Being Honest Quotes - Page 11

• My own view is that no major advance was ever found as a result of a committee's recommendation... We should be honest in telling these agencies we often don't know where some ideas are going to lead, but we hope they are going to clarify a problem.

  David Mumford

  Agency, Views, Ideas

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• Children copy their parents, friends, and teachers. They will develop the habits of the people around them. So if you want your child to be honest, peaceful and happy you should be that way first.

  Baba Hari Dass

  Teacher, Children, People

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• And that is all anyone can do, try to be honest about what he feels, what he's seen or thinks he's seen.

  Paul Theroux

  Thinking, Trying, Honest

  Paul Theroux (1986). “Sunrise with Seamonsters”, p.47, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Where I could not be honest,
  I never yet was valiant.

  William Shakespeare

  Courage, Honesty, Valiant

  William Shakespeare (1793). “The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added Notes”, p.262

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• The more I think about our species the more I think we just do stuff and make up explanations later when asked. But it's not true that I would rather write than read. I would rather read than write. To be honest I would rather hang upside down in a bucket than write.

  Douglas Adams

  Writing, Thinking, Buckets

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• Don't try to be just like some other singer hitting it big - find your own style and be honest in your performances. And never underestimate your audience.

  Tony Bennett

  Style, Trying, Hitting

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Being comedic is a skill, because there is a fine line where the context is important. And being dramatic is just being honest and real in that moment.

  Bob Odenkirk

  Real, Skills, Important

  Source: www.salon.com

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• The first time I was asked whether women can "have it all" was at the Miss America pageant. I said no. I didn't mean that women shouldn't fully pursue their dreams, only that we need to be honest with ourselves.

  Gretchen Carlson

  Dream, Mean, America

  "'Getting Real' with Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson". Interview with John W. Kennedy, www.beliefnet.com.

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• We're all being segregated or sent to our different rooms to watch television that's geared only for adults, to be honest. There's very little fare - outside of cartoons and a few things for children (and) I guess (some reality shows like) The Voice - that can be watched by the entire family.

  Michael Landon, Jr.

  Children, Reality, Voice

  Source: www.beliefnet.com

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• I never really was good at being a family general man, really. I hardly ever spent any time with my mum and dad whatever, really, or brothers or sisters. We just really didn't get along. I was pretty much like the black sheep of the family, to be honest.

  Andrew Chan

  Brother, Dad, Men

  Source: www.sbs.com.au

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• Be honest about who you are and what your bringing to the table and what your expectations are.

  Gabrielle Dennis

  Expectations, Tables, Honest

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• We are neck and neck but there will be a very - it will be a very tough campaign in the last ten days. We must be very open and sincere with the Greek people. They should know what they could really expect. I think all of these old political logic is dead. We have to be honest, open and determined to get the Greeks out of this crisis.

  Dora Bakoyannis

  Thinking, People, Political

  Source: www.sbs.com.au

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• First and foremost, prayer is so helpful. But I think that you need to face your fears head on. Don't avoid them or say that you're not scared. Acknowledge it and be honest about it. It's normal to get nervous about a big game or to get nervous about an important event in your life.

  Matt Cullen

  Prayer, Thinking, Games

  "A conversation with Minnesota Wild center Matt Cullen". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com. May 6, 2013.

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• I think as an actor you can feel when something's right and when something's resonating. I don't think that there's necessarily a right and a wrong. I think it's just a matter of being honest and telling a story.

  Sadie Calvano

  Thinking, Stories, Actors

  "Interview: ‘Mom’ star Sadie Calvano discusses CBS’ dramatic comedy". Interview with Daniel Fienberg, uproxx.com. December 18, 2014.

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• I think what's exciting about doing it as found footage - if we all are being honest, found footage gets a little bit of a bad rap sometimes, but I think that there's a lot of potential in the medium in taking it seriously and in treating the audience with respect and in treating the characters with respect in terms of, why is the camera really on? Where would the camera be when it is on?

  Dean Israelite

  Rap, Character, Thinking

  Source: collider.com

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• I'm not interested in collage as the refuge of the composition-ally disabled. I'm interested in collage as (to be honest) an evolution beyond narrative.

  David Shields

  Allies, Narrative, Honest

  David Shields (2010). “Reality Hunger”, p.115, Vintage

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• My father said about money: 'You have to have some. But you don't have to have all of it. Just be honest with yourself.'

  Joe Paterno

  Father, Honest, Said

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• Let's be honest: For a lot of well-meaning, open-minded white people, the sight of a young, black man in a hoodie still evokes a twinge of fear.

  Hillary Clinton

  Men, Sight, White

  "2016 candidates, it's time to talk about race". Hillary Clinton's speech at the 83rd annual U.S. Conference of Mayors, www.cnbc.com. June 26, 2015.

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• Cheating, having 'hoes,' none of that is cute. To be honest, it's really immature. I don't see how people take pride in breaking someone's heart. The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.

  Clarence Darrow

  Cute, Cheating, Heart

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• It is easy to keep secrets by being honest in an ironic tone of voice.

  Andrew Solomon

  Voice, Secret, Ironic

  Andrew Solomon (2014). “The Noonday Demon: An Atlas Of Depression”, p.161, Simon and Schuster

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• Nothing to be honest. I am a fighter. I'm crazy already. I'm not afraid of ghosts or anything.

  Danny Garcia

  Crazy, Fighter, Honest

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• To be honest, my life is not really as way-out and myth-loaded as people like to portray it.

  Grace Jones

  People, Way, Honest

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• There is an interaction and action, reaction between two people. One should show honesty in a relationship. Be honest to your partner and tell him everything. How long can you do things with dishonesty and that's wrong. Don't get into a relationship if you can't be honest.

  Randeep Hooda

  Honesty, Two, Long

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• I really loved Michelangelo. I've always been a little partial to Donatello to be honest, especially with the animated series. There's just something about Donnie that I really like. But, you know, Mikey's also Mikey. It's kind of just a given he's the most fun one.

  Noel Fisher

  Fun, Animated Series, Littles

  Source: collider.com

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• When I'm approached by brands I use the kind of philosophy - I don't really get into a project unless I feel I can make something that will be honest for me.

  Marco Brambilla

  Philosophy, Use, Honest

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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