Quotes About Sincerity

Como os portões do Hades me é odioso aquele homem que esconde uma coisa na mente, mas diz outra.

My soul abhors a falsehood

the prayers of those who hold religion in one hand, and

Which is not really a hell of a lot to ask, Lord, because the final incredible truth is that I am not guilty. All I did was take your gibberish seriously... and you see where it got me? My primitive Christian instincts have made me a criminal.

Sincerity is the important thing on TV. A presidential candidate should at least seem to believe what he's saying—even if it's all stone crazy.

This guy is the real thing," one of them said. "I never cared anything about politics before, but Wallace ain't the same as the others. He don't sneak around the bush. He just comes right out and says it.

and I confess that, like a child, I cry. Ah, self-pity; I think we are at our most honest and sincere when we feel sorry for ourselves.

O jeito de um garoto argumentar é encontrar uma posição defensiva e mantê-la, mesmo quando ela não é sincera.

It is shaming sometimes, how the body will not, or cannot, lie about emotions.

It is shaming sometimes how the body will not, or cannot, lie about emotions. Who, for decorum's sake, has ever slowed his heart, or muted a blush?

It's shaming sometimes, how the body will not, or cannot, lie about emotions. Who, for decorum's sake, has ever slowed his heart, or muted a blush?

Especially difficult when the first and best unconscious move of a dedicated liar is to persuade himself he's sincere. And once he's sincere, all deception vanishes.

In Leon's life, or rather, in his account of his life, no one was mean-spirited, no one schemed or lied or betrayed. Everyone was celebrated at least in some degree, as though it was a cause for wonder that anyone existed at all.

The smile of a deceiver is flawed, insufficient. But can we see these muscles resting there inert when there's so much local variation in faces, pads of fat, odd concavities, differences of bone structure? Especially difficult when the first and best unconscious move of a deliberate liar is to persuade himself he's sincere. And once he's sincere, all deception vanishes.

I'm raising my glass to that love. May it never be denied, forgotten, distorted, or rejected as illusion. To our love. It happened. It was true.

No child, still less a foetus, has ever mastered the art of small talk, or would ever want to. It's an adult device, a covenant with boredom and deceit.

I'll wait for you. Come back. She meant it. Time would show she really meant it.

Either I've always spoken to her from the heart in times like this, or I never have and I don't know what it means.

Are you out of your mind? It's not polite to lie to your best friend. It's a possibility.

Young people are craving something real, craving authenticity.

Song Joong-ki is known for his sincerity and manners. He is younger than me, but I thought I learned many things from him.

I don't want to ever write a book that seems like it's pandering to younger people or talking down to people who I know are very smart.

My dear friend, clear your mind of cant.

Your intellect may be confused, but your emotions will never lie to you.