Neal Brennan Quotes

Commercials were too phony for me. I just didn't like selling products I didn't believe in.

The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns, as it were, instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish squirting out ink.

I go to Costco every weekend. It's my favorite part of the week.

One false word, one extra word, and somebody's thinking about how they have to buy paper towels at the store. Brevity is very important. If you're going to be longwinded, it should be for a purpose. Not just because you like your words.

I could lie and pretend that I hunt and camp, but that wouldn't be me. Clothes? Shopping? That's stuff I like!

I want truth. I'm crying out to hear it. I need it like oxygen.

I spend most of my time thinking about things like laundry and buying stationery supplies.

I go to Wal-Mart all the time. The one in my hometown of Hendersonville, Tenn., is open 24 hours, so I go there a lot to buy DVDs and stuff like that.

It has always been desirable to tell the truth, but seldom if ever necessary.

If your intention is pure, an audience will recognise it and connect with you.

Authenticity in any format is important, so I try as hard as I can to stay as real as possible.

I can sleep fine at night knowing that even though my honesty might not translate very diplomatically, the words I speak have good intent, and I live my life with great integrity.

Oh, I've never gone off into that 'the room's not the right temperature, take this tea back' stuff. I still scrub my own toilet and vacuum the carpet, and I have to be able to push my trolley around Morrisons and do my shopping.

I do not want anyone in Bolton to think that, if I play there, I am doing it for the wrong reasons.

If you're making a statement just to poke, people can see that. If you're making it to say something genuinely, people can understand that as well. They are smart enough to see the difference.

I believe what matters are facts and behaviours in our daily life rather than formal gestures.

You might not get it right all the time, but you have to be genuine in your intent.

How was your day? If your answer was "fine," then I don't think you were leading.

Truth is the easiest thing to sell.

I am not imposed upon by fine words; I can see what actions mean.

Sincerity must be bought at a price: the humility to recognize our innumerable errors, and fidelity in tirelessly setting them right.

The spirit of truth will do more to bring persons to light and knowledge, than flowery words.

I really believe there's more honesty in one live show than there may be in my whole output.

But chiefly, no lies! No lies about there being a Santa Claus or about the world being full of noble and honorable people all eager to help each other and do good to each other. I'll tell her there are honor and goodness in the world, the same as there are diamonds and radium.

I thank God I am as honest as any man living that is an old man and no honester than I.