Dan Ariely Quotes

I believe in absolute honesty and sensible social lies.

I try to be honest.

While all deception requires secrecy, all secrecy is not meant to deceive.

I am not honest.

Honesty is the best policy.

Honesty is all you need.

In the world in which we live, truth is an ancillary virtue, but it shouldn't be.

It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.

Not knowing the answer is better than consciously misleading.

Honesty is always hip.

Maybe sometimes you are punished for honesty, but I always prefer to be honest.

I'm not one for lying to children.

Since in the long run deception is likely to be found out, your character had better not only seem good, but be it.

I refuse to lie to children.

I'm nothing if not honest.

Honesty has always been an integral part of my operation, really.

I think you can never ever lie, ever. If you don't know, say, 'I don't know'.

I don't really lie about anything, I have to be honest. I like to live with the truth.

For every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth.

I feel honesty always works.

Let none of us delude himself by supposing that honesty is always the best policy. It is not.

Society can exist only on the basis that there is some amount of polished lying and that no one says exactly what he thinks.

You have to steer a course between not appalling people, but at the same time not misleading them.

I don't do interviews under false pretenses.

Honesty is something you can't wear out.