Quotes About Honesty

I am very thankful and blessed that I haven't had to sell my soul and be anything that I'm not.

If I'm not interested in a woman, I'm straight-forward. Right after sex, I usually say, 'I can't do this anymore. Thanks for coming over!'

In the period before the arrival of Mrs. Thatcher, politics had been in such low esteem. Everything was so hedged, so mealy-mouthed. Then along came this woman who seemed to have no manners at all and said exactly what she thought. Everyone's eyes were popping and their jaws were dropping, and I really enjoyed that.

Honesty, like my mama always says, is always the best policy.

Honesty is the best policy; the only way out is deeper in: a candid confrontation with existence is dizzying, liberating.

Honesty is the best policy, I think - there's no point trying to be fake, and that's one thing I never have been.

In my experience, honesty is the best policy. And being a friend to somebody is not always the best way to help them.

The first thing I'll do if I want to look really crappy is, I don't wear any makeup at all.

I don't do fake. That's the first thing you should know about me. I'm not one to put on airs or change my demeanor depending on where I am or who I am talking to.

Indians mock their corrupt politicians relentlessly, but they regard their honest politicians with silent suspicion. The first thing they do when they hear of a supposedly 'clean' politician is to grin. It is a cliche that honest politicians in India tend to have dishonest sons, who collect money from people seeking an audience with Dad.

Well the first thing I'd say is that I'm not sure exactly what I'm supposed to do to show my remorse other than to say that I'm remorseful.

If you stop loving someone, did you ever love them? If you say you're committed and later you're not committed, well, was the first thing commitment? You see what I mean? This kind of thing has always interested me.

I've never been a business person, nor have I ever pretended to understand the first thing about it.

What do you have to do in life to get better? I would bet you would say study harder, or be more focused, be more determined, communicate better or try harder. But I would tell you just this, if you want to get better in this life the first thing you need to do is admit you're doing something wrong. It's the foundation of everything around us.

The first thing that comes to your head is probably the only thing you should say. If you have to sit down and spend ten minutes trying to have something genuine, it may not be all that genuine.

The biggest and the most important thing my mother told me is to be a good actor you first need to be a really good human being and an honest person.

Personally, coming out was one of the most important things I've ever done, lifting from my shoulders the millstone of lies that I hadn't even realized I was carrying.

I think the most important thing is to be yourself and be genuine and don't try to tell anybody else's story but your own. And if it comes from a genuine place, I think people can tell, and if it doesn't, I think people can tell, and I think that eventually it shows.

The most important thing about my life is this integrity, and you can't lie to yourself.

The one thing that even my staunchest opponents will admit is I'm a straight shooter and that I'm a man of my word.

The one thing that saved me is that in 17 years of coaching I never had an NCAA investigator talk to one of my players. I lost games, but I lost the right way.

The one thing I have always tried to get across is what you see is what you get. This is me, like it or lump it.

The one thing you're most reluctant to tell. That's where the comedy is.

You tell me the truth, and I am hooked for life, because the one thing that you can't find nowadays is the person who is going to be absolutely honest with you.