River Phoenix Quotes

You can't betray yourself too often, or you become somebody else.

Little white lies are told by humans all the time. Indeed, lying is often how we get through each day in a happy little bubble. We spend time and energy rationalizing our own behaviors, beliefs and decision-making processes.

You hide your instinctive self and instead create a social self with lies. That's how people are able to get along with each other. What's scary is when you strip all the lies away to get at the essential you. What if it's pure evil? You don't want to face that. So lies aren't all bad - we need them to live.

I didn't realize that pretending to be this 'Hills Heidi,' this spoiled rich girl who I wasn't, would almost destroy me.

They who are all things to their neighbors cease to be anything to themselves.

Sometimes you do get caught up in the midst of becoming... a product, a brand, and not having a say in any of that.

Be honest with yourself and lie to everyone else.

A man who trims himself to suit everybody will soon whittle himself away.

I had to make some drastic choices to avoid losing myself.

The trouble when you're doing something illegal is that you know what you're doing. You're lying to your parents, you're lying to your kids. The only person you can't lie to is yourself.

Lies are essential to humanity. They are perhaps as important as the pursuit of pleasure and moreover are dictated by that pursuit.

But little white lies here and there is human nature. Everybody does that.

I’ll lie as much as the next guy when my country’s interests are involved—if I have a chance of being believed..

Lies are dangerous but sometimes necessary when a country is in danger.

Self-interest speaks all sorts of tongues and plays all sorts of characters, even that of disinterestedness

'Tis very strange Men should be so fond of being thought wickeder than they are.

I just thought 'Blue' was a great premise and a great set-up for conflict. I love the idea of exploring a character who's living a secret life and is going to drown in the lies she's telling.

I'd rather lose all my stuff than lose myself, because I've done that before, and that feels way worse.

I had to fool the world into accepting me. I didn't seem to fit the mould of my idols.

One thing Jim McGreevey wants the world to know: Leading a double life as a gay man trying to appear straight was easy for him to pull off. He was 'good' at it. Not only that - it helped him become a better politician.

I've had a record deal before and I was willing to do whatever they wanted me to do and I thought that would be it. By the end of it, you know, I hated myself.

I think the lies I make the most are in regards to my hopes and intentions for myself. As for lies I tell other people - I will certainly tell lies. When somebody is very ill and looks awful, and you tell them they look nice. Or if you just ate the last cookie, if someone asked me if I ate the last cookie, I would definitely lie about that.

When I was writing 'Trick it,' the inspiration for this song came out of nowhere! The song is about the little white lies you tell to people you care about, even though you can always tell the truth.

I'm a pleaser, but it's not a good thing because you forget about pleasing yourself at the end of the day.

I felt like we had stories about family loyalty; I didn't feel like we had stories about what to do when you felt that loyalty to your family was in conflict with loyalty to yourself.