Pretense Quotes

166 quotes by 146 authors

Comics, at least in periodical form, exist almost entirely free of any pretense; the critical world of art hardly touches them, and they're 100% personal. — Chris Ware
Probably no one of us has the True Religion. But all of us together - if we are allowed to be free - are discovering… — Daniel J. Boorstin
Music is the one thing in which there is no use trying to deceive others or make false pretenses. — Confucius
The protection of the masses has in all times been the pretense of tyranny - the plea of monarchy, of aristocracy, of special privilege of… — Henry George
We must put up with our clothes as they are - they have their reason for existing. They are on us to expose us -… — Mark Twain
I don't make any pretense about being normal. I'm not. — Val Kilmer
If there is not Hell, a good many preachers are obtaining money under false pretenses. — Billy Sunday
There are a set of men who go about making purchases upon credit, and buying estates they have not wherewithal to pay for; and having… — Thomas Paine
Can we drop the pretense of Presidents Day and just call it I needed a long weekend because Valentines Day is garbage — Anna Kendrick
I didn't come from any kind of academic background, but I lived in a college town and I knew people who weren't without pretense. There… — Sarah Vowell
One of the easiest forms of pretense to break down is the pretense of enthusiasm for exotic foods. Just bring on the exotic foods. — Robert Benchley
I have met with but one or two persons in the course of my life who understood the art of Walking, that is, of taking… — Henry David Thoreau
Our senior officers knew the war was going badly. Yet they bowed to groupthink pressure and kept up pretenses. ...Many of my generation, the career… — Colin Powell
When other people first became aware of the cow, they expressed concern and anxiety. They suggested strategies for getting the animal out of Molly's parlor:… — Alison Lurie
Piety is the tinfoil of pretense. — Elbert Hubbard
The most comprehensive formulation of therapeutic goals is the striving for wholeheartedness: to be without pretense, to be emotionally sincere, to be able to put… — Karen Horney
The world is full of people who are very clever at seeming much smarter than they really are. — Kurt Vonnegut
Basic anxiety can be roughly described as a feeling of being small, insignificant, helpless, deserted or endangered in a world that is out to abuse,… — Karen Horney
In America, after 9/11, and after the death of bin Laden, and after two wars, one of them fought, a lot of people think, on… — Gideon Raff
In learning and argumentation, the quality brain is similar to a facility of maximum security. What passes the logic test, free of fallacy and pretense,… — Criss Jami

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