There are things about some professional athletes that I cannot stand-the pretense, the egos, the pomposity, the greed. — Ted Simmons Copy Share Image
The Fanaticism which discards the Scripture, under the pretense of resorting to immediate revelations is subversive of every principle of Christianity. For… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
A noiseless course, not meddling with the affairs of others, unattractive of notice, is a mark that society is going on in… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I just don't feel like composing music for films because I find there is too much pretense in the industry and creativity… — Rajesh Roshan Copy Share Image
I don't have the kinds of relationships that are built on any kind of false pretense, not to say that I haven't.… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
It is not poverty so much as pretense that harasses a ruined man - the struggle between a proud mind and an… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
Perfection I've lived with the pretense of perfection for seventeen years. Give my room a cursory inspection, you'd think I have OCD.… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
What matters is abuse, and how it is anchored in a religion that denies women their rights as humans. What matters is… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
There are designers there, we have to think of production, but I am not changing Africa. But if we all do something… — Franca Sozzani Copy Share Image
To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
There's this American pretense, which is the pretense of the journalist with the view from nowhere - which has somehow morphed into… — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
“The Jews have made him [Yahweh] the assassin of the human species, to make room for the religion of the Jews. The… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“Do you think any of my brothers truly wish to die? The pretense is more insulting to my father’s cold body than… — Shen Tao Copy Share Image
The difference between [socialism and fascism] is superficial and purely formal, but it is significant psychologically: it brings the authoritarian nature of… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I have met with but one or two persons in the course of my life who understood the art of Walking, that… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
...the pretense is made, as it has been made in relation to the finding of any extension of truth, that to do… — Brock Chisholm Copy Share Image
Ah, those were the days…The Dark-Hunters hunted us, we slaughtered them. We made our homes in underground catacombs and crypts where the… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
In my work, I present questions and concerns. [It's] the opportunity to put a system of antibodies into circulation, without any pretense… — Paolo Pellegrin Copy Share Image
A small town is automatically a world of pretense. Since everyone knows everyone else's business, it becomes the job of the populace… — Jeanine Basinger Copy Share Image
I think we have deluded ourselves into believing that people don't know that abortion is killing. So any pretense that abortion is… — Faye Wattleton Copy Share Image
Various "wars on drugs" throughout history have killed millions, enslaved millions more, destroyed families, are usually just thin pretenses for mass incarceration,… — Kool A.D Copy Share Image
“Some women do not masturbate for pleasure; they masturbate to make a political statement: to remind us that women do not really… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
For a fact, the Christians stole Christmas. We don't mind sharing it with them, but we don't like this pretense of theirs… — Anne Nicol Gaylor Copy Share Image
The insolent civility of a proud man is, if possible, more shocking than his rudeness could be; because he shows you, by… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
The bully mind is not capable of loving or respecting others nor can it love or respect itself. Life's subtleties and the… — Rick Stein Copy Share Image
They have plundered the world, stripping naked the land in their hunger… they are driven by greed, if their enemy be rich;… — Tacitus Copy Share Image
In careless ignorance they think it civilization, when in reality it is a portion of their slavery...To ravage, to slaughter, to usurp… — Tacitus Copy Share Image
“Above the keyhole the door has a latch. It is pretending to be an authentic old latch. The door is pretending to… — Ali Smith Copy Share Image
the insight that peace is the end of war, and that therefore a war is the preparation for peace, is at least… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
The pretense in disputed elections is that the great conflict is between the two major parties. The reality is that there is… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
We still find the greedy hand of government thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of industry and grasping at the spoil… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
In America, after 9/11, and after the death of bin Laden, and after two wars, one of them fought, a lot of… — Gideon Raff Copy Share Image
“I became good at pretending. I became so good that after a while the lines blurred between my truth and fiction. And… — Ruta Sepetys Copy Share Image
You have yearned to have my affection cloak your delicate spirit, accept the pretense of my craving to consume your soul as… — Philip the Apostle Copy Share Image
Now of all the idealist abominations that make society pestiferous I doubt if there be any so mean as that of forcing… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
It would be futile to attempt to fit women into a masculine pattern of attitudes, skills and abilities and disastrous to force… — Arianna Huffington Copy Share Image
The snapshot has no pretense or ambition. Innocence is the quintessence of the snapshot. I wish to distinguish between innocence and ignorance.… — Lisette Model Copy Share Image
Be not intimidated...nor suffer yourselves to be wheedled out of your liberties by any pretense of politeness, delicacy, or decency. These, as… — John Adams Copy Share Image
For this fear of death is indeed the pretense of wisdom, and not real wisdom, being the appearance of knowing the unknown;… — Socrates Copy Share Image
He dropped the pretense, and dropped his head, so his brow came to rest against the sun-warmed top of hers. His arms… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
![“There are designers there, we have to think of production, but I am not changing Africa. But if we all do something together…We have to know our limits, I don't have the pretense I can change the world. And I don't want to set up events [to raise money]. Because what happens if the following year…” quote by Franca Sozzani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe7/franca-sozzani-12678_change-the-world_there-are-designers-there-we-have-to-thi_2848235.jpg)
![“The Jews have made him [Yahweh] the assassin of the human species, to make room for the religion of the Jews. The Christians have made him the murderer of himself, and the founder of a new religion to supersede and expel the Jewish religion. And to find pretence and admission for these things…” quote by Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d84/thomas-paine-267_assassin_the-jews-have-made-him-yahweh-the-assass_2292873.jpg)
![“The difference between [socialism and fascism] is superficial and purely formal, but it is significant psychologically: it brings the authoritarian nature of a planned economy crudely into the open. The main characteristic of socialism (and of communism) is public ownership of the means of…” quote by Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20c/ayn-rand-59_abolition_the-difference-between-socialism-and-fas_1991866.jpg)
![“In my work, I present questions and concerns. [It's] the opportunity to put a system of antibodies into circulation, without any pretense of making the world a better place, but to start a conversation with the world.” quote by Paolo Pellegrin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b0/paolo-pellegrin-72339_antibodies_in-my-work-i-present-questions-and-conce_3038607.jpg)
