“The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.”
Clarence Darrow
“We have had serious disagreement in recent months, ... I am not going to paper over it and pretend it didn't occur. It did occur and we will work our way through that.”
Colin Powell
“All mortals tend to turn into the things they are pretending to be.”
C.S. Lewis
“Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous.”
Chanakya
“I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure - that is all that agnosticism means.”
“I tell everybody, i'm tired of being jerked around, okay? so lets just not pretend. i don't have fuck for a heart. you people are not going to make me feel anything. you are not going to get to me.”
Chuck Palahniuk
“To pretend, I actually do the thing: I have therefore only pretended to pretend.”
Jacques Derrida
