Pretend Quotes

1734 Pretend quotes by 1217 unique authors

We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect. The judgement of the intellect is only part of the truth. — Carl Jung
You are about to have your first experience with a Greek lunch. I will kill you if you pretend to like it. — Jackie Kennedy
For at least another hundred years we must pretend to ourselves and to every one that fair is foul and foul is fair; for foul… — John Maynard Keynes
To be able to pretend to be something that I'm frankly not is very liberating and exciting. — Hugh Laurie
The mind can assert anything and pretend it has proved it. My beliefs I test on my body, on my intuitional consciousness, and when I… — D. H. Lawrence
You can't go around hoping that most people have sterling moral characters. The most you can hope for is that people will pretend that they… — Fran Lebowitz
What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when… — Doris Lessing
It is foolish to pretend that one is fully recovered from a disappointed passion. Such wounds always leave a scar. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
I loved being outside. We'd hold lightning bugs in our fingers and pretend they were diamond rings. — Loretta Lynn
We who follow the Honorable Elijah Muhammad feel that when you try and pass integration laws here in America, forcing white people to pretend that… — Malcolm X
I can't pretend that I'm brave and that I can beat the whole world. — Nelson Mandela
I do find it strange, doing magazine shoots. Photographers always go, 'Why don't you like to have your picture taken? That's what you do for… — James McAvoy
Jesus didn't die for us so we could pretend to be something we're not. — Joyce Meyer
The whole business is built on ego, vanity, self-satisfaction, and it's total crap to pretend it's not. — George Michael
If some peoples pretend that history or geography gives them the right to subjugate other races, nations, or peoples, there can be no peace. — Ludwig von Mises
There are a lot of musicians who are still desperately trying to pretend that it's 1998 and by having a huge marketing campaign, they somehow… — Unknown Author
Lots of times you have to pretend to join a parade in which you're not really interested in order to get where you're going. — Christopher Morley
Accents are very tangible, blessedly, and if you have to do one, it's a way of getting into character. I can read it through a… — Emily Mortimer
Always keep that happy attitude. Pretend that you are holding a beautiful fragrant bouquet. — Earl Nightingale
I don't really want to get married to get married pretend. — Cynthia Nixon
Al Qaeda is still a threat. We cannot pretend somehow that because Barack Hussein Obama got elected as president, suddenly everything is going to be… — Barack Obama
Women are very intelligent and not appreciated. We try to pretend that we are not clever, and it's such a pity that we can't show… — Yoko Ono
I am who I am. I can't pretend to be somebody who makes $25,000 a year. — Gwyneth Paltrow
My playground was the theatre. I'd sit and watch my mother pretend for a living. As a young girl, that's pretty seductive. — Gwyneth Paltrow
She belongs to a race of delightful women, who never do any harm, whom everybody calls good, and who are very severe on those who… — Gilbert Parker

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