Steve Berry Quotes

It might be said that the pose of absolute honesty is the most dishonest one of all.

I don't want to lie. I dislike dishonesty. And I work in Hollywood, a town and a business that relies on a lot of falsehoods with people hiding behind different facades. I don't want to be a part of that.

We are not hypocrites in our sleep.

I am not sincere, even when I say I am not.

I am not honest.

When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people.

God knows we are subtle creatures who are more than able to use candour to avoid acknowledging our deceptions of others and ourselves.

We ought to see far enough into a hypocrite to see even his sincerity.

My dear friend, clear your mind of cant.

It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.

Put away from you a dissembling mouth.

Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself

I'm the worst liar - I can't lie for my life. And I don't lie at all, because I'm the worst liar - but as a kid, I thought I was a great liar, so I would lie all the time, but everybody knew I was lying.

All I can say is anybody who's spent most of his life living a lie is not somebody I admire.

I have little time for sincerity.

You become uneasy with people in direct proportion to how many lies you have to keep track of in their presence.

I don't lie," I lied.

If your not honest with yourself, how the hell are you gonna be honest with me.

It is dishonorable to say one thing and think another; how much more dishonorable to write one thing and think another.

Deep down in me I knowed it was a lie, and He knowed it. You can't pray a lie - I found that out.

People who are most interested in telling the truth about others are generally the least interested in having the truth told about themselves.

If we took as much pains to be what we ought, as we do to deceive others by disguising what we are; we might appear as we are, without being at the trouble of any disguise.

Always be sincere, whether you mean it or not.

The world is looking, not for Christians who are perfect, but for Christians who are honest and who are willing to be honest with some of our contradictions and hypocrisy.

There is no room for hypocrisy. Why use bitter soup for healing when sweet water is everywhere?