Quotes About Genuineness

The more people that choose to live an honest and genuine life, the better it is for everyone.

People are just looking for honesty and authenticity more than anything.

You just got to be yourself. That's what people respect more than anything.

It's nice to look good, but the most important thing is to be you.

Authenticity is the most important thing. You have to know where it all comes from, study who pioneered it.

There is a certain kind of respect for authenticity today that there wasn't back in the days when they did 'Cleopatra,' where everything looked like a giant motel. People want to have it be authentic in the look, and authentic in the way people behave.

It has been a motto of mine my whole life - just be yourself.

One spoke to him in person, or one did not speak to him at all.

what bothers me today is the lack of, well, i guess you'd call it authentic experience. so much is a sham. so much is artificial, synthetic, watered-down, and standardized...we're standardizing people, their goals, their ideas. the sham is everywhere.

Maybe what I admired most about John Steinbeck is that he never mortgaged his 45-acre heart for a suite in an ivory tower.

social conversation was impossible for her because she could not lie.

Long ago she had given up trying to be deft or profound or anything in the company of people she was not interested in, who didn't thrill her.

Let your face speak what's in your heart.

Love is or it ain't. Thin love ain't love at all.

Love is or ain't. Thin love ain't love at all.

The truth of authenticity is different from the truth of honesty. To be authentic is to live as one wishes others to live; to be honest is to admit that this is impossible.

It seemed to me that the baker had an honest response to the painting. Van Ruijven tried too hard when he looked at paintings, with his honeyed words and studied expressions. He was too aware of having an audience to perform for, whereas the baker merely said what he thought.

No, really," said Jack, blushing to show that he wasn't embarrassed at all. "Do

Chocolate friends may not last any longer than fake ones, but they sure as hell taste better.

If it looks good, you'll see it. If it sounds good, you'll hear it. If its marketed right, you'll buy it. But... If its real... you'll feel it.

Pete, it doesn't matter how you move as long as you are being you.

If you want to be cool, just be you.

What I'm looking for is a blessing that's not in disguise.

When I was young, my mindset was image, image, image. I took that approach with the media. As I became more experienced I realized: No matter what, people are going to like you or not like you. So be authentic, and let them like you or not for who you actually are.