Quotes About Authenticity

A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction. —Oscar Wilde

Even I don't wake up looking like Cindy Crawford. —Cindy Crawford

An open enemy is better than a false friend. —Greek proverb

No. It's actually not okay. And I hate when people say that, when they say it's okay even though it's not. It's better to tell the truth.

Too often, however, the expansive nature of the branding process ends up causing the event to be usurped, creating the quintessential lose-lose situation. Not only do fans begin to feel a sense of alienation from (if not outright resentment toward) once-cherished cultural events, but the sponsors lose what they need most: a feeling of authenticity with which to associate their brands.

I had just one goal—to stay alive until the next day … . But it wasn't just to survive, but to survive as me. —Mario Villani

If we rebuild our communities and begin to derive more meaning and a sense of the good life from them, many of us are going to be less susceptible to the siren song of mindless consumerism (and while we're at it, we might even spend less time producing and editing our personal brands on social media).

We are looking to [corporate] brands for poetry and for spirituality, because we're not getting those things from our communities or from each other.

There's no kindness in offering false hope.

I'm not some sort of pallid romantic who insists on being loved for my shining inner being. My inner being is exceptionally cranky and I often don't want her company myself.

I knew myself for the first time in a week, standing on earth instead of polished marble.

I felt as though I were pretending to be grown-up.

Oh, who am I lying to? My supply of grace wouldn't overflow an acorn cap.

If you could be anyone, would you choose to be yourself?

Poetry is everything that headline news is not.

The maturing of a woman who has continued to grow is a beautiful thing to behold. Or, if your ad revenue or your seven-figure salary or your privileged sexual status depend on it, it is an operable condition.

We need to insist on making culture out of our desire: making paintings, novels, plays and films potent and seductive and authentic enough to undermine and overwhelm the Iron Maiden.

Remember that your real wealth can be measured not by what you have, but by what you are.

If you are influenced by the opinions of others, you will have no desire of your own.

Insincere or false thinking is never great, however logical and brilliant it may be.

No man can afford to express, through words or acts, that which is not in harmony with his own belief, and if he does so he must pay by the loss of his ability to influence others.

Here is the difference between Dante, Milton, and me. They wrote about hell and never saw the place. I wrote about Chicago after looking the town over for years and years.

Don Juan said that everybody that knew me had an idea about me, and that I kept feeding the idea with everything I did. "Don't you see?" he asked dramatically. "You must renew your personal history by telling your parents, your relatives, and your friends everything you do. On the other hand, if you have no personal history, no explanations are needed; nobody is angry or disillusioned with your acts. And above all no one pins you down with their thoughts.

I said to don Juan that it was not generosity that made me give away the packages but cold fury. I had to do something to calm myself, and that was the first thing that occurred to me. But that's exactly what I've been telling you. Your generosity is not genuine, he retorted and began to laugh at my dismay.