Hope Jahren Quotes

It's fun to be the guy that can be so polarising and have that effect on so many different people.

Somebody said I am the most popular person in Arizona because I am speaking the truth.

I'm an entertainer. Not a journalist or spokesman for anybody. Truth is, a lot of my listeners absolutely hate what I have to say.

It's real easy to manufacture what you think the people want to hear. But that's not very honest.

The thing about the truth is, not a lot of people can handle it.

I found my voice was a reaction to all that voice stuff.

If you think about it, you can have the best CGI, but you can always tell that it is CGI. Your brain can spot that is not real even though you think it looks cool. Your brain knows the truth, so you don't jump and you don't scream. It was very important for me to expose the audience to real elements.

The public can only be really moved by what is genuine.

You don't go to a comedy and try to laugh. You laugh in spite of yourself. You don't just come on stage and cry. Something has pushed you to cry.

Say what is true, although what may be bitter and displeasing to people.

To be persuasive we must be believable. To be believable, we must be truthful.

It’s better to be quotable than to be honest.

America needs some honest men who dare to say what they think, not what they think people want them to think.

Truth is too naked. She does not inflame men.

The best test of truth is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market.

That is what politics is really about—reality and not image.

I am not a politician. A politician is someone who does things to get elected. He's a guy who says things to please the public, that he thinks the public wants to hear, and his story changes with every passing day. I want to be elected, but I am not going to say a damn thing for your benefit, or that person's benefit out there on the street, or anybody's

The truth isn't the truth until people believe you, and they can't believe you if they don't know what your saying, and they can't know what you've saying if they don't listen to you, and they won't listen to you if you're not interesting, and you won't be interesting until you say things imaginatively, originally, freshly.

As an actor, when you're winning the moment over, there's a truth to your intention. You might laugh at it or you might cry at it, but I think your visceral reaction to it is a reaction to the truth of the moment.

I think, as long as people have a strong opinion, whether they love or hate us, I think we're doing something right.

When you hear a true story, there is a part of you that responds to it regardless of art, regardless of evidence. Let it be the most obvious fabrication and you will still believe whatever truth is in it, because you can not deny truth no matter how shabbily it is dressed.

"We liked it" or "I didn't like it" people say. As if it were nothing higher than to please the people!

I just told the whole truth and that felt really incredible and really scary.

I believe the American people are looking for someone to speak the truth.

There can be a blurry line between laughing at the expense of a character and laughing at the recognition of something painful and true. But blurry as it may be, it is nevertheless unmistakable, and sometimes the laughter I hear makes me wince.