Fake Authenticity Quotes & Sayings

Authenticity is hard to fake — Rasheed Ogunlaru

My life would have gone along perfectly well, politically speaking, if it hadn't been for girls. — P. J. O'Rourke

Jesus lived a life that was full of joy and contradictions and fights, you know? If they were to paint a picture of Jesus without contradictions, the gospels would be fake, but the contradictions are a sign of authenticity. — Paulo Coelho

Live authentically. Why would you continue to compromise something that's beautiful to create something that is fake? — Steve Maraboli

You can't fake authenticity. — Mark Schaefer

To 'pretend' is to say that I'm willing to waste the precious energy that it takes to pretend, and I'm unwilling to cultivate the bravery that it takes to be real. And I am at a complete loss to pretend that either of these aren't true. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

Our works in stone, in paint, in print, are spared, some of them, for a few decades or a millennium or two, but everything must finally fall in war, or wear away into the ultimate and universal ash - the triumphs, the frauds, the treasures and the fakes. A fact of life: we're going to die. "Be of good heart," cry the dead artists out of the living past. "Our songs will all be silenced, but what of it? Go on singing." Maybe a man's name doesn't matter all that much. — Orson Welles

Authenticity is what makes a relatable person believable. It is what makes the relatability sustainable. Anyone can fake relatability for a time, but authenticity is what makes it real. — Michele Jennae

I don't think it has to be one religious structure, one church. I think the issues of faith and redemption are much more universal than any one religion. — Kathleen Turner

The younger generation can smell fakes - Authenticity trumps cool. — Craig Groeschel

Only fake tears last forever. — Marty Rubin

I haven't got a very sweet tooth, but I love salted things like nuts. I would have to be dragged in by a lorry if I ate as many salted peanuts as I would like to. — Joanna Lumley

There are few things more ungodly than fake joy when you should be mourning. — Matt Chandler

Authenticity seems like sort of a joke. Actually I believe it was the late comedian George Burns who said, "if you can fake sincerity, you've got it made." People cannot be invariant across situations and roles and, moreover, leaders need to be true not to themselves, but to what others want, need, and expect from them. — Jeffrey Pfeffer

The sightseers would have been disappointed, as the real thing always makes a poorer show than the fake. ("I'm Dangerous Tonight") — Cornell Woolrich

If love is a form of substance abuse, I hope to die high. — Crystal Woods

Sometimes I think we'd all be better off if the people who mean well would just creep away and die. — Stephen King

So, how close are love and genius, really? We know that they are both mentioned far more than lived. — Criss Jami

It had all been fake, a choreographed event, but they could not escape the dread that rattled inside their chests. It was a testament to their proficiency and talent as artists. They had affected themselves with the authenticity of the moment. — Kevin Wilson