Ron Howard Quotes

We ought to see far enough into a hypocrite to see even his sincerity.

A rogue does not laugh in the same way that an honest man does; a hypocrite does not shed the tears of a man of good faith. All falsehood is a mask; and however well made the mask may be, with a little attention we may always succeed in distinguishing it from the true face.

The moment you sense someone is making something because they think people are gonna buy it or like it, it's just so phony! The public has a nose for phony like nobody else.

All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I myself deny it.

The American people are tired of liars and people who pretend to be something they're not.

Fakery in allegiance to the truth.

It might be said that the pose of absolute honesty is the most dishonest one of all.

I loathe people who are disingenuous or inauthentic.

I'm not always sincere. One can't be in this world, you know.

Irony is the recourse of the weak-minded wimp, I think. I hate bands that deliver their songs with knowing smiles on their faces, so that if those songs fall flat they can say 'Ah well, we never really meant it anyway.' It's so dishonest.

A man of such obvious and exemplary charm must be a liar.

Discretion is the polite word for hypocrisy.

I'm really good at pretending.

That's what show business is, sincere insincerity.

The worst crime is faking it.

Put away from you a dissembling mouth.

Be a hypocrite if you like, but don't talk like one.

Away, and mock the time with fairest show. False face must hide what the false heart doth know.

All I can say is anybody who's spent most of his life living a lie is not somebody I admire.

We're against hypocrisy, lies, bigotry, show business, insincerity, phonies, and fakers.

I can't stand fake people. I can feel it when someone feigns it.

Is insincerity such a terrible thing? I think not. It is merely a method by which we can multiply our personalities.

Affectation is the product of falsehood.

Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue.

It is dishonorable to say one thing and think another; how much more dishonorable to write one thing and think another.