Phony Quotes

144 quotes by 132 authors

A lot of people think the blues is depressing but that's not the blues I'm singing. When I'm singing blues, I singing life. People can't… — Etta James
I let people see the cracks in my life. We can't be phony. We've got to keep it real. — Charles R. Swindoll
Some records with drum machines on them sound phony and plastic. It all depends on how you use the tools. — Don Henley
Don't support the phonies, SUPPORT THE REAL — Tupac Shakur
I'd much rather be a one-hit wonder than a phony. — CM Punk
Managers who don't lead are quite discouraging, but leaders who don't manage don't know what's going on. It's a phony separation that people are making… — Henry Mintzberg
You just don't invade another country on phony pretext in order to assert your interests! — John F. Kerry
Don't you hate people who drink white wine? I mean, my dear, every alcoholic in town is getting falling-down drunk on white wine. They think… — Bette Davis
In order to be a leader a man must have followers. And to have followers, a man must have their confidence. Hence, the supreme quality… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
Al Gore couldn't be more phony if he were a professional Al Gore impersonator — Dennis Miller
If anyone thinks he can help you, he will inevitably mislead you, and the less phony he is; the more powerful he is, the more… — U.G. Krishnamurti
I plot as I go. Many novelists write an outline that has almost as many pages as their ultimate book. Others knock out a brief… — Clive Cussler
I have been able to sniff out a phony. — Jennifer Coolidge
Obscenity, who really cares. Propaganda, all is phony. — Bob Dylan
See the man on the TV with a phony smile. Bring you up, bring you down, he can turn your head around. — Van Morrison
I grew up when people seemed actually to be hurting themselves for their art. Of course, some of it was phony. — Barry Hannah
All the women in the world want a phony rock star who plays guitar. — John Mellencamp
What we need is a rebirth of satire, of dissent, of irreverence, of an uncompromising insistence that phoniness is phony and platitudes are platitudinous. — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
In this moment, I am euphoric. Not because of any phony god's blessing. But because, I am enlightened by my intelligence. — Friedrich Nietzsche
One of the interpreters hired by CBS for the Dan Rather/Saddam Hussein interview adopted a phony Arabic accent. You know, maybe CBS should have hired… — Jay Leno

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