Anthony Bourdain Quotes

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

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

I've long since stopped worrying about how I'm portrayed in the press because ultimately it's not that important. Everyone who knows me knows I do what I do with the greatest integrity.

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.

The truth will only be told over a career.

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

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.

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

Most politicians are not authentic.

Our reputation is more important than the last hundred million dollars.

I am sure Mr Heath thinks he is honest but I wish he didn't have to have his friends say it so often.

It's hard to know now who, if anyone, in the media has any credibility.

I don't really put my name to anything that I don't love and believe in, because there's no point.

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 worst thing you can do is try to manipulate or control perceptions. It's impossible, and when you are found out the result is disastrous. Better to be transparent and play well with others so that when bad things happen you have a reservoir of good will to bank on.

People believed what I said was what I believed.

I don't want to lie to my subscribers, so I'm really honest about my reviews and stuff.

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

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.

Plain truth, backed up by neither power or money, has no chance.

This is a smear on the image that Thurmond has as a person of high integrity.

A perception of a conflict of interest is jsut as bad as a conflict of interest,