Dishonest Quotes

208 Dishonest quotes by 176 unique authors

Italians know about human nature - they understand human nature perhaps better than anyone else does. They know that people are weak and greedy and… — Donna Leon
I've had great pleasure meeting the likes of Newt Gingrich and having a chat with the fellow on a staircase. I found him completely dishonest… — John Lydon
The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos.… — H. L. Mencken
I've learnt that through life you just get on with it. You're going to meet a lot of dishonest people along the line and you… — Roger Moore
Sure there are dishonest men in local government. But there are dishonest men in national government too. — Richard M. Nixon
Political advertising ought to be stopped. It's the only really dishonest kind of advertising that's left. It's totally dishonest. — David Ogilvy
It is flagrantly dishonest for an advertising agent to urge consumers to buy a product which he would not allow his own wife to buy. — David Ogilvy
I have never met anyone who did not support our troops. Sometimes, however, we hear accusations that someone or some group does not support the… — Ron Paul
To write a story about New York that only deals with people in your age and socioeconomic bracket, that feels dishonest to me. So much… — Josh Radnor
To me, nothing in the art world is neutral. The idea of 'disinterest' strikes me as boring, dishonest, dubious, and uninteresting. — Jerry Saltz
Irony is the recourse of the weak-minded wimp, I think. I hate bands that deliver their songs with knowing smiles on their faces, so that… — Robert Smith
I think there's something inherently dishonest in trying to go back and mess with the past. — Len Wein
The great enemy of truth is very often not the lie--deliberate, contrived and dishonest--but the myth--persistent, persuasive and unrealistic. Too often we hold fast to… — John F. Kennedy
Can you honestly love a dishonest thing? — John Steinbeck
It is not possible to sin enough to be happy. It isn't possible to buy enough to be happy, or to entertain or indulge or… — Sheri L. Dew
Ordinary fools are all right; you can talk to them, and try to help them out. But pompous fools-guys who are fools and are covering… — Richard P. Feynman
An ad that pretends to be art is -- at absolute best -- like somebody who smiles warmly at you only because he wants something… — David Foster Wallace
I'd rather have cancer than a dishonest heart. Which isn't being pious. Just practical. Cancer may cool you, but the other's sure to. — Truman Capote
Weapons may be carried by creatures who are evil, dishonest, violent or lazy. The true warrior is good, gentle and honest. His bravery comes from… — Brian Jacques
There are only two kinds of men in this world: Honest men and dishonest men. ...Any man who says the world owes him a living… — Ralph Moody
I haven't anything against whores, except this: some of them may have an honest tongue but they all have dishonest hearts. — Truman Capote
I will not deny but that the best apology against false accusers is silence and sufferance, and honest deeds set against dishonest words. — John Milton
A dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest. — Johnny Depp
The result of this is that so-called peace propaganda is just as dishonest and intellectually disgusting as war propaganda. Like war propaganda, it concentrates on… — George Orwell
[All the ancient wisdom] tells us that work is necessary to us, as much a part of our condition as mortality; that good work is… — Wendell Berry

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