Quotes About Authenticity

To make clever people believe we are what we are not is in most instances harder than really to become what we want to seem to be.

Every condition of the soul has its own sign and expression...So you will see how hard it is to seem original without being so.

To make astute people believe one is what one is not is, in most cases, harder than actually to become what one wishes to appear.

Es asombrosa la cantidad de baratijas convencionales a las que recurrimos al expresarnos por impreso. La mayoría de los escritores asumen la expresión de quienes posan para el retrato de un pintor. Recorridos de la pose y el compromiso, escalón por escalón.

No trates de mostrarte excesivamente ingenioso para evitar que un hombre por naturaleza ingenioso perciba por casualidad que en realidad eres exactamente como quisieras que él fuera.

It is a matter of perfect indifference where a thing originated; the only question is: "Is it true in and for itself?"

A distinguishing taste of authentic Christians is their distaste for evil.

The best brought-up children are those who have seen their parents as they are. Hypocrisy is not the parents' first duty.

I hope you have lost your good looks, for while they last any fool can adore you, and the adoration of fools is bad for the soul. No, give me a ruined complexion and a lost figure and sixteen chins on a farmyard of Crow's feet and an obvious wig. Then you shall see me coming out strong.

do not act stupid to impress the dopes Be YOURSELF and impress everyone -

Home life as we understand it is no more natural to us than a cage is natural to a cockatoo.

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.

I think we are drawn to dogs because they are the uninhibited creatures we might be if we weren't certain we knew better.

This, I understood in a flash, was why people liked to dance. It made you forget who you were and at the same time remember who you were always meant to be.

Acting is all about honesty. If you can fake that, you've got it made.

You've got to be honest; if you can fake that, you've got it made.

The key to success is sincerity. If you can fake that you've got it made.

Sincerity - if you can fake that, you've got it made.

Acting is all about honesty. If you can fake that, you've got it made.

Women hate everything which strips off the tinsel of sentiment, and they are right, or it would rob them of their weapons.

I'm really white trash.

Do you want the truth or the politically correct version? The truth is that I go plastic, it's so much easier. And I like to put the bags over my head at night when I sleep, which I think all the kids at home should try. Kidding!!