Quotes About Honesty

They say you can do honest, sincere work for decades, but you're given in general a 10-year period when what you do touches the zeitgeist - when you're relevant. And I'm aware of that, and I don't want my time to go by.

I consider writing practice a true Zen practice because it all comes back at you. You can't fool anyone because it's on the page.

I dabbled in things like Howlin' Wolf, Cream and Led Zeppelin, but when I heard Son House and Robert Johnson, it blew my mind. It was something I'd been missing my whole life. That music made me discard everything else and just get down to the soul and honesty of the blues.

I read one article that called me the 'latest pretender to the Led Zeppelin throne.'... If I saw the guy I'd knock him out. Because that's not true - I'm not pretending anything. If my records sell, it's because of me.

I can put on 'Revolver' or 'Led Zeppelin II' and then 'Tell the Truth' and there is no quality gap.

I have always appreciated the honest brutality of the international film world. One need never doubt one's worth in the market. Mine was zero.

Virtue is not photogenic. What is it to be a nice guy? To be nothing, that's what. A big fat zero with a smile for everybody.

I've never understood the value of putting someone on television to lie, knowing that they're going to lie ahead of time, knowing that that is their deal: to lie ahead of time. There is zero news value in that.

I have zero ego.

If you're a coach, and you don't have trust with players, you've got no chance, and your credibility is zero. And that's why it's so important to tell them the truth. If you have something that you're upset about, tell them the truth. If they're doing something wrong, tell them the truth.

I have zero interest in being vice president.

When I came out when I was 18, and I graduated from high school, and I felt like that was the time to officially say it, I surprised zero people in my family.

I have zero filters.

The delta between who I am on Twitter and in real life is zero.

We have to show zero tolerance on match and frame-fixing. There is no other option than a life ban.

Safety is something you should never have to pay for. If you're abusive or, say, not who you say you are on Bumble, you're gone. We have a zero tolerance policy.

I can't really make fun of zombies. They're not liars. They're not cheats.

Just be yourself and be upfront about your expectations and desires. Don't be ambiguous and play hard to get. It doesn't work. You'll end up in the friend zone.

The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it emotionally.

Actors are the only honest hypocrites.

He will hew the line of right, let the chips fall where they may.

Calamity is the test of integrity.

Adversity has ever been considered as the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being free from flatterers.

Be frank and explicit. That is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and to confuse the minds of others.