You need a very good financial person to keep you honest, and to keep track of income and outgo.
Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger of becoming denial; but if honest, and bent on thorough investigation, it may soon lead to full establishment of the truth.
Rather than doing the kind of fact-checking that normally goes with a story, you ran with certain stories for not wanting to get beat. There’s a pressure that exists in your profession. I would be surprised in any honest exchange that you say that doesn’t exist.
I think there are many honest businessmen.
Bad as was being shot by some of our own troops in the battle of the Wilderness, – that was an honest mistake, one of the accidents of war, – being shot at, since the war, by many officers, was worse.
The world changes in direct proportion to the number of people willing to be honest about their lives.
Achievement is not always success, while reputed failure often is. It is honest endeavor, persistent effort to do the best possible under any and all circumstances.
I believe in good, honest food. That’s always been my ethos.
When I was being honest with myself, I had to own that there was something about me that was drawing an energy in my life that left me feeling underserved and unfulfilled. I decided to grow. I decided to purge myself of anyone and anything that was not full of goodness, serving me or making me happy.
To be honest everything goes over my head a bit.
I need to let people know who I am and instead of just trying to make great records, just be honest and make it more personal and make it more passionate, to make records with emotion and not be afraid to express that.
You find yourself refreshed in the presence of cheerful people. Why not make an honest effort to confer that pleasure on others? Half the battle is gained if you never allow yourself to say anything gloomy.
I’ll be honest: I’ve never wanted to do anything other than perform.
As an actor, you’ve to be honest while giving any shot, the camera is same in any medium, the sound system, too. So, it doesn’t matter.
Oddly, in a sense, I still have more confidence as a director than my ability as a writer. Somehow, directing is just really easy. It’s just about being really honest about how you feel about what you’re seeing.
Baddies always do get the best lines, that’s the honest truth.
Richard Pryor is, in my mind, the most honest comedian. He bared his soul to people. I think that’s why everybody loved him so much.
I can’t stand people who are backward. I am honest, straightforward. I don’t like to pretend. And I will not change either.
To be honest, it’s easier for me to speak with an American accent.
I learn from Larry Ellison every day. I’ve said this before: how is it to work with someone who thinks out of the box? Larry doesn’t see the walls at all; he does not see the box. He is an absolute, true visionary. And to be honest, I always find myself in a box! I’m comfy in my box. I’ve furnished it; it’s lovely.
Marriage is a gamble, let’s be honest.
I like books. I read a lot, to be honest.
I have enough trouble just speaking normal Australian. On ‘Vikings,’ we had a great vocal coach who helped make all of us sound the same. But I’m very bad at accents, to be honest.
I’m honest – of course I want to be a legend.
I think Raymond is very honest about human relationships.
Workers want to be paid an honest, fair wage for the work they do. They want to be able to provide for their families by being justly compensated for their part in helping grow the U.S. economy. They deserve to be able to put food on the table and receive health care and other benefits.
It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.
I am committed to making Georgia a model for open and honest government.
Liberty is the right of every man to be honest, to think and to speak without hypocrisy.
The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else.
I do like reality shows, and I watch some of them because they’re high drama. It’s also just fun to watch people have honest reactions.
That’s what I think we’re all looking for – an honest love wherever you can find it.
Be honest, be nice, be a flower not a weed.
To be honest, I don’t care how it went in.
I am still looking for the modern equivalent of those Quakers who ran successful businesses, made money because they offered honest products and treated their people decently… This business creed, sadly, seems long forgotten.
To be honest, accents are one of those things for me, personally, that usually come quite naturally by just listening to the people.
If most writers are honest with themselves, this is the difference they want to make: before, they were not noticed; now they are.
We need to elect leaders who have a strong moral compass. Leaders who are honest, straightforward, and tough – with a love of justice and fair play.
My guiding principles in life are to be honest, genuine, thoughtful and caring.
Be honest, be kind, and share the love.
Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don’t have brains enough to be honest.
I feel, other than physical attributes, which can be subjective, being good at your work makes anyone desirable. Being honest and kind with fellow beings is also appealing.
Plastic surgery and breast implants are fine for people who want that, if it makes them feel better about who they are. But, it makes these people, actors especially, fantasy figures for a fantasy world. Acting is about being real being honest.
Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.
The market tends to pay as a wage what an individual laborer is worth. But the case last studied suggests the question how accurately the law operates in practice. May it not be an honest law, but be so vitiated in its working as to give a dishonest result?
Oceans are one of the most important things in the world now and that is a national security threat of the United States of America, to be honest with you. That is why seeing the habitat destroyed is so short-sighted by us.
Blues was my first love. It was the first thing where I said, ‘Oh man, this is the stuff.’ It just sounded so raw and honest, gut-bucket honest. From then I started rebelling.
I’ll campaign for anyone who’s honest and who I like, irrespective of the party.
To wear this shirt, especially with the West Ham badge on it – it takes an honest player, hard-working, a player that leaves everything on the pitch and plays for the crest on the shirt.
A woman in show business isn’t honest with herself… so how can she be honest with another woman? We are, all of us, acting every minute of the day and night.
Flamenco is the most honest and visceral music. You have to be sincere when you sing it. If you’re not, it doesn’t work.
I think my confidence stems from my honesty. I’m brutally honest – about everything and even myself. I tell it as I think it. I’m not politically correct. I’m definitely not diplomatic. I get bashed up for what I say, but I don’t know any other way.
I think my uncle was probably the biggest influence in my life. We grew up in the same house, and he was just a really great, hard-working, honest, ethical person.
I found my love when I was 17-years-old and my love is one hundred percent honest. We’ve never had any ugly, rocky things to overcome.
We live the life, but in an honest way. Without compromise, without corruption. This I understand now is the big key to my power – the power of Dolce & Gabbana. It’s not just the clothes. It’s love for the people.
I had to be honest in my songwriting for it to be where it is, and it’s always scary wondering if anyone will connect with that.
Being so honest in my writing is cathartic.
It is helpful to think of people as having two fundamental motivations: the desire to see ourselves as honest, good people, and the desire to gain the benefits that come from cheating – on our taxes or on the football field.
I think, as musicians, our music should be who we are. Sometimes it’s not – it’s someone else’s. All heartfelt music and all honest music, it’s who we are. Of course, our upbringing has everything to do with it.
The greatest want of the world is the want of men – men who will not be bought or sold; men who in their inmost souls are true and honest; men who do not fear to call sin by its right name; men whose conscience is as true to duty as the needle to the pole; men who will stand for the right though the heavens fall.
I see it all perfectly; there are two possible situations – one can either do this or that. My honest opinion and my friendly advice is this: do it or do not do it – you will regret both.
I work hard, like I’m sure everyone else does, and I’m very honest with the work I do.
Being a Deol for me is to be honest; walking with my head held high and never having to bow in front of injustice.
I spent almost 3 months with Bergman, four hours every afternoon. We sat and went through the whole script. To be honest, most of the time we talked about life and other different things. It was really a wonderful time.
I think most corporate executives are good honorable honest men and women who do good work.
The person who is brutally honest enjoys the brutality quite as much as the honesty. Possibly more.
