Quotes About Genuineness

Lieber als Liebe, als Geld, als Ruhm gebt mir Wahrheit. Ich saß an einem Tische, wo feine Weine und Speisen im Überfluss vorhanden waren, wo man mich sorgsam bediente, wo es aber keine Aufrichtigkeit und Wahrheit gab. Hungrig verließ ich ihren ungastlichen Tisch. Die Gastfreundschaft war so kalt wie das Gefrorene.

Say what you have to say, not what you ought.

Any truth is better than make-believe. Tom Hyde, the tinker, standing on the gallows, was asked if he had any thing to say. "Tell the tailors," said he, "to remember to make a knot in their thread before they take the first stitch." His companion's prayer is forgotten.

Moreover, I, on my side, require of every writer, first or last, a simple and sincere account of his own life, and not merely what he has heard of other men's lives; some such account as he would send to his kindred from a distant land; for if he has lived sincerely, it must have been in a distant land to me.

No face which we can give to a matter will stead us so well at last as the truth. This alone wears well. <...> Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than make-believe.

simple and sincere account of his own life, and not merely what he has heard of other men's lives;

Moreover, I, on my side, require of every writer, first or last, a simple and sincere account of his own life, and not merely what he has heard of other men's lives;

The world as it stands is no illusion.

Nu se pref?cu c? se afla acolo din întîmplare; în spontaneitatea ei colÈ›uroas?, neîncrez?toare, nu înc?peau asemenea artificii.

What is not in the open street is false, derived, that is to say, literature.

Truth is in things, and not in words.

It's only his outside; a man can be honest in any sort of skin.

With me, what you see is what you get. Yes, call me naive, but I love life. I am happy, and for that, I make no apologies. I do like to see the best in people, and when someone is nice to my face, I tend to believe them.

My interviewing style and my approach to things is that, yes, it's okay to be sincere; it's okay to be yourself; it's okay to be real.

Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true.

Yes, I know I've played these women, but I'm not really conniving at all.

I'm a New Yorker, I say what's on my mind, because not being that way, what's the point of that? People may think this is hype, but you look back before at my other fights and you see that I don't talk trash.

To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity.

I don't think you should do something just to prove to an audience that you can do it, that's way out of your wheelhouse.

I do think that young children can spot a phony a mile away.

I learned at a very young age how to be simplistic and sincere.

Music is only special when it's coming from a genuine place - it's just energy trapped in a bottle.

I'm not a trash talker, that's not my thing. But if someone asks me, I'm going to say what I feel and what I think.

Mixed martial arts - there's just been a lot of trash talking and things like that. People, I feel like, aren't really being true to themselves or being honest. I don't know, maybe that's what they feel they need to do to entertain things.