Pretend Quotes
On the gap between appearances and what's real underneath.
Several lines draw a line between honest limitation and outright pretending, including the idea that institutions do better admitting what they aren't. Read related thoughts in our Know quotes.
You pretend to be more eccentric than you actually are because you fear you are an interchangeable cog.
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The love of Christ is not a pretend love. It is not a greeting-card love. It is not the kind of love that is praised in popular music and movies.
Europeans don't like to talk about intelligence, and they often pretend their countries don't spy.
Lucy Kellaway's columns in the 'Financial Times' lend themselves to podcasts because they usually consist of her giving a brisk ticking off to some CEO or subversively wondering whether we're really as busy as we pretend we are.
I make no bones about it, I'm a product of my upbringing and of the time I was brought up, so I'm not going to pretend not to be.
Maybe I should pretend like I'm not insecure, but I really am. This movie is going to come out and... will people like it? Will they like Rey?
If I was to pretend my father didn't exist and I didn't have anything to remember him by, then it wouldn't be healthy.
The thing about taking risks is, if it's really a risk, you really can fail. It's only a pretend risk if you really can't fail.
I think sports is one of the places where race plays itself out publicly. Although we pretend it doesn't.
I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of.
I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure - that is all that agnosticism means.
You can't pretend to be a Sharon Stone or a Marilyn Monroe. You really can't fake that.
Lots of times you have to pretend to join a parade in which you're not really interested in order to get where you're going.
If I'm going to eat fast food, I'm going to McDonald's. I don't need to pretend.
Everything isn't permanent, so don't pretend that it is. Everything's supposed to move and shift.
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Other entries use a lighthearted metaphor about seasonal charm never quite living up to its own hype. Browse Love quotes for more on charm and sincerity.
