Naguib Sawiris Quotes

I don't think of myself as a rebel; I just say what I think.

It's become my brand in a way, you know, speaking the truth even though it was not politically correct.

I shall stick to my resolution of writing always what I think no matter whom it offends.

Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the dangers of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of 'crackpot' than the stigma of conformity. And on issues that seem important to you, stand up and be counted at any cost.

Every man who says frankly and fully what he thinks is doing a public service.

Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.

I speak my mind. If it offends some people, well, there's not much I can do about that. But I'm going to be honest. I'm going to continue to speak my mind, and that's who I am.

America needs some honest men who dare to say what they think, not what they think people want them to think.

Being of no party, I shall offend all parties:—never mind! My words at least, are more sincere and hearty Than if I sought to sail before the wind.

Sworn to no party, Of no sect am I; I won't keep quiet And I will not lie.

My choices in life have been unconventional, and that's my business. But I do want to live responsibly and truthfully without hiding.

When it was not very comfortable, politically, for me, I said things which lots of people didn't like, some of them may have liked. I said my beliefs, my truth, and my convictions, and that's how I am going to continue to do in the future.

Speak your mind; you don't have to be PC.

I can only be myself, and if I have to suffer for that, that's okay, because to pretend to be somebody else - I tried that, it's terrible.

Whatever I say is so honest when I'm doing interviews.

I'm not going to be around for a long time, so I like to be able to look at myself in the mirror and say I talked about stuff when I'm not supposed to and didn't have to. I could be in the closet, but I feel insulted at the idea that I should be.

I always spoke my mind. I didn't go with the flow.

I don't like to act in my personal life. I like to be straightforward.

If you took away publicists and things and people spoke for themselves, then they'd have to be responsible for their words.

I've never thought of it consciously... I say exactly what I think, and very often it's totally politically incorrect. I get, always, chastised for it. So it's not shtick. But I think I'm the one who says, 'The emperor has no clothes.'

I am expressing myself truthfully. That is an important thing.

I am led by what I find to be true, not what I find to be popular.

Be your true self. Because if you're not, there are consequences to be paid.

I say, let us think. Let each one express his thought. Let us become investigators, not followers, not cringers and crawlers. If there is in Heaven an infinite being, he never will be satisfied with the worship of cowards and hypocrites.

You've got to be who you are. You've got to be honest with people. If your views change on something, you've got to be willing to express it.