Jean Henri Fabre Quotes

I have the fault of being a little more sincere than is proper.

Almost any difficulty will move in the face of honesty. When I am honest I never feel stupid. And when I am honest I am automatically humble.

I think you have to be yourself, and you have to be real and you have to admit what you don't know, and talk about what you do know, and talk about what you don't know as long as you say you don't know it.

Learn to say, “I don’t know.”

I'm not going to pretend to know one more thing than I know.

I think that a man should not be shy; you should say what you really think and feel - put it out there.

It doesn't bother me to talk about my private life, it doesn't bother me to talk about anything. My life is like a glass of water, transparent.

I don't want to be mysterious.

I'm a very open person, very self-deprecating. I accept my flaws.

I am, by nature, an honest person. I wear my emotions on my sleeve. There is no 'behind closed doors' with me.

I'd rather tell you how I really feel.

I'm no saint. I'm no angel. I never proclaimed to be.

Honesty is about the scars. It's about the blemishes. But it's more than just bragging about failure, which could be a form of ego. It's about truly helping people.

You know, I'm pretty much an open book.

I'm not going to pretend I'm some saint, because I'm not.

I'm just a real person and I tell it like it is. I don't have a lot of secrets, which has been a fault of mine.

The art of life is to show your hand.

I have a hard time not wearing my heart on my sleeve and answering people honestly. You know, my friends warn me that I should be more guarded 'cause sometimes I am too honest and open, but it's also just who I am.

I don't want to fake anybody out and make them think I'm a great actress.

I just try to show up and be relaxed and present and honest. And that's my only trick. And sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. Honestly, sometimes it really doesn't work.

I'm not claiming divinity. I've never claimed purity of soul. I've never claimed to have the answers to life. I only put out songs and answer questions as honestly as I can... But I still believe in peace, love and understanding.

Modesty is good. But not when it comes at the cost of honesty.

I don't try to represent myself in a way that's not connected with my everyday reality, because I'm not smart enough to do that.

Whatever you think about me, I was pretty open about how I felt about people.

I have always been cursed or blessed with this inability to hide behind anything and to just say exactly what I am experiencing.