Quotes About Authenticity

People can smell when things aren't genuine.

Leadership is not a quantitative thing. People either smell it in you, or they don't.

People for the most part can smell lies.

I never try to sit down with a moral because kids smell that and run.

When I listen to songs, I can smell a rat. I like songs that speak to me with some deeper truth.

I always spend a good deal of time with the people I write about. I try and smell the normalcy of their lives. I try to look at the normal rhythm of their life.

I don't like to chase an audience. You can smell when someone is chasing an audience and it's not good.

People can smell a fake.

I'm dancing with people I've never met before and there's definitely been times where maybe I haven't shaved or I hope I smell alright.

Keep it simple. Tell the truth. People can smell the truth.

I feel like human beings cover up their scent with all these different things and products. I feel like we've given up our ability to engage with people because we don't know how people smell anymore.

People can smell a lack of respect from a mile away.

When I was making 'Satya', many people said that nobody would like to watch such dirty people. But, when the film worked, the same people said it was so real that they could actually smell it!

Real hippies don't like me at all. They can smell a real hippy.

I want to create a theater that looks, feels, and smells like America.

If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it.

You just have to be authentic. You can't fake a smile. You have to do what you actually enjoy.

As long as you are doing things with a smile on your face, and you are having fun, then you are being unfiltered.

I'm a normal person, and I like living this way - and always with a smile in my face.

Sometimes people have questioned whether I was making fun of the industry or just at myself. I'm just trying to raise a smile. Clothes aren't meant to be worshipped at a church altar.

I just sing the stuff that makes me smile, makes me feel like I didn't sell myself out.

I'm not invincible. I am not picture-perfect. The reason I am here is not because of the money; if I get to entertain people and put a smile on their face, I feel content.

I don't have to jump up and smile just because TV wants me to.

Oh, I talk about things; I drive my husband insane. And I can't tell a lie. Everyone knows. I do this smile thing.