Quotes About Honesty

Every time I see corruption, it pains me.

I paint things as they are. I don't comment.

I generally only paint people I know, I'm not a flatterer really.

It's dangerous that we can all paint a completely false picture of ourselves.

I'm not painting myself as a down-home, modest guy.

Our commitment for the cause of Pakistan is based on honesty.

The impression of Pakistan is that people are corrupt. I don't think they are as corrupt as they are made out to be. I can look you in the eye and tell you I've never bribed anybody.

Don't expect ambiguities, hesitations or palace intrigues from me.

I've never bribed my way into a restaurant. I've never slipped a C-note or greased a palm. In truth, I've never even considered it. I've assumed, of course, that people do such things.

My life is an open pamphlet.

Could I see myself with a British boyfriend? Absolutely. The way they wear their pants is so cute. Guys don't do it in America. Their style is cute. I just feel like Brits are honest - period. And that's what I like.

I think a lot about something: Abe Rosenthal was once asked what he wanted on his headstone, and he said he wanted it just to say, 'He kept the paper straight.' And I think about that a lot.

Clear communication is paramount for any relationship to become stronger.

Joe and I are still very aware of the fact that we live in a country where he criticised the government and lived another day. That trumps all. To paraphrase Churchill, democracy is the worst form of government apart from all the other forms of government. You constantly have to fight for it; you have to keep your government honest.

Learning to drive is a scary thing for a parent. I had to basically lie to get the keys when I was a kid.

You can't be the dad who takes your kid out after your wife has said, 'No ice cream,' buys the ice cream, and says, 'Don't tell your mother.' You teach the child to lie - and to disrespect the other parent.

You can fudge a lot as an actor, but you can't fudge being a parent.

Any parent who says parenting came easily to them is not being honest with themselves. Parenting is hard.

Our armed forces, not our parliament of dunces, are our pride. Doubting our armed forces' integrity and honesty is a disgraceful travesty.

Parliament must not be told a direct untruth, but it's quite possible to allow them to mislead themselves.

I have a direct way of speaking. What I do is tend to lay out everything; I tend to tell people what I'm going to do and how I'm going to do it and what is success for us and what's not... without being too parochial about it, I think Aussies are more direct.

I'm actually incapable of lying. I'm like a parody of a person who can't lie.

Not all lies are harmful. Sometimes we're willing participants in deception for the sake of social dignity, maybe to keep a secret that should be kept secret, secret. We say, 'Nice song.' 'Honey, you don't look fat in that, no.'

But my manners also came from when I was in college and began participating in critiques. You have to speak with someone respectfully about their work and be honest and open, without hurting them.