Jonathan Raban Quotes

Everything that I write will be signed with my name.

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can't read them either.

Being honest with the public is how they respect you.

Does an American, when he represents all Americans, have to tell the truth at any cost? The answer is yes, and the consequence of the answer is that our techniques for influencing the rest of the world cannot be rich and flexible like the techniques of our competitors. We can be dramatic, even theatrical; we can be persuasive; but the message we are telling must be true.

A major focus of 'Reality Hunger' is appropriation and plagiarism and what these terms mean. I can hardly treat the topic deeply without engaging in it. That would be like writing a book about lying and not being permitted to lie in it.

There's a difference between hiring writers and stealing jokes.

I firmly believe in copyrights and am put off by plagiarism.

You can get in front of the media and say, 'Yeah, I'm working hard.' You can't do it in front of those other 52 guys in the locker room. You can't fool your teammates, because they see you. They see you every day, and they see you more than your family sees you.

I think people on Twitter know that I'm real and I speak from the heart most of the time, and sometimes I'm going to make a mistake.

You can't lie to the fans. They know what they want to see.

It matters to people that the president tell them the truth.

Integrity matters. What our fans think matters.

If I say one thing to the UFC, I say it in an interview. I don't have conflicting stories.

I had no ghost writers for the books - I wrote every line myself.

I don't like when people come out and say 'sources say' and this and that. Listen, if you can't put your name behind it, then don't say it. I don't believe in that.

If a player hears me make a statement, I don't want them to be able to deny it.

I'm always going to give my fans a realistic expectation and let them know that if you think I'm never gonna make a mistake again, go find another YouTuber.

You never want to lie to your customers.

People are hungry for someone who is real. They are hungry for something that is not the same plastic nonsense that has cause us to have such little respect for our political process and our political officials.

When truth takes a backseat to ego and politics, trust is lost.

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.

I'm about being honest and knowing that people are watching, and they want to know that I'm asking questions that they want the answers to.

My thought process is I have been lied to so much by people who I thought I could trust that it motivates me to want to be as honest as possible, to project that energy, because that is how I want people to treat me.

You can fool the people once, twice, but you can't fool them all the time. You should tell them honestly what you can do for them.

The biggest thing I worry about is the unsubstantiated story. You have to tell the people what you know -- and acknowledge what you don't know.