Honestly Quotes - Page 33

• I don't know, I find that honestly, the stand-up thing in some ways is a little bit of a cliché to carry around, because people don't consider stand-ups really actors.

  Jim Gaffigan

  People, Actors, Littles

  Interview with Steve Heisler, www.avclub.com. November 11, 2008.

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• Honestly, self-care is not fluffy - it's something we should take seriously.

  Kris Carr

  Self, Care, Fluffy

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• There's almost no way of doing importing honestly, because if you do you're at such a disadvantage competitively. So people spend huge amounts of effort getting around stupid laws and not paying taxes.

  Esther Dyson

  Stupid, Law, People

  "On the Frontier". Interview with Virginia Postrel, reason.com. October, 1996.

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• Many men honestly do not know what women want, and women honestly do not know why men find what they want so hard to comprehend and deliver.

  Deborah Tannen

  Men, Understanding, Want

  "You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation". Book by Deborah Tannen, www.newyorker.com. 1990.

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• I can't honestly account for the very personal response that I have to one story and not another, a sense of an orbit, the orbit of a world that draws me as my own life recedes.

  Daniel Day-Lewis

  Orbit, Stories, World

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• I honestly believe I'd make one of the worst elected officials in the history of this country.

  Ross Perot

  Country, Believe, Politics

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• Honestly, when you start talking about genres, you're talking as much about the business side of writing as anything else. Certainly there are elements of reader expectation that play into various genres, and those are important, but it also becomes about packaging, placement, audience....In the end, I'm not a fan of labels. I think the best fiction blurs the boundaries between genres, stretches and breaks them.

  Kristin Hannah

  Writing, Thinking, Play

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• What the Nation must realize is that the home, when both parents work, is non-existent. Once we have honestly faced that fact, we must act accordingly.

  Agnes Meyer Driscoll

  Home, House, Parent

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• Sometimes the best way to make 'em laugh is to show 'em how you honestly feel.

  Jon Lovitz

  Laughing, Ems, Way

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• I'm not picky, quite honestly.

  Daniel Day-Lewis

  Picky

  "Daniel Day-Lewis: 'I'm not unapproachable'". Interview with Xan Brooks, www.theguardian.com. December 10, 2009.

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• I count my blessings every day, quite honestly, because I take nothing for granted.

  Mario Andretti

  Blessing, Granted, Take Nothing For Granted

  "KNBR Conversation, with Mario Andretti". Interview with Bob Fitzgerald and Rod Brooks, www.sfgate.com. August 25, 2012.

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• Honestly, I'm cool with everyone, and people pick up on that. I'd say, 'I'm not gay, but it's all good.' It's kind of like going to Paris when you don't know the language; some Americans get into trouble over there, but I'm just like, 'Sorry, I don't speak French.

  Dylan McDermott

  Sorry, Gay, Paris

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• I give off rather mixed messages about the law. On the one hand, I can honestly say I don't miss working in a law office. On the other hand I do enjoy watching the law and while the profession may have its problems, I have sold zillions of books out of magnifying them.

  John Grisham

  Book, Hands, Law

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• Honestly, if the public still wants to hear me in some works, I have to go down a half step.

  Placido Domingo

  Half, Want, Steps

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• Honestly, I don't read the press. I don't know what they're saying.

  Serena Williams

  Knows, Presses

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• Honestly, I don't know if I'd want to be an educator. I find teachers to have more responsibility, in a way, than being a parent. You're molding hundreds of minds every year.

  Eva Amurri

  Teacher, Responsibility, Years

  "Talking About Teaching with Eva Amurri Martino". Interview with Mark Svartz, www.esquire.com. June 14, 2012.

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• Honestly, all I ever do is work.

  Leighton Meester

  "Leighton Meester Sex Tape Denial" by Katy Hall, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 5, 2009.

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• Los Angeles is the only place that I can honestly say I have ever called home.

  Naveen Andrews

  Home, Los Angeles, I Can

  "I was seen as either a junkie or a drunk" by Emine Saner, www.theguardian.com. February 5, 2008.

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• Honestly, I didn't have the patience for biology or history in an academic sense, but I always liked the kind of big questions.

  Andrew Bird

  Kind, Biology, Academic

  Interview with Genevieve Koski, www.avclub.com. January 20, 2009.

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• Quite honestly, it's too tough to get your movies made and then also to get out there and sell them.

  Edward Burns

  Tough, Made, Sells

  "Ed Burns, Lead Singer for the Indie-Rock Movies of Our Time". Interview with Matt Sullivan, www.esquire.com. December 22, 2011.

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• But if you go over the line, you don't want to get stuck in a Nevada State court room. Honestly, because Nevada has been doing a good job of putting California criminals in jail. I mean, we couldn't put OJ in jail, but they did. We couldn't put Paris Hilton in jail, but they did.

  James Belushi

  Jobs, Mean, California

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• I wish I could say it's easy, but honestly, to get ready for a big championship is not as easy as it seems.

  Oksana Baiul

  Sports, Wish, Championship

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• I have never, honestly, thrown a chair in my life.

  Steve Ballmer

  Chairs, Thrown

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• I honestly don't read that much. Obviously I read chess books - in terms of favorites, Kasparov's 'My Great Predecessors' is pretty good.

  Magnus Carlsen

  Book, Chess, Term

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• If the script's good, everything you need is in there. I just try and feel it, and do it honestly. I also don't learn things for auditions, because I feel like it's just a test of memorizing rather than being real. Maybe every other actor would think that was terrible, I don't know. But it seems to have worked for me, so far.

  Olivia Colman

  Real, Thinking, Trying

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