Quotes About Honesty

Writing my first book, 'Beautiful,' was the time that I was able to write the truth of it - that I was despairing at times, that I got depressed and felt like I couldn't cope. Writing became about being honest.

I wouldn't describe myself as a master of anything.

'Tough' is one of the last adjectives I would use to describe myself.

I've had. It's the real me. People don't deserve anything less.

Consumers deserve to know exactly what they're getting for their money when they sign-up for a 4G data plan.

If you're doing something wrong, you deserve to be caught.

I only scream if screaming is deserved.

I've convinced myself - I hope I'm right - that children despair of you if you don't tell them the truth.

People are always trying to be on top. And not always with a macabre agenda, but I think that people are desperately trying to remain in control, rather than being honest.

I make it a point to speak to the directors and tell them why I don't want to do a particular role or film. If, despite that, they hold it against me, I cannot help it. I cannot do things that I don't want to just to please someone else.

I think the most destructive thing is fear: when people don't want to say what they think.

I think Detective Murdoch would say that what sets Canada apart is that we are known for being above board, that we don't fudge numbers and misrepresent ourselves.

I detest people who lie. I can't stand it.

I think people have come to know me, and I don't deviate too much as an individual. What you see is what you get.

A friend once told me that I was always so manipulative, 'a silver-tongued devil,' as he put it. I was never aware of it.

Arvind Kejriwal

It shouldn't take a constitutional crisis or an attack on the nation to create honest dialogue in the Senate.

'Color-blind' comes up - people say 'Oh, I'm color-blind and therefore can't be accused of racism,' but I think that if we are going to have an honest dialogue about racism, we have to admit that people of color are having a different experience.

I wanted people to begin dialogue about racism, about colorism. I wanted people to really become honest about our beliefs, about racism and how it exists in America today.

Music is a diary. Sometimes people make music as if no one's going to hear it, as if they can just be completely honest. Things are a lot more acceptable said in a song than it would be in person. Art excuses a lot of things.

The day Dick Cheney is going to run for president, I'll kill myself. All we need is one more liar.

I deserve respect for the things I did not do.

There's a difference between a rumor and a lie.

We tap into something when we're honest about what's going on in our lives.