Pretends Quotes

107 quotes by 99 authors

That's what living in their world is-a big lie. An illusion where everyone looks the other way and pretends that nothing unpleasant exists at all,… — Libba Bray
At first, the new owner pretends he never looked at the living room floor. — Chuck Palahniuk
An ad that pretends to be art is -- at absolute best -- like somebody who smiles warmly at you only because he wants something… — David Foster Wallace
Man cannot do without beauty, and this is what our era pretends to want to disregard. — Albert Camus
No one could really hate a saint, could they? They can't really hate God either. When they want to Hate Him and His saints they… — Evelyn Waugh
Eating plain toast will detonate her. "I'll have some honey." When the bread is done I scrape on a microscopic layer of it and pour… — Laurie Halse Anderson
Max: "Okay guys, I had a couple thoughts I wanted to go over with you." Iggy: (pretends to snore loudy) Max: (throws another pinecone at… — James Patterson
Worry pretends to be necessary but serves no useful purpose — Eckhart Tolle
A grandmother pretends she doesn't know who you are on Halloween. — Erma Bombeck
But merely accepting authoritarian truth, even if that truth has some virtue, does not bring skepticism to an end. To blindly accept a truth one… — Albert Schweitzer
Into the hands of every individual is given a marvelous power for good or evil---the silent, unconscious, unseen influence of his life. This is simply… — William George Jordan
Sometimes you never feel meaner than the moment you stop being mean. It's like how turning on a light makes you realize how dark the… — Rebecca Stead
In the world at large we seldom vote for a principle or a given state of affairs. We vote for a man who pretends to… — B.F. Skinner
Don't feel stupid if you don't like what everyone else pretends to love. — Emma Watson
If I hold her hand she says, â€˜Donâ€™t touch!â€™ If I hold her foot she says â€˜Donâ€™t touch!â€™ But when I hold her waist-beads she… — Chinua Achebe
Everyone pretends to be normal and be your best friend, but underneath, everyone is living some other life you don't know about, and if only… — James Franco
We hear a lot about identity theft when someone takes your wallet and pretends to be you and uses your credit cards. But the more… — Stephen Covey
He should have said something, why hadn't he? Costis wondered. In fact, the king had. He had complained at every step all the way across… — Megan Whalen Turner
It made Costis wonder for the first time just how much the stoic man really wants to hide when he unsuccessfully pretends not to be… — Megan Whalen Turner
I notice, however, that Peter only pretends to inject himselfâ€”when he presses the plunger down, the fluid runs down his throat, and he wipes it… — Veronica Roth

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