Famous Honest Lines

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You must not suppose, because I am a man of letters, that I never tried to earn an honest living. — George Bernard Shaw
I just think it's important to be direct and honest with people about why you're photographing them and what you're doing. After all, you are… — Mary Ellen Mark
"Only with effort can the camera be forced to lie: basically it is an honest medium: so the photographer is much more likely to approach… — Edward Weston
He's carrying his left leg, which, to be honest, is his only leg. — Steve Coppell
The devotion of thought to an honest achievement makes the achievement possible. Exceptions only confirm this rule, proving that failure is occasioned by a too… — Mary Baker Eddy
Failure is not fatal. Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. It should challenge us to new heights of accomplishments, not pull us to… — William Arthur Ward
No honest theologian therefore can deny that his acceptance of Jesus as Christ logically binds every Christian to a belief in reincarnation - in Elias… — Robert Graves
More good has been accomplished by simple people seeking their own honest ends than by all the philanthropists in history. — Robert Breault
It is often sadly remarked that the bad economists present their errors to the public better than the good economists present their truths. It is… — Henry Hazlitt
This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongues,Was once thought honest. — William Shakespeare
It is not surprising that honest and well-informed experts can disagree about facts. But beyond the disagreement about facts, there is another deeper disagreement about… — Freeman Dyson
As we befriend our crush and get to know him better, make sure that you are honest and true all the time. Do not be… — Angus T. Jones
The time has come that Christians must vote for honest men and take consistent ground in politics or the Lord will curse them. . .… — Charles Grandison Finney
An honest heart being the first blessing, a knowing head is the second. — Thomas Jefferson
Love should not be a guessing game. In fact, it shouldn't be a game at all. One should lay all the cards on the table,… — Carlos Salinas de Gortari
They say that when god was in Jerusalem he forgave his murderers, but now he will not forgive an honest man for differing with him… — Robert Green Ingersoll
I am still looking for the modern equivalent of those Quakers who ran successful businesses and made money because they offered honest products and treated… — Anita Roddick
Four things a man must learn to do If he would make his record true; To think without confusion clearly; To love his fellowmen sincerely;… — Henry Van Dyke
A rigid economy of the public contributions and absolute interdiction of all useless expenses will go far towards keeping the government honest and unoppressive. — Thomas Jefferson
There exists in the economy and course of nature, an indissoluble union between virtue and happiness; between duty and advantage; between the genuine maxims of… — George Washington
Taxes should be continued by annual or biennial reeactments, because a constant hold, by the nation, of the strings of the public purse is a… — Thomas Jefferson
In Europe, charters of liberty have been granted by power. America has set the example . . . of charters of power granted by liberty.… — James Madison
There seem to be but three ways for a nation to acquire wealth. The first is by war, as the Romans did, in plundering their… — Benjamin Franklin
The hardest thing to do is to write straight honest prose on human beings. First you have to know the subject; then you have to… — Ernest Hemingway
As a poet and writer, I deeply love and I deeply hate words. I love the infinite evidence and change and requirements and possibilities of… — June Jordan

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