Honest Quote by Brennan Manning

I love insult, it's always honest.

— Joyce Carol Oates

An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence; a vain man, in order that it may.

— William Hazlitt

There are few persons to whom truth is not a sort of insult.

— Joseph Alexandre Pierre de Segur, Viscount of Segur

Insult is in the ear of the listener. Statements of fact cannot be insulting unless you feel that the label applied indicates some failing,…

— Ann Widdecombe

Honesty has come to mean the privilege of insulting you to your face without expecting redress.

— Judith Martin

I dont insult, I just say the truth.

— Shamix

Without adversity a person hardly knows whether they are honest or not.

— Henry Fielding

Most of us are honest all the time, and all of us are honest most of the time.

— Anonymous

The risk of insult is the price of clarity. To be clearly understood one must speak the simple, essential truth as plainly as he…

— Roy H. Williams

The truth is always an insult or a joke, lies are generally tastier. We love them. The nature of lies is to please. Truth…

— Katherine Dunn

I don't really like the term 'honest.'

— Paul Rust

Women are repeatedly accused of taking things personally. I cannot see any other honest way of taking them.

— Marya Mannes