypocrisy Quotes · Page 14

“even the worst men wanted to be perceived as better than they were. How else could hypocrisy have risen to such delirious…

— Donna Leon

It's about time Hypocrisy should be adopted as a religion, considering it's got more followers than any other religion on this planet.

— Ashutosh Cheulkar

That character in conversation which commonly passes for agreeable is made up of civility and falsehood.

— Alexander Pope

“There are two sides to every story — especially if you’re a hypocrite.”

— Frank Sonnenberg

We are irritated by rascals, intolerant of fools, and prepared to love the rest. But where are they?

— Mignon McLaughlin

Nobody can legitimately claim to be a marine ecologist and conservationist while continuing to eat fish. It is the ultimate form of…

— Paul Watson

“He keeps his voice kindly but remote. A cross between a pedagogue, soothsayer, and a benevolent uncle – that should be his tone.”

— Margaret Atwood

When a man gives his opinion he's a man. When a woman gives her opinion she's a bitch.

— Bette Davis

I think it's such utter hypocrisy that so many people in our society were obviously all watching pornography and yet we treat…

— Steve Grand

The Law is supposed to keep us safe and strong and able to birth healthy children, yet the Law wants us to…

— Annette Curtis Klause

You think I have a hypocritical attitude to hypocrisy? The problem is there are 26 letters in the alphabet, and he only…

— Dr Gregory House

Many Christians are unthinkably horrified when a real sinner is suddenly discovered among the righteous. So we remain alone with our sin,…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The hypocrisy and false piety of the deniers aside, the relationships of gays have no effect on heteros. Especially all the heteros…

— John Ridley

Hypocrisy is the most difficult and nerve-racking vice that any man can pursue; it needs an unceasing vigilance and a rare detachment…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“He who acquired all his wealth by *being at the right place at the right time* is hypocritical by being angry for…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

The whole purpose of Russian propaganda is to show that the U.S. and U.S. politics is filled with hubris and hypocrisy and…

— Fiona Hill

“[Y]ou are not ashamed of your sin [in committing adultery] because so many men commit it. Man's wickedness is now such that…

— Augustine of Hippo

The Democratic Party says we're inclusive, but it's clear sometimes we are not as inclusive. People see hypocrisy, they don't see alignment…

— Sam Rasoul

He has given ample evidence of qualities hardly any other living statesman has demonstrated to the same degree: the courage to look…

— Alice Miller

“Nobody scarce doth any good, yet they all agree in praising those who do. Indeed, it is strange that all men should…

— Henry Fielding

“Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation, we began by declaring that 'all men are…

— Abraham Lincoln

How can you be the CEO of my life, when you have trouble managing your own? Why do you want to be…

— Eugene Nathaniel Butler

“to Vaneigem and the Situationists who by shrewd use of collage and juxtaposition exposed both the poverty and richness of slogans, and…

— Alexis Lykiard

“Sonnet 500 Better a lion in sheep's skin, Than a sheep in lion's skin. Better a giant in a gentle vessel, Than…

— Abhijit Naskar

“A little hypocrisy and a little compromise oils the wheels of social life”

— Gregory Bateson

Bigoted people are just scholars who lack any sort of legitimate credentials to answer why they're bigoted.

— Doctavius

One can imagine the look the two lovers exchanged; it was like a flame, for virtuous lovers have not a shred of…

— Honore de Balzac

If what you preach and what you do are inconsistent, your children will spot hypocrisy faster than anybody and do the opposite.

— Charles Koch

Hate begets hate, violence engenders violence, hypocrisy is answered by hypocrisy, war generates war, and love creates love.

— Pitirim Sorokin

British Bombs' is a tune I wrote about the hypocrisy of the British arms trade.

— Declan McKenna

A warrior acts as if he knows what he is doing, when in effect he knows nothing.

— Carlos Castaneda

Personally, I didn't think there was anything wrong with sadness. Just the opposite – hypocrisy made people happy and truth made them sad.

— Anonymous

I knew then that the Christian Church thrives on hypocrisy, and that man's carnal nature will out!

— Anton Szandor LaVey

The zeal which begins with hypocrisy must conclude in treachery at first it deceives, at last it betrays

— Francis Bacon

Those whose conduct gives room for talk are always the first to attack their neighbors.

— Moliere

There is a certain satisfaction in coming down to the lowest ground of politics, for we get rid of cant and hypocrisy.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The preacher's garment is cut according to the pattern of that of the hearers, for the most part.

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr

“I care not for your envy, or your hypocrisy, or even for your human nature.”

— James Fenimore Cooper

“One of the things I really dislike about Christians is their hypocrisy; they criticize magicians but portray Jesus as Harry Potter.”

— Robin Sacredfire

Every creative act is an act of hypocrisy and violence. You may have to think about it for a while, but I…

— Mary Ruefle