Quotes About Genuineness

I am, I fear, Inclined to be unfashionably sincere.   ORONTE

I am, I fear, inclined to be unfashionably sincere.

Je veux que l'on soit homme, et qu'en toute rencontre le fond de notre coeur dans nos discours se montre, que ce soit lui qui parle, et que nos sentiments ne se masquent jamais sous de vains compliments.

Je veux qu'on soit sincère, et qu'en homme d'honneur, On ne lâche aucun mot qui ne parte du coeur.

I have the defect of being more sincere than persons wish.

We ought to punish pitilessly that shameful pretence of friendly intercourse. I like a man to be a man, and to show on all occasions the bottom of his heart in his discourse. Let that be the thing to speak, and never let our feelings be beneath vain compliments

Nobody truly knows me, but I suppose that's the way it is for everyone. Or at least I hope so. We seem to have the tendency to put on a front in the best interests of ourselves, but eventually these fronts weld themselves to us until we no longer recognize our own soul in the mirror.

My way of joking is to tell the truth. That's the funniest joke in the world.

Kendi boslugunuzla yuzlesmeden varliginizi dolduramazsiniz. Siir bizim kendimiz olmaya acilan kapimizdir. Ama bazen kendi kapimizi yuzumuze kapatiriz. Kim olursaniz olun, nasil olursaniz olun, ama kendinize girip ciktiginiz bir kapiniz olsun cocuklar. Az olun, ama hakiki olun! Bir gun kendi kapinizi calacak yuzunuz olsun. - Moottah

Look for great character in an individual and don't look for beautiful names.

Showing your teeth doesn't mean you're happy on the inside. Let your heart tickle with happiness and don't try to please people with outward appearances.

You can fake anything, but not happiness.

When you're jolted, what spills out is whatever is filling you." When you're suddenly put to the test and don't have time to think about how you're coming across, your real nature will come out. That's why character needs to go all the way through: whatever fills you will spill out. And it's up to you to do something about it.

And though many women might enjoy the offering of such compliments, I did not want him to love me based on temporal things like a smile or voice or presence, things that could vanish through mood or an unexpected cloud. He must love me for the sake of love alone . . .

It's been a while since someone last made her laugh. Since she last laughed without deciding beforehand that laughing was the smart thing to do.

Courage cannot be counterfeited. It is one virtue that escapes hypocrisy.

We love a good, hyped sound, but when it starts to sound insincere, that's when I lose interest. I hope that our music, even if it sounds polished, doesn't sound insincere.

It is humiliating to realize that when you drive yourself underground, when you fake who you are, often you do so for people you do not even like or respect.

I've never tried to be what I'm not. I am what I am: raggedy, over-the-top, heartfelt, emotional, reflective, passionate, angry and sad at times.

Don't get me wrong, we're not the fucking Partridge family or anything. We don't all go on picnics and hold hands.

As soon as you start talking about mystique, you have none. -Neil Young

It was as though they had so saturated themselves with professional behaviourism that they had lost the knack of being natural.

Ti stupisci di quanto sei attore. Di come fingi, di come ti imposti con tutti. Forse non senti niente? Forse sei finto fino al midollo? È tutto mediato dall'ipocrisia nella tua vita. Ti sei bruciato dentro, non senti più niente, ti dici. Cerchi di essere triste. Ti viene da ridere.

Speaking straight felt different. She found she liked it.