189 quotes
Film-makers should remain true to their principles and never compromise, there is a real revival in the British film industry but there is a danger that we will become colonial servants of Hollywood. We need to maintain our own integrity.
Mike Leigh
Director · British · b. 1943
Integrity is not a conditional word. It doesn't blow in the wind or change with the weather. It is your inner image of yourself, and if you look in there and see a man who won't cheat, then you know he never will.
John D. MacDonald
Novelist · 1916 – 1986
Integrity has been enhanced.
Paul Goldberger
Critic · American
I don't think you can compromise, news either has integrity or it doesn't. It either is accurate, balanced and fair or it isn't.
Richard Parsons
That D.C. grand jury investigation of Abramoff can't go on forever. Eventually the lawyers at the Public Integrity Section will go to their bosses with some decisions about just who they want to indict. That's when Al Gonzales will have to show his cards.
Joshua Micah Marshall
Politician · American · b. 1969
It's not like I'm taking 20 grand from the shows. I mean there's no record label, so this is a genuine thing. And I think most people can see that. I think that anyone who knows me, knows I do things with integrity.
Mike Peters
Cartoonist · American · b. 1959
The Commission has five commissioners from each side, plus three alternates, so all together sixteen members, people who are independent from the two governments, who have a lot of integrity, professional competence, and who have credibility in their respective countries.
Jose Ramos Horta
The future may be made up of many factors but where it truly lies is in the hearts and minds of men. Your dedication should not be confined for your own gain, but unleashes your passion for our beloved country as well as for the integrity and humanity of mankind.
Li Ka Shing
Businessman · Chinese · b. 1928
If you find yourself in a movie that you have questions about, it's not a compromise to your integrity.
Tim Robbins
Actor · b. 1958
Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.
Oprah Winfrey
Entertainer · American · b. 1954
We always felt that if you do something with quality and integrity, then it's going to come back to you.
Herb Alpert
Musician · American · b. 1935
You gotta do it with class and integrity. If not, you're gonna drag yourself through the mud.
Solomon Burke
Musician · American · 1940 – 2010
We must do more to protect our neighborhoods and give integrity to our community plans.
Alan Autry
Actor · American · b. 1952
Integrity is integrity. I don't push it to the side because I'm talking to Julia Roberts.
Maria Menounos
Actress · American · b. 1978
There's a lot of integrity with musicians; you really still aspire to grow, and be great, to be the best version of yourself you can be.
Sheryl Crow
Musician · American · b. 1962
We want to promote the great qualities of athletics - and maintain its integrity - all over the world.
Alberto Juantorena
Athlete · Cuban · b. 1950
That disturbs people when they know they didn't have the guts or integrity to stick to their dreams.
Sandra Bernhard
Actress · American · b. 1955
James Stewart was so kind and considerate and had such personal integrity.
Brigitte Bardot
Actress · French · b. 1934
To maintain one's individuality, integrity, and true personality in the theatre is a big task.
Cyril Cusack
Actor · Irish · 1910 – 1993
It's easy to maintain your integrity when no one is offering to buy it out.
Marc Maron
Entertainer · American · b. 1963
The people I've been exposed to have been people of amazing integrity.
Amy Grant
Musician · American · b. 1960
Confounding people's expectations was a way to maintain integrity.
Lindsey Buckingham
Musician · American · b. 1949
However, I do firmly believe in maintaining the integrity of the animal.
Janine Turner
Actress · American · b. 1962
There are also always those burnt, hard kernels at the bottom that don't pop. You know why they don't pop? They don't pop because they have integrity.
I never questioned the integrity of an umpire. Their eyesight, yes.
Leo Durocher
Athlete · American · 1906 – 1991
Nashville used to have more integrity than just looking at the bottom line.
Crystal Gayle
Musician · American · b. 1951
Once you get rid of integrity the rest is a piece of cake.
Larry Hagman
Actor · American · b. 1931
Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades. A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude, and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful.
Jacqueline Bisset
Actress · English · b. 1944
Tragedy in life normally comes with betrayal and compromise, and trading on your integrity and not having dignity in life. That's really where failure comes.
Tom Cochrane
Musician · Canadian · b. 1953
I would always encourage people of any age not to be so quick to follow other people's truths but to search and follow your own moral code and live by your own integrity, and mostly just be brave.
Jewel Kilcher
Musician · American · b. 1974
All musicians start out with ideals but hanging on to them in the face of media scrutiny takes real integrity. Tougher still is to live up to the ideals of your dedicated fans.
Billy Bragg
Musician · British · b. 1957
It's a big challenge for me to keep my integrity and some of my privacy intact.
Sarah McLachlan
Musician · Canadian · b. 1968
My father is a man of impeccable character who has worked tirelessly for the United Nations for many years. His integrity is beyond reproach.
Kojo Annan
Celebrity · Swiss
Actors say they do their own stunts for the integrity of the film but I did them because they looked like a lot of fun.
Steve Coogan
Comedian · British · b. 1965
There's also a subplot about a guy who manages pop groups. Dave is a very ambitious boy, and he gets offered an audition but only wants to do it on his terms and conditions. He wants to maintain his integrity.
Neil Tennant
Musician · English · b. 1954
In Survivor and Finder's Fee, it is about what you would do if you could get away with it. Survivor is about your own integrity and where you draw your own ethical and moral lines. There are no rules.
Jeff Probst
Entertainer · American · b. 1962
I'm convinced you can combine this with reporting integrity and accuracy.
Jack Brickhouse
Celebrity · American · 1916 – 1998
Anything that harms the integrity of the game is terrible. We always thought we were immune to drugs in baseball, but we know that's not true anymore.
Harmon Killebrew
Athlete · American · b. 1936
Try to find the path of least resistance and use it without harming others. Live with integrity and morality, not only with people but with all beings.
Steven Seagal
Actor · American · b. 1951
I felt that to do this drug, I had to become someone totally different than I was. I had to compromise my integrity, my value system. I knew it was so wrong.
Kelli White
Athlete · American · b. 1977
I know what I did and how I accomplished it. I am proud of it and know that it was done with integrity.
Brady Anderson
Athlete · American · b. 1964
My father was very strong. I don't agree with a lot of the ways he brought me up. I don't agree with a lot of his values, but he did have a lot of integrity, and if he told us not to do something, he didn't do it either.
Madonna Ciccone
Musician · American · b. 1958
It's very disappointing... Anything that harms the integrity of the game is terrible. We always thought we were immune to drugs in baseball, but we know that's not true anymore.
We all have the right of freedom of speech under the First Amendment. We all don't have to agree with one another on our opinions. Everyone in my circle, that I run around with, we all feel the same about God, country, integrity and character.
Luke Scott
Athlete · American · b. 1978
But it must not be thought that I say this out of personal experience: for in the many years that I have been before the public my secret methods have been steadily shielded by the strict integrity of my assistants, most of whom have been with me for years.
Harry Houdini
Entertainer · Hungarian · 1874 – 1926
I am most proud of my integrity and least proud of my cynicism.
Chloe Sevigny
Actress · American · b. 1974
The band has always stayed close to its fans and not sold out. That's a very rare thing. I can see how rare that is having been outside of the band for eight years. Maiden has integrity. I think people appreciate that.
Adrian Smith
Musician · English · b. 1957
I've learned to try to sustain myself by holding on to the integrity of who I am. I'm not talking big diva. I'm quiet. I'm shy. And I became stronger when I stopped trying to be the person they wanted me to be.
Crystal Waters
Musician · American · b. 1964