The best way to keep one’s word is not to give it.

Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it.

When I’m in meetings until 5am and then have to get up two hours later for filming, sometimes I ask myself ‚why?‘

We can’t just choose to tell some facts and not others because we don’t want to upset people. We have to tell it like it is.

As long as the people don’t fear the truth, there is hope. For once they fear it, the one who tells it doesn’t stand a chance. And today, truth is still beautiful… but so frightening.

No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause.

Marriage is scary to me, man.

Quacks are a part of our culture, and we all fall prey to them. Who among us can say, for sure, that even our own personal physicians are honest and competent?

You have to listen very carefully and tell the truth if you are going to get a paranoid person to open up to you.

Marriage has no guarantees. If that’s what you’re looking for, go live with a car battery.

All my stepchildren carried the burden of my fame. Sometimes they would read terrible things about me, and I’d worry about whether it would hurt them. I would tell them: ‚Don’t hide these things from me. I’d rather you ask me these things straight out, and I’ll answer all your questions.‘

There are only two ways of telling the complete truth – anonymously and posthumously.

It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so much falsehood in the world.

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life – in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color.

Does anybody really think that they didn’t get what they had because they didn’t have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the commitment?

A lot of people are afraid to tell the truth, to say no. That’s where toughness comes into play. Toughness is not being a bully. It’s having backbone.

Character is power.

There’s just some magic in truth and honesty and openness.

I never felt settled or calm. You can’t really commit to life when you feel that.

When I get on a roll with something, it’s really hard for me to put it down unfinished.

We often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth even to the gods.

I suppose my best attribute, if you want to call it that, is sincerity. I can sell sincerity because that’s the way I am.

I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.

I’m actually a very honest person, and sometimes I end up like, ‚Man, I said too much.‘ It’s hard for me not to tell the truth when you ask me.

A man should be upright, not be kept upright.

Anger cannot be dishonest.

I was always trying – I never wanted to let my fans down; I always wanted them to see me in my art form.

Do not tell fish stories where the people know you; but particularly, don’t tell them where they know the fish.

I tend to feel if people say they’re going to do something, they will, if given the chance.

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

At ev’ry word a reputation dies.

I don’t have anything to hide.

Our vision and commitment is towards the country’s progress, its place in the world and the happiness of its people.

A ‚No‘ uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a ‚Yes‘ merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.

If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.

I’m not claiming divinity. I’ve never claimed purity of soul. I’ve never claimed to have the answers to life. I only put out songs and answer questions as honestly as I can… But I still believe in peace, love and understanding.

Two such as you with such a master speed, cannot be parted nor be swept away, from one another once you are agreed, that life is only life forevermore, together wing to wing and oar to oar.

I want to marry Arline because I love her – which means I want to take care of her. That is all there is to it. I want to take care of her. I am anxious for the responsibilities and uncertainties of taking care of the girl I love.

I have an immense amount of respect for acting. I’ve always loved movies and was always fascinated by movie-making. But to become an actor, I wanted to commit myself.

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.

No one can lie, no one can hide anything, when he looks directly into someone’s eyes.

Good governance with good intentions is the hallmark of our government. Implementation with integrity is our core passion.

Every night on the court I give my all, and if I’m not giving 100 percent, I criticize myself.

One thing I hope I’ll never be is drunk with my own power. And anybody who says I am will never work in this town again.

I just think you ought to talk straight with your people.

Every time somebody speaks of my honesty, there is someone who quivers inside me.

It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to be right.

A lack of transparency results in distrust and a deep sense of insecurity.

You know, my family and friends have never been yes-men: ‚Yes, you’re doing the right thing, you’re always right.‘ No, they tell me when I’m wrong, and that’s why I’ve been able to stay who I am and stay humble.

Politicians must set their aims for the high ground and according to our various leanings, Democratic, Republican, Independent, we will follow. Politicians must be told if they continue to sink into the mud of obscenity, they will proceed alone.

A lie cannot live.

Always prefer the plain direct word to the long, vague one. Don’t implement promises, but keep them.

I don’t let even a day go by wherein I don’t give at 100 per cent.

A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

My number one thing? Don’t overleverage yourself. Don’t say you can do something when you really can’t.

There are things which a man is afraid to tell even to himself, and every decent man has a number of such things stored away in his mind.

Many people resented my impatience and honesty, but I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.

Lettin‘ the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier ‚n puttin‘ it back in.

And whether you’re an honest man, or whether you’re a thief, depends on whose solicitor has given me my brief.