Quotes About Honesty

I know it was raw in some places, and I was a jerk in some places, but that's the way I was, and I was stupid.

One of the first things I said to my kids and we all agreed upon when we first started shooting the show was if we're going to do this, we're all in. We're not going to worry about editing ourselves. So that's what you see. It's raw, and it's real, and it's footage that hopefully people learn from some of our experiences.

I just always have that connection with my fans where I want to give them my most like raw authentic self.

It's not about making it perfect, it's about letting it be real, sometimes raw and flawed, as long as it's true.

I came into office to do what was correct, not to see what was politically expedient to get re-elected.

I've certainly honored the two promises I made: Always tell you the truth; never vote with my re-election in mind.

It's really comforting for me and Jeff, at least, that after 12 years we finally feel we've reached a place where we can be more honest, real and loving with each other. And we're finally in a band that we know is good, and deserves the credit it's getting.

When you write a song, you don't ask if it's good or not, or if it's gonna sell. When you write a song, you ask whether you've reached deep inside your heart and whether it's honest.

I think the illest thing about Wiz Khalifa is how true to himself he's always been, and I miss that from artists. Nothing about what he does ever felt like he was reaching to be something that he wasn't.

I was determined not to sit around and watch my life deteriorate. I kept reaching out in hope and honesty that someone would find me. I never gave up hope. I fell flat on my face and got up again.

The danger is you never know if people are actually saying what they mean. I've learned you never know how someone will react.

I believe in the fact that an audience has one heart. I can just tell you one thing: If I sing the 'Adagio,' and I pull it out with all the honesty I have - whether they're Japanese, Italian, American or Belgian or French - they will react in the same way.

What I learned: if you've done something you think the public is going to react badly to, you can't delay it, hide from it, or ignore it. You have to address it head on and take your beating. Always take your beating.

The best way to test whether you are saying the truth or not - if you say something and people don't react then it's not the real truth. But if people start reacting then what you are saying has got an element of truth.

There are two ways of knowing if something ends badly: If you're honest with yourself, you just kind of know it. And then there's other people's reaction to it.

If I was being very honest about it, probably more honest than I should be, '28 Days Later' was a reaction to 'The Beach' in some ways because I felt it lacked a kind of aggression in it.

The only honest reaction and true loyalty that we get is from our animals.

The only honest reaction and true loyalty we get is from our animals. Once they're your friends, you can do no wrong.

I want to take the time to think through how I feel and why I feel. I don't want to feign expertise on matters I know nothing about for the purpose of offering someone else my immediate reaction for their consumption.

Kids have a weird honesty, especially in their reaction to things where a lot of older people who have matured have lost that.

I'm very careful not to tell a joke just to get a reaction.

If I try to act cool and do things that get a positive reaction, then I'm not doing anything for the person I'm in the ring with.

I'm going to shock you with the truth. I'm just going to give it to you raw, and however you take it, I'm just going to watch your reaction.

Everything is real. It is one of our golden rules for the show. We won't do it otherwise because the show is built around real reaction, ours included.