Pretensions Quotes

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I have observed that the world has suffered far less from ignorance than from pretensions to knowledge. It is not skeptics or explorers but fanatics… — Daniel J. Boorstin
How much energy is wasted in Italy in trying to write the novel that obeys all the rules. The energy might have been useful to… — Italo Calvino
Demolishing pretensions, especially worthy ones, is a hallmark of the baby boom. — P.J. O'Rourke
When I was 20, in 1957, and maybe you would say I was old enough to know better, but nevertheless, I was completely nuts about… — Tom Stoppard
The first, that their pretensions to this possession of an art properly so called in their art of speaking are entirely unfounded; and the second,… — Friedrich Schleiermacher
If they wish to alleviate the sufferings of the exploited classes, let them live up to their pretensions, let them abandon the academy and go… — Harold Bloom
The television critic, whatever his pretensions, does not labor in the same vineyard as those he criticizes; his grapes are all sour. — Frederic Raphael
I have observed that the world has suffered far less from ignorance than from pretensions to knowledge. It is not skeptics or explorers but fanatics… — Daniel J. Boorstin
Pornography is a satire on human pretensions. — Angela Carter
If youre afraid to love a person because of friendship, you have two choices. Either say what you feel and let love take its place… — Superman

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