Phony Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old phony quotes, phony sayings, and phony proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

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. Zooey Deschanel
People striving for approval from others become phony. Ichiro Suzuki
The true definition of a phony is a high flyer with low mileage; a person who offers a worldview from the comforts of his/her living room. Johnnie Dent Jr.
I let people see the cracks in my life. We can't be phony. We've got to keep it real. Charles R. Swindoll
Just be honest with who you are. Don't pretend to be something you're not. Don't be a phony. Walk your talk. That's how God works, so doing it is emulating how Source works. Wayne Dyer
Be daring enough to be different, humble enough to make mistakes, wild enough to be burnt in the fire of love, real enough to make others see how phony you are. Brennan Manning
The one person to distrust is the one who never makes a mistake. Either he is a phony, or he stays with the safe, the tried, and the trivial. Peter Drucker
Learn your instrument. Be honest. Don't do anything phony. There is so much crap floating around. There is plenty of room for a bit of honest writing. Christine McVie
Advertising design, in persuading people to buy things they don`t need, with money they don`t have, in order to impress others who don`t care, is probably the phoniest field in existence today. Victor Papanek
Understanding comes hard to persons of high rank who are accustomed to phony lifestyles that involve no daily work. Kenzaburo Oe
Level with your child by being honest. Nobody spots a phony quicker than a child. Mary MacCracken
Leadership is getting players to believe in you. If you tell a teammate you're ready to play as tough as you're able to, you'd better go out there and do it. Players will see right through a phony. And they can tell when you're not giving it all you've got. Larry Bird
Politicians make phony promises all the time that they can't deliver. Larry Hogan
That Hollywood thing, where everybody hugs and kisses everybody else - I always stiffen. It's an assumed familiarity. It's phony. Jennifer Tilly
I mention my age because I find people in this country - women, not men, of course - women are so troubled by their age. There's a culture of youth, and it's a phony culture. Teresa Heinz
Strip away the phony tinsel of Hollywood and you'll find the real tinsel underneath. Oscar Levant