Walter Kirn Quotes

Well, it's really important to be honest with the person that you're seeing.

I've found that if I say what I'm really thinking and feeling, people are more likely to say what they really think and feel. The conversation becomes a real conversation.

Honesty does not always bring a response of love, but it is absolutely essential to it.

Communication is so much better when people are vulnerable.

Even if you know that what you'll say will hurt a woman's feelings, I've learned that it's better to be truthful with her than it is to cover up. Ultimate honesty is what a relationship is really about.

Speech was made to open man to man, and not to hide him.

We're a pretty open-book family; we kind of lead with our hearts. There's nothing to hide.

We can all go up to each other and be honest with each other. That's the biggest thing, when you can go out and speak to your brother.

Don't lie to your partner. Ultimately the expression on your face gives you away, and they feel betrayed by the lie. If this is the person you're going to be with - forever and ever, for better or worse - they will love you for all of your good and all of your bad. They'll love you for you. So open communication is key. I have no secrets and no skeletons in my closet with my husband, and I love that. I feel comfortable and at ease with myself when I'm around him. I love the woman that I've become with him.

It is much harder to lie to someone's face. But. It is also much harder to tell the truth to someone's face.

What I've learned is that the most precious commodity you can have in a relationship is honesty, good or bad.

Honesty is the only way with anyone, when you'll be so close as to be living inside each other's skins.

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud.

Best way to clear the air is to have it all out in the open.

I've actually found - especially doing my cabaret show - I'm connecting with people in a way I haven't connected with them. I've found that when you're open and honest, people respond to that, whatever you're being open and honest about. You could then, when you lay that as the groundwork, say, "Here I am. This is what I think. I come in peace." Then you're able to push out, to be able to talk about more things. And that's been a really heartening thing about my life, actually.

True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.

I like, though, that people have a hunger to connect with other people. They're desperate to know that you're not lying to them or misleading them.

It's important to build trust if you're trying to deal with big things. Big issues require everybody to get outside their comfort zone, and people are more willing to do so if they believe that their partner is sincere in their efforts. And the only way you can do that is to engage them on a personal level.

A lot of times when you keep it real with somebody, you can't expect them to keep it real with you.

In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.

Be honest, brutally honest. That is what's going to maintain relationships.

Once you lose the honesty in a relationship, I mean, I think you don't have a relationship at all.

Honesty and loyalty are key. If two people can be honest with each other about everything, that's probably the biggest key to success.

I don’t hide my emotions from people.

I think probably honesty is the biggest quality I look for in a relationship. Being exactly who you are with the other person.