Quotes About Authenticity

Point is, people lie a lot. Sometimes out of habit. Not many people are good at telling the truth.

Do the truth quietly without display.

It is hard to tell truth, and hard not to.

But the truth is, I've never wanted to be a movie star - and I've been pretty clear about that.

It is always easier to deal in truth and honesty and follow these to their legitimate ends, than it is to construct and adjust a false superstructure upon a false base.

People don't throw your bags out of windows because of lies; they throw them out because of the truth.

Every single fact I state in 'Fahrenheit 9/11' is the absolute and irrefutable truth...Do not let anyone say this or that isn't true. If they say that, they are lying.

I care what is actually true, even more than what I hope is true.

I'm a big believer in playing truth and not doing things for effect. It's not about whether you look pretty or glamorous. It's about whether people connect.

i can nourish myself on nothing but truth

I really love country music, just this idea of three chords and the truth.

Stereotypes are fast and easy, but they are lies, and the truth takes its time.

Everything can be forgiven in this world, save telling the truth.

Sharing truth is not the kind of gift that comes in wrapping paper - ripped open once and, there, you're done. No, this is a gift that must be unfolded.

Cinema verité is not the film of truth, but the truth of film.

Say things to the world that are true.

Your aim as a photographer is to get a picture of that person that means something. Portraits aren't fantasies; they need to tell a truth.

Truth from the mouth of an honest man and severity from a good-natured man have a double effect.

I've got this crazy dream of stripping down to truth and bone.

Truth needs not flowers of speech.

Truth alone can stand the guns of criticism.

They'd rather hate you for the truth than love you for the lies.

Necessity is the ethnicity of truth.

The modern composer builds his works on the basis of truth.