Maya Angelou

I would be a liar, a hypocrite, or a fool - and I'm not any of those - to say that I don't write for the reader. I do. But for the reader who hears, who really will work at it, going behind what I seem to say. So I write for myself and that reader who will pay the dues.

American Poet

Neko Case

I would be a huge hypocrite if I didn't tell you that at one time in my life I thought the way that you made music was you got on a major label and you got famous.

American Musician

Laurence Sterne

Of all the cants which are canted in this canting world, - though the cant of hypocrites may be the worst, - the cant of criticism is the most tormenting!

Irish Novelist

Cindy Sheehan

I have been known for some time as a person who speaks the truth and speaks it strongly. I have always called a liar a liar and a hypocrite a hypocrite.

American Activist

James Caan

A lot of young actors look up to me, and I wouldn't trade that for any money in the world. I don't want to lose their respect and be a hypocrite.

American Actor

Augustus Hare

What hypocrites we seem to be whenever we talk of ourselves! Our words sound so humble, while our hearts are so proud.

English Writer

Mo Ibrahim

I think we need to look at ourselves first. We should practice what we're preaching. Otherwise, we are hypocrites.

Sudanese Businessman

Cristiano Ronaldo

Why lie? I'm not going to be a hypocrite and say the opposite of what I think, like some others do.

Portuguese Footballer

Gillian Jacobs

We're all slight hypocrites who fall short of our ideals.

American Actress

GG Allin

I don't want people to think I'm a hypocrite.

A hypocrite's actions often contradict their stated beliefs or values, which is key to identifying hypocrisy.

Contradictory Actions

Hypocrites may pretend to be virtuous or morally superior, making their insincerity a central trait.

Insincere Virtue

'Hypocrite' often carries a strong negative connotation, reflecting cultural disapproval of such behavior.

Cultural Disapproval

 And we had a rough go of it. And at that time, quite frankly, you really did not talk back to your parents. And somehow I said, "You know, you guys are hypocrites. You make me go to this. You make me listen. The man wants me to go, and now you say no." And they thought about it all night. And they came into my room the next morning.

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 And I got totally hooked on it, just like everybody else, which made me into a complete hypocrite. Because at that point, I was absolutely using my acting to get attention. I mean, what, did I think I was just getting all these followers because of my brilliant tweets? I actually did think that -- I was like --

How craving attention...

 The third defense is dissonance. Now, if what we know, that fossil fuel use contributes to global warming, conflicts with what we do -- drive, fly, eat beef -- then so-called cognitive dissonance sets in. This is felt as an inner discomfort. We may feel like hypocrites.

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 Now, the reactions confused me. While supportive comments poured in from across the world, as did vicious ones. So some called me a hypocrite. Some called me a victim, a rape apologist. Some even said I had a political motive. But this one comment kind of describes

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 all of us are hypocrites in this movement. If you've ever bought something or you're wearing clothes, or you're eating food, you're a hypocrite, you're creating emissions. It's part of life. And I think perfection is --

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 Yes, it's very ironical, I know that. I also think I work more hours than you do in a typical week. And I've also called for shorter workweeks. So at heart, I wanted to know that I wasn't the only hypocrite out there.

The real reason you...

 the satirist Lucian described the Cynics of his own time as unprincipled, materialistic, self-promoting hypocrites, who only preached what Diogenes had once actually practiced. Reading Lucian’s texts centuries later,

The philosophy of...

 the emphasis a lot of people want a place on providing resources for education and as as a university professor of course I'm fairly passionate about educational attainment I'd be a hypocrite if I wasn't but but

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 something I'd have to grab it otherwise I'd be a hypocrite to myself and to others and that would be a bad example so I felt an incredible responsibility in some way to make sure that whatever I you know I