the overall system is almost incompatible with honesty.

It's a gentleman's game based on honesty. Still, we require that someone see the golfer hit the shot.

The main trouble with being an honest man was that it lost you all your illusions.

Honesty is always good, except when it's better to lie.

I loved their honesty, their humility and their graciousness. They were fiercely loyal, especially to me. Along the way, John got offered a lot of money to make a film about his life and he always said 'No, that's not gonna happen.' He knew I'd protect the story, make the film he wanted made. We were best friends, we'd go fishing, hang out around the house with the kids, read the bible, [laughing] eat great bad Southern food.

If you want to buy a $3 broom at Kmart, a $700 laptop computer at Best Buy and clothing so cheap at Wal-Mart that it is almost disposable, then this stuff has to be manufactured in China.