When you aren't sincere you need to pretend, and by pretending you end up believing yourself; that's the basic principle of every faith.
Alberto MoraviaMots clés belief religion faith pretense insincerity
Normally, anything done in the name of 'the kids' strikes me as either slightly sentimental or faintly sinister—that redolence of moral blackmail that adheres to certain charitable appeals and certain kinds of politician. (Not for nothing is baby-kissing the synonym for public insincerity.)
Christopher HitchensMots clés children censorship insincerity politicians sentimentality baby-kissing moral-blackmail
Do not treat others as you would not like to be treated' frees one from hypocrisy. 'Treat others as you would like to be treated' enslaves one with insincerity.
Mokokoma MokhonoanaMots clés freedom hypocrisy insincerity enslavement
To hear how much of a great human being you were — even if you really weren’t — open your ears at your funeral.
Mokokoma MokhonoanaMots clés lies death conformity eulogy funeral tradition insincerity deceased
The difficulty with humorists is that they will mix what they believe with what they don’t—whichever seems likelier to win an effect.
John UpdikeMots clés humor truth belief humorist insincerity 1960 comedian
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