Quotes About Genuineness

Charm and nothing but charm at last grows a little tiresome. It's a relief then to deal with a man who isn't quite so delightful but a little more sincere.

Fritz Mondale is not some synthetic Masked Marvel or Mystery Man. He is not made of silicon and micro-chip flakes. He is made of flesh and blood and brains.

I have a conscience, man, and I've worked really hard to keep it where you would feel like you were talking to the same man at one of my shows or sitting down at my dinner table.

The truly great man dwells on what is real and not what is on the surface.

Such antics do not amount to a man.

Men should be what they seem.

It is easiest to "be all things to all men," but it is not honest. Self-respect must be sacrificed every hour in the day.

The man who wishes to bend me with his tale of woe must shed true tears - not tears that have been got ready overnight.

The heroic man does not pose; he leaves that for the man who wishes to be thought heroic.

The man grinned back at me with that perfect sincerity we fear and call simple-minded.

Happy the man who never puts on a face, but receives every visitor with that countenance he has on.

When I would go a-visiting, I find that I go off the fashionable street,--not being inclined to change my dress,--to where man meets man, and not polished shoe meets shoe.

If you are a seer, whenever you meet a man you will see all that he owns, ay, and much that he pretends to disown, behind him.

You can't make Howard Dean a straw man. He is what he appears to be. And that's the beauty of Howard Dean.

When Javy Baez goes out there, man, you saw him before the game sitting on the bench, saw him waving into the camera, he's just being himself. I love that.

Never play anything that don't sound right. You might not make any money, but at least you won't get hostile with yourself.

I do like nice things; we do live in a great house, but I don't choose my friends by how much money they have or what labels they're wearing.

Anybody with money can put on a KISS show, but they can't be KISS.

Abandon money for authenticity.

Real artists offer authenticity, not just money.

Money and power attract friends. But it's not you they're friends with — just your money and power. Only affection brings genuine friends.

I don't like bullshit and pretense.I can't enjoy the joy at church...without some cash in my wallet.

The lasting sweetness of the wealth obtained is directly proportional to the honesty of its source. Dishonest wealth does not last.

Remember my first tenet in getting dressed is how you feel in the morning. So if you're not being true blue to that, it usually shows.