Pretension Quotes

126 Pretension quotes by 104 unique authors

Let's not be naive, we're not talking about a simple political battle; it is a destructive pretension against the plan of God. We are not… — Pope Francis
Governments, whatever their pretensions otherwise, try to preserve themselves by holding the individual down ... Government itself, indeed, may be reasonably defined as a conspiracy… — H. L. Mencken
The world is his who can see through its pretension. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Having nothing to do, I am correcting the Paris edition of Bach; not only the engraver's mistakes, but also the mistakes hallowed by those who… — Frederic Chopin
With no pretensions of art, Viva Las Vegas, the new Elvis Presley vehicle, is about as pleasant and unimportant as a Banana Split. — Howard Thompson
In the middle of the next century, when the literary establishment will reflect the multicultural makeup of this country and not be dominated by assimiliationists… — Ishmael Reed
Beneath our clothes, our reputations, our pretensions, beneath our religion or lack of it, we are all vulnerable both to the storm without and the… — Frederick Buechner
I grew up reading comic books, pulp books, mystery and science fiction and fantasy. I'm a geek; I make no pretensions otherwise. It's the stuff… — David S. Goyer
Man — despite his artistic pretensions, his sophistication, and his many accomplishments — owes his existence to a six inch layer of topsoil and the… — Paul Harvey
We all wear some disguise, make some professions, use some artifice, to set ourselves off as being better than we are; and yet it is… — William Hazlitt
Foreign diplomats could have modeled their conduct on the way the Negro postmen, Pullman porters, and dining car waiters of Roxbury [Massachusetts] acted, striding around… — Malcolm X
Science makes no pretension to eternal truth or absolute truth. — Eric Temple Bell
All human beings have gray little souls-and they all want to rouge them up. — Maxim Gorky
Pretending is a virtue. If you cant pretend, you can't be king. — Luigi Pirandello
... a canvas that I have covered is worth more than a blank canvas. My pretensions go no further; that is my right to paint,… — Irving Stone
I have to say that my husband and my children are so tough, there really is no space for pretension. — Miuccia Prada
I don't know how to put on any tough guy pretensions. — Anson Mount
What is a harp but an oversized cheese slicer with cultural pretensions? — Denis Norden
We're being treated to the wisdom of some puffed up, little fart. Doing exactly what I used to do, pretensions to anarchy and art. — Don Henley
True glory strikes root, and even extends itself; all false pretensions fall as do flowers, nor can any feigned thing be lasting. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Every man, however hopeless his pretensions may appear, has some project by which he hopes to rise to reputation; some art by which he imagines… — Samuel Johnson
Just make sure your intentions are not pretensions. — Emil Ludwig
The only good in pretending is the fun we get out of fooling ourselves that we fool somebody. — Booth Tarkington
Who makes the fairest show means most deceit. — Pericles
Psychoanalysis will fade away just as mesmerism and phrenology did, and for the same reason - its exploded pretensions will deprive it of recruits — Frederick Crews

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