I don’t have anything to hide.

When we go out to the country and just sit there, what we’re really doing is just switching off various kinds of alertness that we don’t have to use. When we do that, we are stopping being defensive. We are no longer shutting ourselves off from different types of experiences, we are welcoming them in.

I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.

I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn’t know.

Integrity has no need of rules.

The influence of a mother upon the lives of her children cannot be measured. They know and absorb her example and attitudes when it comes to questions of honesty, temperance, kindness, and industry.

It’s very important for Christians to be honest with God, which often, you know, God is much more interested in who you are than who you want to be.

‚Some Kind Of Monster‘ is such a nightmare for any musician to watch because you’re watching a band be honest to each other. Not a good idea, man!

There’s a common perception among college administrators that they should conceal the high level of sexual assaults that take place on their campuses because it would bring discredit to the university, bring them a bad name if it was publicized.

As soon as I go out into the world, I belong, in a way, to everyone else. It’s legal to follow me. It’s legal to stalk me at the beach. And I can’t call the police or ask them to leave.

We need to reject any politics that targets people because of race or religion. This isn’t a matter of political correctness. It’s a matter of understanding what makes us strong. The world respects us not just for our arsenal; it respects us for our diversity and our openness and the way we respect every faith.

I don’t want everybody to see exactly where I live, what my sofa or my fireplace looks like.

To restore the trust of the people, we must reform the way the government operates.

A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.

If anything, I get most upset because I wanna read a good paper first thing in the morning. And if I see a lie about myself flash across the front of the cover, I don’t think much of the rest of the newspaper.

I don’t let a lot of reporters meet my children.

Well, in order for me to be successful… In order to be a great artist – musician, actor, painter, whatever – you must be able to be private in public at all times.

I really think that there was a great advantage in many ways to being a woman. I think we are a lot better at personal relationships, and then have the capability obviously of telling it like it is when it’s necessary.

When I was young, an eccentric uncle decided to teach me how to lie. Not, he explained, because he wanted me to lie, but because he thought I should know how it’s done so I would recognise when I was being lied to.

At home I am a nice guy: but I don’t want the world to know. Humble people, I’ve found, don’t get very far.

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.

Big Brother is watching you.

I’ve never had that much trouble with the paparazzi, but I don’t run the same circles that a lot of these people that do get hounded by the paparazzi.

If it’s going to come out eventually, better have it come out immediately.

I just write songs that I strongly believe in and that are coming from inside. There’s no tricks. It’s honesty with big melodies.

If I’ve got a problem with one of my clients that needs to get solved, guess what I’m going to do? I’m going to call them up, and I’m going to say, ‚Hey, here’s what’s going on. This is the situation. This thing went sideways. I didn’t expect it. Now it’s going to take me some more time to get you what you need.‘ But I’m going to do that upfront.

Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.

To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.

I am being frank about myself in this book. I tell of my first mistake on page 850.

By giving people the power to share, we’re making the world more transparent.

Once you’ve lost your privacy, you realize you’ve lost an extremely valuable thing.

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

I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours.

It’s dangerous to read the Internet about yourself when you’re me. Or when you’re anyone in the public eye.

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

Give yourself more opportunities for privacy, when you are not bombarded with duties and obligations. Privacy is not a rejection of those you love; it is your deserved respite for recharging your batteries.

I never gave anybody hell! I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.

Somebody just back of you while you are fishing is as bad as someone looking over your shoulder while you write a letter to your girl.

You don’t tell deliberate lies, but sometimes you have to be evasive.

No lying knight or lying priest ever prospered in any age, but especially not in the dark ones. Men prospered then only in following an openly declared purpose, and preaching candidly beloved and trusted creeds.

I stand by all the misstatements that I’ve made.

The details surrounding both my marriage and subsequent filing for divorce are private, and I had hoped to keep them that way for the sake of my family.

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

No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating.

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.

Unlike grown ups, children have little need to deceive themselves.

Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world.

A letter does not blush.

All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I myself deny it.

Don’t lie about anything, ever. Lying leads to Hell.

If I’m honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all.

One must not cheat anyone, not even the world of its victory.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

There is not a truth existing which I fear… or would wish unknown to the whole world.

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

The biggest guru-mantra is: never share your secrets with anybody. It will destroy you.

A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first.

I’ve learned that usually, the less I know about other people, the better off I am.

I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant.

I am who I am and I say what I think. I’m not putting a face on for the record.

Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.