Variant: Acting is all about honesty. If you can fake that, you've got it made.
“The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that you've got it made.”
Jean Giraudoux (1882–1944) French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright
As quoted in Murphy's Law Book Two : More Reasons Why Things Go Wrong (1980) by Arthur Bloch, p. 47; similar statements became a routine part of the comedic performances of George Burns.
Attributed
“Are you up to faking being sincere underneath faking being fake?”
John Barnes book Mother of Storms
Source: Mother of Storms (1994), p. 406
“I daresay anything can be made holy by being sincerely worshipped.”
Iris Murdoch book The Message to the Planet
The Message to the Planet (1989) p. 322.
Lynsay Sands Canadian writer
Source: Vampires are Forever
“At my age one's got to be sincere. Lying's too much effort.”
Albert Camus book The Plague
The Plague (1947)
Anne Lamott (1954) Novelist, essayist, memoirist, activist
Source: Help Thanks Wow: The Three Essential Prayers
“The sincere alone can recognize sincerity. Not a Hero only is needed, but a world fit for him;”
Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher
1840s, Heroes and Hero-Worship (1840), The Hero As King
“You never know when a moment and a
few sincere words can have an impact on a life.”
Zig Ziglar (1926–2012) American motivational speaker
