Sentence examples for dishonest world from inspiring English sources

NIGHTINGALE: Don't be so honest in this dishonest world.

The Writer intends to be an artist; his goal is not only to remain honest in a dishonest world but to evoke it as powerfully as possible.

Borchetta is defending his marquee star, of course, but he's also telling the truth, at least within the relatively dishonest world of media spin.

He was the philosophical barman in Billy Wilder's Irma La Douce (1963), who tells Jack Lemmon: "To be overly honest in a dishonest world is like plucking a chicken against the wind – you'll only end up with a mouthful of feathers".

Warm, witty and sly, both proud and self-loathing, he's a dishonest man in search of higher truths in a corrupt world of power and brutal ambition.

The City of London's status as a favourite place for the world's dishonest officials to hide stolen money will remain a stain on the UK's reputation, despite a long-awaited government anti-corruption plan expected on Monday, according to a formerregulator who is now an MP.

Whether it be stealing hotel towels or fudging their taxes, social gaming cheaters are almost 3.5 times more likely to be dishonest in the real world than non-cheaters.

According to Newt Gingrich, Mr. Romney is "methodically dishonest" and "lives in a world of Swiss bank accounts, Cayman Island accounts".

Biden was not being dishonest when he told the world, for twelve agonizing weeks, that he was unsure whether to run.

It would be dishonest to pretend that the world can think about the Gulf without thinking about the three-letter word that belongs to it.

Within hours, audio of the three-minute exchange — including the woman's description of the article as a "hatchet job," and Mr. Clinton's description of Todd Purdum, the author and a former reporter for The New York Times, as "dishonest" — is available for the world to hear on the Huffington Post Web site.