Pretending Quotes

811 Pretending quotes by 582 unique authors

There's only one requirement of any of us, and that is to be courageous. Because courage, as you might know, defines all other human behavior.… — David Letterman
A liberal pretending to be a conservative? That's like a straight person pretending to be gay to get greater acceptance. — David Mamet
We've never played at this place before. This place is big, and I'm kinda nervous, so we're going to make it feel small by pretending… — Dave Matthews
Some people have a difficult time facing truth and reality. They prefer to live in a make-believe world, pretending that certain things aren't happening. — Joyce Meyer
I had fun pretending to be a sportscaster. People always think that was a down thing for me. I had the best job in sports… — Dennis Miller
Actors are pretending for you, but they're not lying. They are not putting on a guise instead of themselves. They are finding things inside that… — Mike Mills
I made some games, but I'm pretending like I didn't because they all turned out weird. — Shigeru Miyamoto
I think President Obama is trying to deceive the public in pretending that he was not a part of Congress that has made some decisions… — Sarah Palin
Growing up, I was a kid pretending to be an adult. — Guy Pearce
Why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
The world is a perpetual caricature of itself; at every moment it is the mockery and the contradiction of what it is pretending to be. — George Santayana
I'm not pretending I can give advice to every single person or every single couple for every situation; I'm making the point that we are… — Sheryl Sandberg
Women can go on marrying and pretending that their boyfriends and husbands are Mr. Darcy or some RomCom dream man. But where's that going to… — Dan Savage
I have a lot of nice Italian winter clothes that make me look like a sophisticated Lebanese professor, so my friend Robert and I go… — Alexei Sayle
Just as Bowie, Zeppelin, etc., became rock stars by remaking themselves in the image of the California girls, the Go-Gos became rock stars by pretending… — Rob Sheffield
Pretending that we live doesn't make us alive. — Serj Tankian
I started being a songwriter pretending I could do it, and it turned out I could. — James Taylor
I played soccer, and I was the kid who ran the wrong way, or I was pretending to be some sort of zebra and I… — Johnny Weir
An awful lot of gay pop stars pretend to be straight. I'm going to start a movement of straight pop stars pretending to be gay. — Robbie Williams
I wouldn't say I'm a feminist, but I don't like girls pretending to be stupid because it's easier. — Amy Winehouse
I think we have to face right in the center of the hurricane, if you will, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s foibles and faults. I think… — Michael Eric Dyson
It's no good pretending that any relationship has a future if your record collections disagree violently or if your favorite films wouldn't even speak to… — Nick Hornby
Love is being honest with yourself at all times being honest with the other person at all times telling, listening, respecting the truth and never… — Susan Polis Schutz
After all, what was adult life but one moment of weakness piled on top of another? Most people just fell in line like obedient little… — Tom Perrotta
There is nothing more difficult than waking someone who is only pretending to be asleep. — Desmond Tutu

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