Make Believe Quotes

140 quotes by 127 authors

Now, the essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first make believe a thing is so, and lo, it presently turns out to… — Bill Murray
One of the great disadvantages of a literary or scriptural tradition like the biblical one is that a deity or context of deities becomes crystallized,… — Joseph Campbell
Make-believe colors the past with innocent distortion, and it swirls ahead of us in a thousand ways - in science, in politics, in every bold… — Shirley Temple
In a world where celebrity equals talent, and where make-believe is called reality, it is most important to have real love, truth and stability in… — Bernie Brillstein
In church, sacred music would make believers of us all â€” but preachers can be counted on to restore the balance. — Mignon McLaughlin
There is need for some kind of make-believe in order to face death unflinchingly. To our real, naked selves there is not a thing on… — Eric Hoffer
The drama is make-believe. It does not deal with truth but with effect. — W. Somerset Maugham
If you make believe that ten guys in pin-striped suits are back in a kindergarten class playing with building blocks, you'll get a rough picture… — Lee Iacocca
We play make believe, pretend to take ourselves and each other seriously--to love each other, hate each other--but then--it isn't true. It isn't true, we… — Ugo Betti
Hollywood is great for entertaining people, it's a wonderful business but it's make-believe, you must remember that. That's one of the most important things to… — Dolph Lundgren
I know how ridiculous this sounds because of the job I do but I don't believe in romanticism and make-believe. — Laura Marling
For me, acting is play. It's just play and it's playing make believe really, really well. — Anson Mount
I just write about what I feel I want to write about. I'm like a kid. I get an idea, and it's like a kid's… — Stephen King
Iran is not a make-believe country. It is a real country populated by some 75 million people - real people; including, I daresay, a majority… — Bob Barr
I'm a massive daydreamer. I'm constantly lost within my own fantasies and my own thoughts personally, and I think maybe that is sort of represented… — Emily Browning
I sort of make believe. That's why I like acting. You can create or imagine anything. — Elle Fanning
The work my mum does, a lot of it is re-housing homeless people, that's a real job. I play make-believe and dressing up for a… — Jeremy Irvine
It's hard to say when my interest in writing began, or how. My mother read to my sister and me every night, and we always… — Sara Zarr
Westerns are fun. I wish more of them would be made. When you're out there on a set, carrying a gun, riding a horse, you… — Ricky Schroder
When you start off acting, it does seem very romantic, and the make-believe part of it all seems very exciting. It's only later that you… — Sada Thompson

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