Quotes About Honesty

My readers know my views on politics and politicians because I make no secret of them in my comments for 'The New Yorker' and elsewhere.

I'm a New Yorker, I say what's on my mind, because not being that way, what's the point of that? People may think this is hype, but you look back before at my other fights and you see that I don't talk trash.

If you're born and raised a New Yorker, you're probably pretty to-the-point, and you don't care so much about hurting people's feelings as you do about saying what's on your mind, because you assume they'll get over it.

To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity.

You can't cheat the game. You can't cheat the grind. You get out what you put in at the end of the day.

You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.

With integrity, you have nothing to fear, since you have nothing to hide. With integrity, you will do the right thing, so you will have no guilt.

Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying.

Whatever you go into, you have to go in there to be the best. There's no formulas. It's all about passion and honesty and hard work. It might look glamorous, but it takes a lot of hard work. The blessing with the arts is that you can do it forever.

Cooking is in an honest profession where you cannot hide and let others do the work for you. You have to show up, work hard and prove you can do it faster and better. And find a mentor who will recognize your talent and push you in the right direction.

That's the compliment I get most often - 'You guys are so honest.'

Some of you guys are going to boo, but I'm going to say it anyway. I don't like dogs.

'Sticky' is about reaching a point in a relationship where you both realize you guys shouldn't be dating, but you're doing it anyway just because you like to have that sense of just being able to be honest with the person and comfortable with the person. You kind of ignore all of the signs and red flags because you really want to like the person.

There are few things more dishonorable than misleading the young.

Politics is dirty. Politics is exciting. Politics is often very, very difficult and disappointing. And I really would rather the world would be a little more like it was when my dad was young, where you knew pretty much where people stood on the great moral issues.

Most poets are young simply because they have not been caught up. Show me an old poet, and I'll show you, more often than not, either a madman or a master... it's when you begin to lie to yourself in a poem in order simply to make a poem that you fail. That is why I do not rework poems.

The Eagles portrayed me to be this crazy young thug guy. But as far as me being a respectful guy and doing what's right instead of wrong - I've always felt I've been on that right path.

I do think that young children can spot a phony a mile away.

Young adults are honest readers. They won't stay with a book unless they have a reason, so it has to move along.

My dad just imprinted in my mind from a very young age that you always do what you say you're gonna do when you say you're gonna do it.

I learned at a very young age how to be simplistic and sincere.

From a young age, I was always very transparent, and that's why the kids' mums didn't like me. I would tell you if I didn't like your beans on toast.

From a young age I've always known my game pretty well and coming from a club like Yorkshire you are generally taught to say what you think. If you don't say what you think then someone else does.

Often, when people ask me what I read as a young girl, I lie. Or, I should say, I lie by omission. I tell them about my brilliant fourth-grade teacher, Miss Artis, who assigned us 'Johnny Tremain' and 'Where the Red Fern Grows' and 'Tuck Everlasting,' all books that made an impression on me. And people nod in approval.