Make Believe Quotes

140 quotes by 130 authors

I still do not know what impels anyone sound of mind to leave dry land and spend a lifetime describing people who do not exist.… — Mavis Gallant
This meal happened to be a make-believe tea, and they sat round the board guzzling in their greed; and really, what with their chatter and… — James M. Barrie
Vampires are make-believe, like elves, gremlins, and eskimos. — Matt Groening
I have always used the world of make-believe with a certain desperation. — Ruth Benedict
Jesus did not send us into the world to make believers but to make disciples. — Shane Claiborne
But how ridiculous that I should bereft simply because I couldnâ€™t spend hours in my world of make-believe! Wasnâ€™t the reality of my life interesting… — Liza Dalby
There's a difference, you know, between faith and playing make-believe. One will make you grow. The other one will make you sleep. — Rich Mullins
Divisional exercise is a great game of make-believe. — Patrick MacGill
I love witches and magic and dress-up and make-believe. — Helena Bonham Carter
There seems to be within all of us an innate yearning to be lifted momentarily out of our own lives into the realm of charm… — Dorothy Draper
No to spectacle no to virtuosity no to transformations and magic and make believe no to glamour and transcendency of the star image no to… — Yvonne Rainer
Say, it's only a paper moon, Sailing over a cardboard sea, But it wouldn't be make believe, If you believed in me. — Billy Rose
How can a guy climb trees, say 'Me, Tarzan, you, Jane,' and make a million? The public forgives my acting because they know I was… — Johnny Weissmuller
To sit on the front steps â€” whether it's a veranda in a small town or a concrete stoop in a big city â€” and… — Harvey Milk
Between the worlds of men and make believe I can be found. — Dan Fogelberg
Anything I sing is supposed to be genuine. It's not supposed to be make-believe or I'm making something for the crowd to jump or to… — Wayne Wonder
Next time you see someone sleeping, make believe you're in a science fiction movie. And whisper, 'The creature is regenerating itself.' — George Carlin
I'm probably more personal when I'm acting than at any other time. More open, more direct. Because it allows me to be something that I… — Philip Seymour Hoffman
I had created a happy world of make-believe around me during the long years of loneliness, a world of beauty and love. It had helped… — Gerda Weissmann Klein
I realized that I wanted to play characters and do traditional theatre. I wanted to make believe again. I like putting on a costume and… — Lusia Strus

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