Mario Andretti Quotes

Calling oneself a hero after making mistakes shouldn't earn public trust.

I've been very, very careful to tell people what I am qualified to talk about and what I'm not qualified to talk about.

I fully acknowledge that I am not a journalist.

I would have every man write what he knows and no more.

There is weakness in pretending to know more than you know or in stating less than you know.

Gerald Ford brought to the political arena no demons, no hidden agenda, no hit list or acts of vengeance. He knew who he was, and he didn't require consultants or gurus to change him.

A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar.

I'm not a housing market expert, and I don't want to pretend to be one.

No psychologist should pretend to understand what he does not understand... Only fools and charlatans know everything and understand nothing.

I don't want to fake anybody out and make them think I'm a great actress.

I always knew what I was worth, what I could do, what I could not do. I think that I have a genetic problem with lying. I just can't lie. I get in trouble with my husband because of that. He wishes that I wasn't so sincere, but I am.

The worst thing you can do in a leadership position is be something you're not.

I feel like the more real we are, the more people will respect that.

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.

A man never speaks of himself without losing something. What he says in his disfavor is always beleived, but when he commends himself, he arouses mistrust.

... the approach of admitting our errors, besides being most true to a gospel of grace, is also most effective at expressing who we are. Propaganda turns people off; humbly admitting mistakes disarms.

I think it's really nice to have an authenticity, it's a huge source for us to be able to lean on people who have that knowledge.

Authenticity from a person and product is absolutely essential.

I'm not going to pretend to know one more thing than I know.

As for the kind of writer I am? I am who I don't pretend to be.

My opening words to anybody I hire are, 'I'm an extremely vulnerable person.'

I'm the worst liar - I can't lie for my life. And I don't lie at all, because I'm the worst liar - but as a kid, I thought I was a great liar, so I would lie all the time, but everybody knew I was lying.

When you're holding people's attention, I feel you must give them high-quality ingredients. They deserve nothing but your best. And if they need information, get it, cross-check it, and try to be right. Do not waste their time; do not enjoy the ego trip of being onstage.

If you're faking it, people will know, and it's going to turn a lot of people off.

I think you can fool people once but you can't fool the people all the time.