James Toback Quotes

Keep every promise you make and only make promises you can keep.

I'm a man of my word.

Work hard to achieve integrity in your work and your relationships with the people you work with.

My word is my word, and my word is good.

Well, I try not to let people down in the work that I do or in how I conduct myself.

Integrity is doing what you said you would do. It means you keep your promises.

When you're paid to do a job, it's better to give a few minutes more to it, than a few minutes less. That's one of the differences between doing a job honestly and doing it dishonestly! See?

People with integrity do what they say they are going to do. Others have excuses.

I wouldn't give a performer something I couldn't deliver myself.

You know for me when I promise something I want to deliver. If you don't, you have to disappear.

If you are sincere and true to your work, you will be respected. And for me, respect is power.

I will always tell the truth and do what I said I would do.

If you say you're going to do something, you better damn well do it.

When you promise something, you must fulfill it.

The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.

I hate to let people down. I was like that in sports and I was like that in comedy. I was like that at work. When I worked General Motors and stuff like that, when I say something, I mean it.

One of the things I'm always proud of is 'Promises made, promises kept.' I've never ever not done what I've said I'm going to do.

Storytelling is based on the word, being an honorable person of integrity is based on your word.

I always keep my word.

Be true to your word. It’s very important.

We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called upon to perform what we cannot.

Great nations like great men must keep their word.

Our government should not make promises we cannot keep. And we must keep the promises we have already made.

I am a professional, and I always fulfil my deals.

I really, really pride myself on being a professional and a man of keeping my word. It means a lot to me, truly.