“Honest talk about the deficit is risky. Voters are more enthusiastic about the abstract notion of deficit reduction than about the painful details of accomplishing it.” HonestNotionPainfulDetailsAbstractVotersDeficitEnthusiasticReduction Author:Christina Romer
“But when I am alone, I do not have the effrontery to consider myself an artist at all, not in the grand old meaning of the word: Giotto, Titian, Rembrandt, Goya were great painters. I am only a public clown-a mountebank. I have understood my time and have exploited the imbecility, the vanity, the greed of my contemporaries. It is a bitter confession, this confession of mine, more painful than it may seem. But at least and at last it does have the merit of being honest.” MayDoeSeemsLastsArtistHonestMinesUnderstoodGreedInvestingPainfulPainterBitterVanityBeing HonestMeritMy TimeConfessionClownImbecilityGoyaGiotto Author:Pablo Picasso
“Anyone who has ever been a mother or father and is at all honest knows from experience how difficult it can be for parents to accept certain aspects of their children. It is especially painful to have to admit this if we really love our child and want to respect his or her individuality yet are unable to do so.” IfsKnowsWantChildrenMotherCertainFatherParentDifficultAcceptingHonestAspectOur ChildrenIndividualityPainfulLove Our Children Book:For Your Own Good: Hidden Cruelty in Child-Rearing and the Roots of Violence Source: For Your Own Good: Hidden Cruelty in Child-Rearing and the Roots of Violence
“It is one of the paradoxes of parenting, and often a painful paradox, that even as our children need us for love and trust, they also need us for honest differing. It's not only over limits and rules...[but also] about what we represent in the way of culture, traditions, and values. We owe it to our children to let them know what we believe, and if they differ with us, we owe it to them to be honest adversaries, for it is through this honest confrontation that children can grow into adults who have a firm sense of their place in the sequence of the generations.” IfsKnowsWayNeedsBelieveChildrenValuesCultureGrowsGenerationsHonestLimitsAdultsTraditionOur ChildrenPainfulBeing HonestFirmParadoxSequenceAdversariesConfrontationLove And Trust Author:Fred Rogers
“I think in general I personally have a tendency to protect other people's feelings, and I've noticed that becomes a major hindrance to communication. It's better to just be honest, even if it's painful.” PeopleIfsThinkingFeelingsHonestCommunicationProtectMajorsPainfulTendenciesBeing HonestHindrance Author:Joe Swanberg
“I should think that many of our poets, the honest ones, will confess to having no manifesto. It is a painful confession but the art of poetry carries its own powers without having to break them down into critical listings. I do not mean that poetry should be raffish and irresponsible clown tossing off words into the void. But the very feeling of a good poem carries its own reason for being... Art is its own excuse, and it’s either Art or it’s something else. It’s either a poem or a piece of cheese.” ThinkingShouldMeanArtReasonFeelingsBreakPiecesHonestPoetArt IsPainfulExcuseCriticalCarrieVoidConfessionCheeseClownIrresponsibleManifestos Book:On Writing Source: On Writing
“Like other magicians, Obama has chosen his distractions well. The insurance industry is currently his favorite distraction as scapegoats, after he has tried to demonize doctors without much success . . . . Obama even gets away with saying things like having a system to 'keep insurance companies honest' - and many people may not see the painful irony in politicians trying to keep other people honest.” PeopleTryingWellsMayCompanyHonestIndustryPoliticianDoctorsPainfulChosenIronyGet AwayDistractionMagicianScapegoatInsurance Companies Author:Thomas Sowell
“There's a truth to the fact that it's hard to be real. It's easy to be indulgent. It's easy to be bubble gum, but it's hard to find a real thing that really makes your soul tick. It's painful and honest. It can be more challenging than just a sad song.” RealSoulHardFactsSongEasyChallengesHonestPainfulYour SoulBeing RealBubblesReal ThingsTickGumSad SongBubble Gum Author:Mat Kearney
“Just speak your truth, it's an important cornerstone of how your life ends up sort of unfolding in front of you. Even if it's painful, if it's honest, it's going to bring you to the place you deserve to be.” IfsImportantEndsSpeakHonestFrontsDeservePainfulUnfoldingCornerstones Author:Sara Bareilles