Anne Applebaum Quotes

When you already have a following, people are more likely to employ you.

As a small businessperson, you have no greater leverage than the truth.

We have a platform where a lot of people look up to us and we have a chance to reach a lot of people.

The biggest things I have are the platform that I have and influence.

Craigslist is about authenticity. Craig has paid his dues, and people respect him.

Somehow credibility comes into play if you do things that are too familiar.

I think credibility, irrespective of what you do, if you are in public life, then it is important.

I completely trust Gloria Vanderbilt. I have always found her very honest.

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

That's what I'd like to think that my reputation is - being honest.

Credibility is a basic survival tool.

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 had made my reputation on integrity.

If I were less than honest as a critic, I think people would spot that right away, and it would destroy my credibility.

My integrity means more to me than any fame or money. When I say something, I want people to take it to the bank that I mean it and believe in it.

The more you are talked about the less powerful you are.

As far as anybody in the rap game ever tryin' to assassinate my character, that's impossible. You talkin' about a man who has always walked the walk and talked the talk.

I'm real. I believe what I'm saying. If Motel 6 wasn't the type of operation they say it is - and I stay at them when I travel - I wouldn't do their commercials. That comes through on the radio, and that's what it's all about.

I would say readers can trust my work more than anyone else's.

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

It's a good question, because to be believable is the only way that you could be successful.

It's pretty hard to measure influence of written or visual material.

It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.

Truth will lose its credit, if delivered by a person that has none.

I don't want to be a big star. I just want to get my message across.