Quotes About Sincerity

Too often I see performances that aren't rooted in truth. Oftentimes, those are performances that tend to win awards.

Never apologize for saying what/how you feel. Cuz' that's like saying, "Sorry for being real".

Lies go out, but the truth stays home.

the best disguises were those that were poured out of the heart rather than painted on the face.

These are my cards on the table. I think you're beautiful. I feel like I'm an idiot with dirt on his face sitting next to someone out of a painting. I think...I think I'm just plain stupid for you. I know that's not exactly sweet talk out of a play. Frankly, I'd kiss your shadow. I'd kiss dirt that had your heel print on it. I like feeling this way. I don't give a damn what you or anyone else thinks...this is how it feels every time I look at you.

I'm ever so sorry,' said Sabetha. If the words THAT WAS A LIE had suddenly sprung up behind her in letters of fire ten feet high, the effect could scarcely have added to her tone of voice.

You have an honest way of writing, especially your first book. It's genuine. That may not seem like the most thrilling compliment, but a voice like yours—a real voice—is rare these days.

I'm not really cool, or dashing, or any of those things.

Making an album should be an honest experience. It shouldn't be about trying to gauge where popular music is today it should be about artistic expression and putting down what you want to put down.

I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. I promised you to one husband, to Christ, so that I might present you as a pure virgin to him. But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent's cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ. (2 Cor. 11:2–3 NIV)

Candour before canniness. Doing the right thing And not just saying it.

I'm a straight shooter, and most of the time my ego doesn't interrupt my relationships.

Spending time in a church does not make you religious, any more than spending time in a garage makes you a car.

But sadly, one of the problems with being on public radio is that people tend to think you're being sincere all the time.

Some of the folks on both sides might be sincere, but it does seem as if it is only the opposition that cares about the Bill of Rights most of the time.

I'm doing what's in my heart at the time.

I have been known for some time as a person who speaks the truth and speaks it strongly. I have always called a liar a liar and a hypocrite a hypocrite.

I knew that when it came time for me to finally make my own album, it wasnt going to be about being a jock. It had to be more personal and intimate.

Patch? Whatever happens, I love you." I wanted to say more, those three words painfully inadequate for the way I felt about him. And at the same time, so simple and accurate, nothing else would do.

Any time you try to be edgy just for the sake of being edgy, that's the worst way.

Concerned we're in a time where politicians can't even fake sincerity. Aren't they supposed to be good at that?

I'm the same person. I don't put on a face. I'm the same guy every time you see me.

how can you be true and kind at the same time? how?

I've been taking my time now between projects looking for stuff that has a little bit more substance, that isn't surface. Some of the films that I've done in the past really were surface.