A. A. Milne Quotes

People are ridiculous only when they try or seem to be that which they are not.

Sincerity: if you can fake it, you've got it made.

That's what show business is, sincere insincerity.

Fakery in allegiance to the truth.

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

Affectation is the product of falsehood.

Nothing is so tiresome to one's self, as well as so odious to others, as disguise and affectation.

Out of five hundred who speak glibly of love, not one can spell the first letter of his name.

I don't want to lie. I dislike dishonesty. And I work in Hollywood, a town and a business that relies on a lot of falsehoods with people hiding behind different facades. I don't want to be a part of that.

The only thing worse than a coach or CEO who doesn't care about his people is one who pretends to care. People can spot a phony every time.

In our lives in a lot of ways it's all about fake. You've got people wanting things for fake reasons.

I abhor hypocrisy.

Most style is not honest enough.

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

We all respect sincerity in our friends and acquaintances, but Hollywood is willing to pay for it.

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.

I didn't come to Hollywood. Hollywood came to me. A lot of people wish they could say the things I say. Everyone out here is so phony, it's sickening.

It's very difficult to distinguish between what a person believes and what they say they believe.

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

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

I can be glib and truthful all at once.

It is Hillary's lot in life not to be able to fake it well.

Oh, I can spot a phoney a mile away.

The hardest thing to do in politics is campaign as someone you aren't. People can spot an imposter from a mile away.

Put away from you a dissembling mouth.