Dennis Miller Quotes

There is more freedom confessing our weaknesses and shortcomings than in pretending we have it all together

I think I'm a pretty open book. We're all a work in progress, and I'm not ashamed to say that I don't have it all together - I don't really think anyone does.

I'm no saint. I'm no angel. I never proclaimed to be.

I'm not going to pretend I'm some saint, because I'm not.

To me, I don't think it does anybody any good to just hide something or cover it up or lie or whatever. I think ... that's what being a role model is all about. It's not about being perfect. It's about speaking about your issues and inspiring others to get help.

I'm not trying to be something that I'm not. I'm just trying to be myself and talk about what I know, and admit what I don't know.

I don't pretend to be perfect. I want people to see me as I am.

I don't like people who hide things. We're not perfect, we all have things that people might not like to see, and I like to show my faults.

Nothing like being visible, publishing one's work, and speaking openly about one's life, to disabuse the world of the illusion of one's perfection and purity.

I'm a very open person, very self-deprecating. I accept my flaws.

Honesty is about the scars. It's about the blemishes. But it's more than just bragging about failure, which could be a form of ego. It's about truly helping people.

I think you have to be yourself, and you have to be real and you have to admit what you don't know, and talk about what you do know, and talk about what you don't know as long as you say you don't know it.

I just feel compelled to continue to be transparent. It just really levels the playing field and eradicates the shame that I have, or that one might have, about being human. So I'm going to just keep going.

I don't mind if I show myself being cheap or unreasonable sometimes.

Concealing what is shameful to you will never lead to anything of value.

I'm pretty rough around the edges, but I'm a very open person.

I let people see the cracks in my life. We can't be phony. We've got to keep it real.

This is who I am. I'm not perfect. I don't want to try to be perfect.

I think I've been incredibly raw my whole career. A lot of people spend a lot of time trying to look cool and spend time being guarded and putting up walls. I just never had the time. It seems more honest to say, 'Hey, this is who I am.'

We're not perfect; we all have things that people might not like to see, and I like to show my faults.

Let us speak, though we show all our faults and weaknesses, - for it is a sign of strength to be weak, to know it, and out with it - not in a set way and ostentatiously, though, but incidentally and without premeditation.

I don't want to give people the impression that I'm an almost perfect human being.

I'm no missionary, and I can't wear any armor, either. I just gotta be the way I am.

It wasn't my choice to be an open book, but when people found out what my life was like when I was 14 or 15, I didn't deny it. I think the more imperfect you are, the more human you are.

Some people are attracted to vulnerability. From my very first album, I've been vulnerable. I've always given parts of me, parts of my life - good, bad, ugly. I've never put up this image as a super-thug. Also, some people just like the music.