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Quotes About Genuine

One of the most important things to me is to make things real, not have models who are perfectly groomed or clothes that are too perfect. It all has to have a twist because that's how people live.
~ Tommy Hilfiger
There's a lot of pretense out there. It can be exhausting. When people see something genuine, even if it's something as simple as two people actually being friends, actually enjoying what they're doing, or actually standing up for each other, that translates in a big way.
~ El-P
I'm not one of those stars that goes out and literally dresses to be photographed. I'm kind of a 'what you see is what you get' type of girl when I dress. I go for comfort above everything else.
~ Anne Hathaway
I'm probably not your typical business person in many ways. I don't wear a suit. I don't carry a briefcase. I don't wear a tie. I'm fairly casual. I haven't got a big office, and it's in a very ordinary part of town. I'd much prefer to downplay than impress.
~ Gerry Harvey
I wanted something that was really 'us,' but not typical engagement photos in any way. We're not a fancy couple. More jeans and T-shirts.
~ Jedediah Bila
I think people hear and feel the genuine nature of my passion for the causes. Specifically, with the non-profit in Uganda, my mother is the president, and she was an African politics professor for almost 50 years, so I think people know that I align myself with people who know what they're talking about.
~ Eliza Dushku
I try to be careful with my persuasiveness. When my heart is really behind it, and when I have no ulterior motive, then I know I'm truly persuasive.
~ Giancarlo Esposito
Several of the actors I've had the good fortune of working with stand out in my mind as 'ultimate'. I guess the obvious would be Tom Hanks, because he really is as fun and as genuine as he comes across in his films and interviews.
~ Barry Pepper
If she looks natural on screen, that's just the way she was in life - very unassuming and full of life.
~ Sean Hepburn Ferrer
Art can do the opposite of glamourise the unattainable: it can show us anew the genuine merit of life as we're forced to lead it. It is advertising for the things we really need.
~ Alain de Botton
A man who experiences no genuine satisfaction in life does not want peace. People court war to escape meaninglessness and boredom to be relieved of fear and frustration.
~ Nels F. S. Ferre
What we have to be is what we are.
~ Thomas Merton
Laughter without a tinge of philosophy is but a sneeze of humor. Genuine humor is replete with wisdom.
~ Mark Twain
Whatever you have to say, you say it from your heart.
~ Nirmala Srivastava
Wisdom is never dear, provided the article be genuine.
~ Horace Greeley
Intelligent people, as some say, in their openness, are indeed slow to criticize, but conversely, in their openness to the concerns of others, the genuine are slow to fret about being criticized.
~ Criss Jami, Killosophy
Where is love? How do you know that there is love? The first test of love is that it knows no bargaining. So long as you see a man love another only to get something from him, you know that that is not love; it is shopkeeping.
~ Swami Vivekananda
One of the many joys of Undercover is that other squads can never quite figure out when you're on the job and when you're, say, on a genuine night out with the lads, so they tend to leave you alone, just in case.
~ Tana French
save our emotional responses for real life.
~ Ted Chiang
Calli doesn't mean that you'll never see anyone as beautiful. When you see a smile that's genuine, you'll see beauty. When you see an act of courage or generosity, you'll see beauty. Most of all, when you look at someone you love, you'll see beauty. All calli does is keep you from being distracted by surfaces. True beauty is what you see with the eyes of love, and that's something that nothing can obscure.
~ Ted Chiang
Looking back, I realized that we were being raised to be schizophrenic; an appearance of perfection was more important than genuine feelings
~ Tehmina Durrani
Support for charities takes many forms. Some people give their money, some their spare time. I give my name and my voice. We give what we can to make a difference to the people and issues that matter to us. But what's most important, especially for celebrities, is giving our genuine commitment.
~ David Harewood
No notes. You speak from deep in your heart. It's easy.
~ Manny Pacquiao
A lot of people have said that I've got a voice that speaks to children. I think I've got a natural naivety to me. I'm childish.
~ Geri Halliwell