Jason Kander Quotes

No one tells the truth to people they don't actually know, and if they do it is a horrible trait. Everyone wants something smaller, something neater than the truth.

I think there's a form of honesty, because I used to be very honest with the press, and then it backfired on me, and I understood it.

All I want and all I even ask of people in Hollywood is look, just be honest with me. Please don't lie to me. Whatever the situation is, be honest with me.

Candor helps a lot.

Ya know, I just want a girl to be honest.

I like men with honest, frank eyes. And that's the reason I cannot talk anyone who has their sunglasses on.

People are always asking, "Is this person in front of me the same on the inside as he or she appears to be on the outside? Is there congruence between what's within that person and the words and actions I'm viewing and hearing externally?" Children ask that about their parents; students ask it about their teachers; parishioners ask it about their pastors and priests; employees ask it about their bosses; and in a democracy, citizens ask it about their political leaders.

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

We like other people to show themselves to us as they really are.

Do not be deceived by a man's eloquence; rather whoever fulfils trusts and refrains from impugning people's honour is a real man.

You listen to a politician making a speech, and it is like hearing nothing. Whereas, music is unmistakably music. The thing about music is that nobody listens to it unless it's real. I don't think that you can fool anybody for too long in music. And you certainly can't fool everybody.

Honest communication is built on truth and integrity and upon respect of the one for the other.

It is important to our friends to believe that we are unreservedly frank with them, and important to friendship that we are not.

I don't like people lying to me. I don't like people who don't return my calls. I don't like people who won't give me a straight answer. I don't like those kinds of people, and I've been vocal about it.

While all deception requires secrecy, all secrecy is not meant to deceive.

If I could only give three words of advice, they would be, 'Tell the truth.' If I got three more words, I'd add, 'All the time.'

I'm okay if everything is honest and truthful and relatable. If it's fabricated and ill-motived, it's not good.

Not compromising the music, but there is a way, by just showing the people that you're sincere and honest with what you're doing, and by talking to them.

I've always operated under the notion that audiences don't always know when they're being lied to, but that they always know when they're being told the truth.

And, because there was an honesty about all that was going on. It connected with the people in the street.

I don't do interviews under false pretenses.

I pefer an ugly truth to a pretty lie. If someone is telling me the truth that is when I will give my heart.

Sincerity: if you can fake it, you've got it made.

You can't lie to your audience. You can't lie to your fans.

People often think I'm a faker, but I'm usually honest, in a certain way - in such a way that often nobody believes me!