Howard Dean Quotes

I say what other people won't.

I'm not someone who calculates things.

We must know what we think and speak out, even at the risk of unpopularity.

We're just going to be ourselves, and we're just going to cross our fingers and hope that people like it. Because that's all you can do.

I'm not sure when exactly I knew I was funny, but I always knew I was different. I never had an 'edit' button and would say whatever came into my head. Most of the time, what came out of my mouth was the very thing everyone else was thinking - but too polite or afraid to verbalize.

I've never thought of it consciously... I say exactly what I think, and very often it's totally politically incorrect. I get, always, chastised for it. So it's not shtick. But I think I'm the one who says, 'The emperor has no clothes.'

The thing about a pick-up line is, even if it works, then what? I just figure you unapologetically be yourself, and if it works, cool.

Be willing to get fired for a good idea.

I think the best acting is when you allow yourself to be kind of vulnerable in the moment.

I succeeded by saying what everyone else is thinking.

I almost envy people who say whatever they want.

This is what I believe about performing: There is no reason to be on stage - there is no reason to be there - if you're not going to put all your baggage somewhere else and just be honest. Whatever you're doing - screw it up, do great - just be there, and be honest. That's the most important thing.

In order to be transparent, you really have to be completely honest and open, so that's how I've lived my life, and that's where I am now. I am completely transparent. There's nothing that you can't ask me and nothing I won't talk about.

I'm never going to be a flat-line guy. My heart is going to be on my sleeve with every shot.

I'm pretty much an open book.

The art of life is to show your hand.

If you have what you want to say inside, and if you are crying for something that is true inside, it doesn't matter. The camera always sees it.

As you may possibly have noticed from time to time, I have tended to make a habit of sticking my head above the parapet and generally getting it shot off for pointing out what has always been blindingly obvious to me.

The truth is that I'm an idiot. I am. I don't do things by the rules sometimes. I say things that I probably shouldn't say. I push buttons. I deserve to be made fun of. And I feel like, as soon as you can make fun of something, it instantly removes the fear.

When it was not very comfortable, politically, for me, I said things which lots of people didn't like, some of them may have liked. I said my beliefs, my truth, and my convictions, and that's how I am going to continue to do in the future.

People don't have to agree with me. They can say, 'My gosh, I can't believe I'm listening to this guy. I can't disagree with him more.' But at least they know that I'm going to fight for things that I believe in. And I don't need to be in formal office to do that.

I'm not conventional. I try to be raw and vulnerable and gross.

It's not secret that usually I don't have a filter.

There's definitely been moments in my life, even recently, where I've taken chances or spoken up about something where I don't know how it's gonna go, but it is true, or it is my truth. That's kind of that trusting life.

I know being an open, honest, outspoken person gets me into trouble all the time, but I don't know how to be any other way.