Quotes About Honesty

I feel, other than physical attributes, which can be subjective, being good at your work makes anyone desirable. Being honest and kind with fellow beings is also appealing.

We hide so well. This is the bottom line: how hidden is male subjectivity? Name five books where male subjectivity is produced in an honest way.

Honestly we never lied to people about who we were. Usually the wackier interviews came to pass because the interview subjects, aware that we were Comedy Central, just wanted to get their stories out.

I think there's a lot of anxiety about being seen as a bad parent. There's still a lot of subjects that I think people aren't entirely comfortable being honest about.

I think that if journalists, reporters who spend a lot of time on a story, are honest with themselves, we all have feelings about our subjects - I mean, unless you're a robot.

I don't subscribe to anything. I sit there and I try to think about what seems honest to me.

It's hard to prove yourself when the substance isn't there in certain roles.

Once and for all, I did not use steroids or any other illegal substance.

I knew that this was what I wanted to talk about on stage. There was no point being coy about it, or pretending that I wasn't gay. That was the substance of my whole act. If you took that away, there would be nothing left.

I am not a hereditary politician and do not have any substantial asset.

Prophecy, however honest, is generally a poor substitute for experience.

With Shakespeare, there's no subtext; you're speaking exactly what you're thinking constantly.

We shall seek first to tell the truth rather than to study the subtle art of adjusting it to the circumstances of time and person.

God knows we are subtle creatures who are more than able to use candour to avoid acknowledging our deceptions of others and ourselves.

You can't hold back. You can't think of the subtleties of playing. You just have to get out and really bare it all, and hopefully you don't fall off the plank. And if you do, hey, pick yourself up, dust yourself down, and start all over again.

It seems to me that the time for subtlety in our American life has passed.

Subtlety doesn't work with kids.

The reason people get afraid of writing real, honest journalism and fiction, and the reason corrupted people and demagogues are afraid of journalism and fiction and poetry across the world, is because it is a subversive form.

You can't fake the subway, and you can't fake friendships.

There's a correct way to succeed. The incorrect way is to do things incorrectly.

Is it possible to succeed without any act of betrayal?

Every man should make up his own mind that if he expect to succeed, he must give an honest return for the other man's dollar.

This is the honest-to-God truth: I just focus on the work, because if my work isn't good, then I won't succeed either way.

Don't change on me. Don't extort me unless you intend to do it forever.