Quotes About Honesty

I feel like I really tapped into a pretty honest emotional place for myself as a lyricist. There's a broad spectrum of emotions.

It is intellectually dishonest to look backwards with all the facts and judge the decisions that were made with almost none of the facts, or the facts that existed hidden in the normal cloud of endless speculation of what might happen.

It's OK to pursue speculative ideas because we don't want to be too cozy and safe and assume that we know everything about life in the universe. However, we have to be rigorous and careful and honest and logical and scientifically meticulous when we speculate.

Speech is the mirror of the soul.

Speech is the mirror of action.

He knew the lie of silence to be as evil as the lie of speech.

I am not a guy who can write speeches and when I speak I speak from the heart, I just say what I feel and what I believe in.

Did I think about the risks? Of course I did. Anyone who says otherwise is not being completely honest. The amount of energy it takes to bring a spacecraft to orbital speed, and the forces it endures on re-entry, makes risk impossible to avoid.

I believe we create a lot of problems in our relationships if we don't feel safe to talk about our feelings at the speed of life.

I cheated once on a spelling test. I didn't know how to spell period. I leaned over the desk and looked at someone else's paper. I was probably ten or something like that.

You cannot take shortcuts. We've shown that we can spend more on ingredients, not less, and charge a fair price.

All I can say is anybody who's spent most of his life living a lie is not somebody I admire.

I might be at the odd press conference with a little bit of spill on me because I'm not going to hide the imperfections of parenting. I don't think anyone needs that.

I don't like when people try to put a spin and have a second agenda to make a person look bad.

But when I'm asked a question I will answer it honestly. There is no spin here.

I am a free spirit. I tell the truth, and I like to mix it up.

Right now, it's really about my fans knowing that whatever I believed spiritually at the time is what I believed. I just wouldn't deliberately lie to them just to save my image.

Some persons are likeable in spite of their unswerving integrity.

Man does not live by words alone, in spite of the fact that sometimes he has to eat them.

I would never do anything just for spite.

I'd like to think Fleabag's honesty makes her heroic in spite of her actions.

The Trumps were elected because of or in spite of their wealth - depending on how you feel about the First Family. They never misrepresented themselves. They have always been honest about who they are.

I felt a responsibility to Simon and to our kids to be able to live with integrity and not have some strange split psychology of 'This is who my dad is at home, and this is who he is to the public.'

I was probably spoilt, if I'm being totally honest.