Richard Edelman Quotes

The more honest you can be, the less you have to hide... when I have nothing to hide, I have everything to give.

I'm very free with all my emotions, whether it's happy, sad, mad, glad, whatever.

Life is just more comfortable if you're honest and open about everything. I spent so many years being in the closet about one thing or another.

What I do want is to be transparent about where I am and how I got here. I don't like the cone of silence - it didn't do me any favors in my 20s or 30s, and I don't see it doing much for other women, either.

When you're just open but not honest, then you start free-associating garbage.

Our impulse as people is to try to control; as an actor, you have to give up that control.

I really live my life openly.

I think with being so honest and real with not just the guys I was having relationships with but with America, I have a lot to give, so I'm excited to be able to use my platform to continue talking to people about these topics that I had to deal with on national television.

I've never pretended that I'm not female and vulnerable. To me, it's just being honest.

If you're going to be transparent, you're going to have to let the music come that wants to come.

I don't like to hide the errors I make. Any time I'm doing a mistake, I'm just saying it.

He is the Truth, and He wants us to deal in truth with ourselves and our loved ones. We want the truth about you and your family to flood into and overrun the secrets that keep you in bondage to dysfunctional behavior and relationships

I find that in life all you can do is try to be honest about who you are and how you're feeling, and trust that it will be received in the correct way.

The hardest thing to remember is that what we each really want is the truth of our lives, good or bad. Not rocking the boat is an illusion that can only be maintained by the unspoken agreement not to feel and in the long run it never really works. Let go of saving the boat and save the passengers instead.

The freest people I know are those who have the least to hide, defend or protect. Naked is powerful.

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

I think it's good to be a little more fearless in saying what you feel. In not being scared of the repercussions of that.

My whole act is confession.

There is a difference between vulnerability and telling people everything about yourself. Vulnerability is a feeling. Telling everyone about yourself is just facts and details.

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.

What is it in us that makes us feel the need to keep pretending... we gotta let ourselves be.

I feel like my honesty gives people the freedom to talk about things they wouldn't otherwise.

You know the expression, 'You're only as sick as your secrets?' I believe that, and I think I try to have my work live by that to a degree.

I think that a man should not be shy; you should say what you really think and feel - put it out there.

If I have to be focused and watch what I say, then I have to be comfortable.