37 Best Hypocrisy Quotes

Affectation of candour is common enough—one meets with it everywhere.
This quote points out that pretending to be straightforward or sincere, often referred to as "candour," is a common form of affectation—something that people do to appear more honest or open than they really are. The speaker suggests that many people put on a façade of transparency, but it is rarely genuine. It highlights how appearances can be misleading, and people sometimes use false sincerity to gain trust or manipulate situations.
Book Honesty Hypocrisy Society Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen
You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel. – Matthew 23:24
Bible Catholic Bible Humor Hypocrisy Perspective
He's a prophet and a pusher, partly truth, partly fiction. – Tom
Taxi Driver Politics Hypocrisy Society Illusion
You need people like me so you can point your fuckin' fingers and say, "That's the bad guy." – Tony Montana
Scarface Society Morality Power Hypocrisy
What you lookin' at? You all a bunch of fuckin' assholes. You know why? You don't have the guts to be what you wanna be? You need people like me. – Tony Montana
Scarface Society envy Power Hypocrisy
I'm a reasonable man. I'm open to persuasion. – Warden Norton
The Shawshank Redemption Hypocrisy Power manipulation corruption
I am shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here! – Captain Renault
Casablanca Hypocrisy corruption Humor Irony
Don't tell me you're innocent. Because it insults my intelligence and it makes me very angry. – Michael Corleone
The Godfather Part I Power Intimidation Hypocrisy control
The sacred and the propane. – Carmela Soprano
The Sopranos Family Religion Hypocrisy Humor
You can't put a price on family. – Tony Soprano
The Sopranos Family Hypocrisy Loyalty Value
We’ve forgotten what real families are like. – Serena Joy
The Handmaid's Tale Family Hypocrisy Regret Past
We hear for you. – Corporate Slogan
Succession Business Satire media Hypocrisy
The Logan Roy School of Journalism: Punching Down and Cashing In. – Shiv Roy
Succession media Hypocrisy Business Family
Your boos mean nothing, I've seen what makes you cheer. – Rick
Rick and Morty Cynicism Society Judgment Morality Hypocrisy
The road to power is paved with hypocrisy, and casualties. – Frank Underwood
House of Cards Power Hypocrisy Consequences Ambition
I'm just a simple man trying to make my way in the universe. – Roy Tillman
Fargo self-image justification authority Hypocrisy
Humans are amazing creatures. You can't stand the sight of your own blood, but you'll go out looking for someone else's. – King Bradley
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Humanity Hypocrisy Conflict War
I am always saying "Glad to've met you" to somebody I'm not at all glad I met. – Holden Caulfield
The Catcher in the Rye Phoniness Society Hypocrisy
You take somebody that cries their goddam eyes out over phony stuff in the movies, and nine times out of ten they're mean bastards at heart. – Holden Caulfield
The Catcher in the Rye Phoniness Emotion Hypocrisy
Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be.
Anna Karenina Love Respect Marriage Hypocrisy
The role of a benefactor is a dangerous one and not a Christian one. There is a danger of pride, of self-satisfaction.
Anna Karenina Morality Pride Charity Hypocrisy
The peculiarity of prudery is to place the sentinel of virtue in the places most attacked.
Les Misérables Morality Society Hypocrisy Virtue
Nobody panics when things go according to plan. Even if the plan is horrifying. – The Joker
The Joker The Dark Knight Society Chaos Hypocrisy
They need you right now, but when they don't, they'll cast you out like a leper. – The Joker
The Joker The Dark Knight Society Hypocrisy Loyalty
I am sorry, Brother. I truly am. – Commodus
Gladiator Betrayal Family Power Hypocrisy
You talk the talk. Do you walk the walk? – Gunnery Sergeant Hartman
Full Metal Jacket authority Challenge Hypocrisy Action
Heroes and villains both thrive on violence. But we're the ones who get to call it 'justice'. – Stain
My Hero Academia Morality Justice Hypocrisy
Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whisky bottle in the hand of another. – Miss Maudie
To Kill a Mockingbird Religion Hypocrisy Morality
You ought to spend a little more time trying to make something of yourself and a little less time trying to impress people. – Vernon
The Breakfast Club authority Advice Hypocrisy
The only thing worse than a liar is a liar that's also a hypocrite! – Hank Moody
Californication Truth Hypocrisy Morality Anger
You're like the thief who isn't the least bit sorry he stole, but is terribly, terribly sorry he's going to jail. – Rhett Butler
Gone with the Wind Regret Consequences Morality Hypocrisy
Respect my authoritah! – Eric Cartman
South Park authority Power Hypocrisy Humor
We'll take the niggers and the chinks, but we don't want the Irish! – Railroad Worker
Blazing Saddles race Prejudice Hypocrisy Humor
You're a artist, a family man... a liar. – Genesis
Knock Knock identity Hypocrisy Betrayal Perception
Nice guys are the worst. – Genesis
Knock Knock Judgment Hypocrisy Cynicism manipulation
We are in the beginning of a mass extinction and all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth. How dare you! – Greta Thunberg
Greta Thunberg extinction Economics Growth Hypocrisy
You say you love your children above all else, and yet you are stealing their future in front of their very eyes. – Greta Thunberg
Greta Thunberg Hypocrisy Future Children Love
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