Pretense Quotes

166 quotes by 146 authors

Most of the confidence which I appear to feel, especially when influenced by noon wine, is only a pretense. — Tennessee Williams
We talked, she and I. She asked about my work and it was a pretense, she was not interested in my work. And when I… — John Fante
What is leadership, after all, but the blind choice of one route over another and the confident pretense that the decision was based on reason — Robert Harris
Self respect is something that can't be killed. The worst thing is to kill a man's pretense at it. — Ayn Rand
That's the way the mind works: the brain is genetically disposed towards organization, yet if not controlled, will link even the most imagerial fragment to… — Tom Robbins
If no one else, the dying must notice how unreal, how full of pretense, is all that we accomplish here, where nothing is allowed to… — Rainer Maria Rilke
My mind swirled with memories of the life I had led. The constant struggle to keep up appearances, the pretenses, the smiles that had been… — Anchee Min
Love of another is merely empty flattery and self-deception for one who cannot accept himself without pretense. — L.E. Modesitt Jr.
Give your heart to everybody you meet. The rest is pretense. — Ethan Hawke
Each memory was brought to life before me and within me. I could not avoid them. Neither could I rationalize, explain away. I could only… — Richard Matheson
What condemnation could possibly be more harsh than oneâ€™s own, when self-pretense is no longer possible? — Richard Matheson
A Woman in harmony with her spirit is like a river flowing. She goes where she will without pretense and arrives at her destination prepared… — Maya Angelou
They have plundered the world, stripping naked the land in their hungerâ€¦ they are driven by greed, if their enemy be rich; by ambition, if… — Tacitus
They trespassed upon my thoughts. They were intruders whose knowledge of life was to me an irritating pretense, because I felt so sure they could… — Joseph Conrad
i discovered that my obsession for having each thing in the right place, each subject at the right time, each word in the right style,… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Excuse me, there's no pretense here. I happen to be genuinely self-absorbed and deeply shallow. — Stephen Schwartz
Man was entering under false pretenses the sphere of incredible facilities, acquired too cheaply, below cost price, almost for nothing, and the disproportion between outlay… — Bruno Schulz
I don't want to inhabit the human world under false pretenses. — Janet Frame
The pretense in disputed elections is that the great conflict is between the two major parties. The reality is that there is a much bigger… — Howard Zinn
Or perhaps this hostility of yours is the pretense. Love does make liars out of your kind. — Cassandra Clare

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