Quotes About Genuine

I've experienced, in general, in New York, people cut to the chase a little more, and they're a little bit more straightforward. In L.A. I've experienced more wishy-washiness. I will say, though, that the people that are actually from L.A. - like, born and raised in L.A. - are the real nice and genuine people.

You're always going to get an honest, straightforward response from me. Honest to a fault.

I'm just a straightforward kind of dude.

Yes, sometimes I'm friendly and joyful, and sometimes I'm tough, and sometimes I'm straightforward.

Working with Salman, I have observed that he is a very straightforward person.

I'm a Kiwi country boy, approachable, genuine, never getting too far ahead of myself, a straightforward kind of bloke.

Having a profile means you have to be cautious of who you let into your world, as you don't know if they're being genuine or not, but it's more that it can be a strain on your relationships.

he laughed and wept as a child does (and indeed as people in earlier centuries seem to have done) quite without self-consciousness.'25

The core of it was to be your unapologetically weird self. I think authenticity is one of the most lacking things out there these days.

I've seen many dinosaur fossils, some mounted in museums, others in the process of being extracted from their rocky matrix, and it has never occurred to me that any could be anything other than genuine.

I can watch a movie and go, 'Oh, my god, that person is acting.' If you just listen to what the other person is saying, your response will always be genuine.

I'm not interested in doing something edgy with a capital E just so everyone knows, 'Oh, OK, now he's showing us he can do edgy.'

I didn't live in L.A. I lived in Oklahoma, and I liked to do normal things with normal people.

I'm not a Twitterer, I'm not a twerker, I'm not a Facebooker, I'm not nothing. I'm old school.

I love old-fashioned manners, as long as it's not forced. I can tell when it's natural or when someone is just trying to impress me.

Everybody knows that Coach Cliff is a great guy - on and off the court, he's great.

One thing the blues ain't, is funny.

I think there's kind of a comfortability with me onstage - and I think my cool factor is not having one. I'm not extra cool or extra different.

My friends all know this: I'm an open book.

Is a gesture of charity genuine or is it a kind of deep moral tax write-off?

Love's action. It isn't talk and it never has been.

have discovered from personal experience that one can win the attention and time and cooperation of even the most sought-after people by becoming genuinely interested in them.

the praise you offer must be genuine and heartfelt

without seeming false in your praise.