Pretender Quotes

48 quotes by 40 authors

The poet is a pretender. / He pretends so completely, / that he even pretends that it is pain / the pain he really feels. — Fernando Pessoa
The pretender sees no one but himself, Because he has the veil of conceit in front; If he were endowed with a God discerning eye,… — Bill Vaughan
I'm a task-oriented actor. A pretender. And I try to invent my process anew each time I make a new project. So I frown on… — Willem Dafoe
Stand-up comedy and comedy in general is the ultimate form of free speech, because you get to poke holes in all the pretentious bubbles politicians… — Denis Leary
There is no arguing with the pretenders to a divine knowledge and to a divine mission. They are possessed with the sin of pride, they… — Walter Lippmann
Like Leibniz's possible worlds, most men are only equally entitled pretenders to existence. There are few existences. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
If you are a dreamer come in If you are a dreamer a wisher a liar A hoper a pray-er a magic-bean-buyer If youre a… — Shel Silverstein
In here, the human bosom -- mine, yours, everybody's -- there isn't just one soul. There's a lot of souls. But there are two main… — Saul Bellow
never believe a man can change a woman those men are pretenders who think that they created women from one of their ribs — Nizar Qabbani
The ragamuffin gospel reveals that Jesus forgives sins, including the sins of the flesh; that He is comfortable with sinners who remember how to show… — Brennan Manning
Bring on all the pretenders! — Taylor Swift
I often feel like a pretender when wearing makeup. The most beautiful features in a woman are her character and her experiences. Why hide that? — Masiela Lusha
I always see myself as a character actor, but Remington Steele was me. I gave up on trying to be any character. I just put… — Pierce Brosnan
If you are a dreamer,come in. If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar, a hoper, a prayer, a magic-bean-buyer. If you're a pretender,… — Shel Silverstein
So many people are afraid of being themselves so they're stuck in the world as a pretender — Surgeo Bell
Am I just a pretender that you love me? Am I just a wisher who wishes that you need me? Am I just a dreamer… — Superman
You are a great pretender! — Joffrey Lagura
The steady soul and the ego pretender / walk with their arms round each other's shoulders / through the mirage. — Superman
Woman who have been broken need a man who's a mender not a pretender. — IsiahNunn
YOU WANT ME TO BE SOMEONE THAT MADE ME A STRANGER IN MY OWN EYES. THIS IS ME, AND I WILL LIVE OF WHO I… — NO VOICE

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