Richard Linklater Quotes

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

I don't aspire to have high approval ratings. I aspire, in light of my two predecessors, to be the most honest governor I can be. I'd rather focus on honesty than popularity.

I value my reputation. I work hard to avoid even the appearance of impropriety.

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

It is never good for a politician to have to defend his credibility.

Integrity matters. What our fans think matters.

No one on the planet Earth is going to be able to look at me on television and say that I'm a liar. It will not happen.

Now if you know anything, or one thing about Perez Hilton, I think, is that I am not fake and I keep it real.

I never did anything dishonest.

I'm just in an unfortunate business where if you ask me a question I have to answer it honestly and if I don't answer it truthfully then I'm not respected.

Would you want to do business with a person who was 99% honest?

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

People can sense when someone is fake or real on TV.

Authenticity is key.

I have, I think, afforded every opportunity that could be reasonably expected, to judge of my credibility.

I don't think anyone can say I have said one thing in public and done another in private.

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

Being honest with the public is how they respect you.

You can hate me. You can go out there and say anything you want about me, But you will love me later because I told you the truth.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

There should be no effort, consciously or otherwise, that will lead to the erosion of institutional credibility and authority.

Everybody is watching you every minute anyways. If they think the message you're sending out is phony, they're going to say, 'Who does he think he is?' It's again good business. But it is also an obligation.

The thing that I've learned, not just from writing comics but also from writing television programs like 'Law & Order,' is that you can fool some of the people some of the time - but you can't fool all of the people all of the time.

For me, the key is I always have to be the same person. If someone was to hear me say something on Fox and hear me say something different on NPR, they would say, 'The guy is a hypocrite.'

No commission created in this town has automatic credibility. You have to earn it.