Behavior Quote by Terence Winter

I think people respond to truthful, simple narrative, and the more you try to dress it up to try and do something else, the…

— Liev Schreiber

When people talk, they lay lines on each other, do a lot of role playing, sidestep, shilly-shally and engage in all manner of vagueness…

— Steven Pinker

Human beings are unable to be honest with themselves about themselves. They cannot talk about themselves without embellishing.

— Akira Kurosawa

“Communicating real, raw, harsh truth to people is always better than communicating a 'pleasant lie' . . .”

— Alan Roger Currie

Whenever a man talks he lies, and so far as he talks to himself - that is to say, so far as he thinks,…

— Miguel de Unamuno

individuals are honest only to the extent that suits them (including their desire to please others)

— Dan Ariely

Honest and sincere acts mislead the wicked and cause them to lose their path to their own goals, because mean-spirited people usually believe that…

— Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

It's the strangest thing about being human: to know so much, to communicate so much, and yet always to fall so drastically short of…

— Claire Messud

Most people don't get out of childhood, or adolescence, without being wounded for telling the truth. Someone says 'you can't say that' or 'you…

— Adyashanti

Characterize people by their actions, and you'll never be fooled by their words.

— Anonymous

It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.

— Noel Coward

We talk about honesty, but the reality is we have lots of human values, and they are not all compatible. We don't always tell…

— Dan Ariely