Quotes About Integrity

I just don't like how the beauty industry became so much about money and so much drama-driven.

You don't have to destroy an entire industry to rid it of corruption.

There's nothing worse that you can do than create an aura about a company that's not substantiated by fact. It's not only ineffective but actually harmful to the company. You can create an image or whatever, but it won't stick.

But human nature dictates that there will always be cheaters. That's inevitable. Where there's money involved and glory, there are going to be people that cheat, and there will always be ways to cheat.

The thing that probably frustrated me and hurt me the most was when there were inaccurate stories written about me or stories that were written that were trying to imply or infer things that weren't true.

I do think that with any kind of infidelity, on some level - unless you're dealing with a sociopath - there's always a reason.

Although I wrote a book about infidelity around the world, I ended up concluding that fidelity is quite a good idea.

I am a person who believes in the good of people and who may have had things influence them to a certain degree, but deep down I think most people are good and would like to be good.

I just try to keep it simple, not let too many outside things influence me.

I have always been true to the people who have influenced me as a young boy.

I learned then that an actor must always be himself, and must not be influenced by the people with whom he works.

Anybody who informs on other people is doing something disturbing and even disgusting.

If you're successful in the market, it should be because you have the best products. Then your customers like you, not because then you cut corners, or you get a tax break, or you don't inform authorities about how things actually are.

The problem became this: We became a caricature of ourselves. We were after light, and it began to look as though we were after heat, not to reveal some information or not to find out the story.

True information does good.

I don't edit information, I follow it.

I think that's the beauty of elections: You can't hide from who you are. The more honestly and directly you communicate to people why you're doing this, the way in which you want to serve them, I just think that the better, more informed decision that they can make.

My dad has ingrained that in me: 'Be accountable.'

The biggest ingredient in a best friend is someone whose actions you respect and who you can truly be yourself around.

I look at all the ingredients of a film and say, 'Is this a positive thing that I'm putting into the world? Is there honor and respect in the way the story is being told about them? And would they approve of that?'

I certainly could've made a lot more money buying cheap ingredients, and people might not have been able to tell the difference. That was never a part of the calculus. It was not part of my DNA.

You don't want to play a character you can't inhabit or commit to fully.

High malice is almost inherent in the profession of historian.

I think, without question, the way someone plays sports shows something about inherently who they are, you know?