Alexander Graham Bell Quotes

You need to tell the truth to the audience, or they will throw a brick through the TV. They'll turn you off.

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

I built a series of supporters that had my back. I never abused that trust. You can't cry wolf. You have to solve most problems yourself.

Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.

When I say something, I want people to take it to the bank that I mean it and believe in it. It humbles me that companies want me. It's a challenge to uphold their values and make their product look good. I take that personally.

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

Honesty and authenticity are a big deal for me.

In order to be respected, authority has got to be respectable.

Not compromising the music, but there is a way, by just showing the people that you're sincere and honest with what you're doing, and by talking to them.

I've always operated under the notion that audiences don't always know when they're being lied to, but that they always know when they're being told the truth.

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

The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made.

You cannot tell an audience a lie. They know it before you do; before it's out of your mouth, they know it's a lie.

I am who I am. In politics when you treat people well and they know you're honest, straight and sincere, I think it's an advantage. Just because somebody comes from a hard-boiled political culture doesn't make him a good U.S. senator.

And I mean I never doubt anybody's record.

Being honest with the public is how they respect you.

I don't care about motivation. I care about credibility.

There's a bit of truth in everything I do, you know.

It's only words... unless they're true.

The third time you say a thing it sounds like a lie.

Kids know when you're pulling a fast one, storywise, and I think that even when they're being entertained, children want to hear the truth, just like adults do.

I do not make stories up, full stop.

A German is someone who cannot tell a lie without believing it himself.

Everything I say is true.

With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.