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"The greater the stupidity, the greater the clarity. Stupidity is brief and guileless, while wit equivocates and hides. Wit is a scoundrel, while stupidity is honest and sincere."
"The only way to gall and fret effectively is for yourself to be a good and honest man."
"I don't like drum solos, to be honest with you, but if anybody ever told me he didn't like Buddy Rich I'd right away say go and see him, at least the once."
"You only have to start a job of work to realize how few decent, honest folk there are about."
"One thing, I try to be honest. And what is revealed is often rather hideously unflattering."
"Most of what has been written about me is one big blur, but I do remember being described in one simple word that I agree with. It was in a piece that tore me apart for my personal behavior, but the writer said that when the music began and I started to sing, I was "honest.""
"There is no disgrace in honest failure; there is disgrace in fearing to fail"
"I am an old-fashioned, honest-to-goodness, flag waving patriot."
"If you're honest, you sooner or later have to confront your values. Then you're forced to separate what is right from what is merely legal. This puts you metaphysically on the run. America is full of metaphysical outlaws."
"It doesn't matter what you're saying if you come from an honest place."
"I said 'It can't go on' and he said 'No, it can't.' Honestly, I don't think I could have mattered less to him by then. But by then, nothing mattered to him."
"So I became a newspaperman. I hated to do it but I couldnt find honest employment."
"Have the strength to be an honest person."
"Can you blame me if I am pursued by the thought of how much we could do to remedy social evils, if only we had an honest and disinterested press?"
"My parents were neither very poor nor conspicuously honest."
"I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've never actually known what the question is."
"My mum had a cousin that had played when he was younger. When I showed an interest in drumming, he showed me how to mummy-daddy roll and that set me up for a bit. And to be honest, it's all about the sound, the noise, the rattle and hum. Who wouldn't want to make a fantastic noise with drums and cymbals?!"
"The mark of an honest man... is that he means what he says and knows what he means."
"I prefer honest arrogance to hypocritical modesty."
"An honest politician is an oxymoron."
