Augusten Burroughs Quotes

This is not a sham, not a game. This is the real stuff.

Always be sincere, even when you don't mean it.

I just really like it when things are earnest.

What I don't want to do is go out there and not be able to mean it, you know?

Nature forever puts a premium on reality. What is done for effect is seen to be done for effect; what is done for love is felt to be done for love. A man inspires affection and honor because he was not lying in wait for these.

Sincerity is the foundation of the spiritual life.

Sincerity means that the appearance and the reality are exactly the same.

I am very sincere. Some people are always kidding, so when you're not, it's going to seem annoying to them.

We want deeper sincerity of motive, a greater courage in speech and earnestness in action.

I think comedy has to come from a real place. It has to come from an honest place.

The way to my heart is by being truthful and spontaneous.

It's real easy to manufacture what you think the people want to hear. But that's not very honest.

Be sure that you speak with unfeigned lips.

I don't want to pretend I'm any cooler or smarter than I am.

I am not sincere, even when I say I am not.

Sincere words are not fine; fine words are not sincere.

I don't believe that saying things because you feel they are what people want to hear is the right way to be in any part of your life.

I've never tried to be something I'm not.

In my heart, I'm 100% real. You can't pull out nothing in my past that can say I'm not 100% real.

I make an effort to keep it as real as I possibly can.

You know, I think what the American people want more than anything else right now is someone who's just going to look them in the eye and tell them the truth, even some truths that they don't like. And - but they have to believe the person's speaking from their heart and are authentic.

Always be sincere, even if you don't mean it.

I hope they see the genuine side of me, of my music, of my voice. I hope that they feel me. I hope that what I sing and what I say really gets across to the viewer because everything that comes out is true.

The words of truth are simple.

Everything I say comes from my heart - and it's the truth.