“There would not be any absolute necessity for reserve if the world were honest; yet even then it would prove expedient. For, in order to attain any degree of deference, it seems necessary that people should imagine you have more accomplishments than you discover.” PeopleIfsWorldShouldSeemsOrderImagineHonestProveDegreesAbsolutesAccomplishmentReservesDeference Book:Essays on Men and Manners Source: Essays on Men and Manners
“Now that I am in my forties, she [my mother] tells me I'm beautiful; now that I am in my forties, she sends me presents and we have the long, personal and even remarkably honest phone calls I always wanted so intensely I forbade myself to imagine them. How strange. Perhaps Shaw was correct and if we lived to be several hundred years old, we would finally work it all out. I am deeply grateful. With my poems, I finally won even my mother. The longest wooing of my life.” IfsYearsLongWantedBeautifulMotherImagineHonestStrangeHundredGratefulPhonesFortyWorking ItPhone CallsWooing Book:Braided Lives: A Novel Source: Braided Lives: A Novel
“I can't imagine anything worse than trying to impress a girl with dinner. To be honest, I'm always impressing myself, not other people.” PeopleTryingI CanGirlImagineHonestDinnerBeing HonestImpressImpress A Girl Author:Marco Pierre White
“To be honest, I don't see myself acting forever. I just can't imagine myself being a 70-year-old man fighting for roles. I would love to do small parts in my friends' movies or things that I'm directing myself. I do envision myself behind the camera as I get a little bit older.” MenYearsLittlesFightingBitsActingBehindsRolesForeverImagineHonestLittle BitMy FriendsCamerasBeing HonestOld ManSmall Parts Author:Dave Franco
“We vote for Perot. We think he's a great, marvelous, honest man. We send money to his campaign, even though he is one of the richest capitalists in our culture. Imagine, sending money to Perot! It's unbelievable, yet it's part of that worship of individuality.” ThinkingMenCultureImagineHonestWorshipVoteIndividualityCampaignsCapitalistMarvelousUnbelievableHonest Man Author:James Hillman