(37 quotes found)
“On Halloween the thing you must do is pretend that nothing can frighten you. And if something scares you and you want to run just let on like it's Halloween fun”
Contributed by: Randi
Author unknown
“It's common for Men to give 6 pretended Reasons instead of one real one.”
Benjamin Franklin
“He flattered himself on being a man without any prejudices; and this pretension itself is a very great prejudice”
Anatole France
“All mortals tend to turn into the things they are pretending to be.”
C.S. Lewis
“[They still live in Portland, a Pacific Northwest city 150 miles south of Seattle.] Portland has pretensions to being culturally informed, ... I got enough to hire my cokehead friends to design it.”
Courtney Taylor
“Pretense cannot sustain blind power.”
Dejan Stojanovic
“Fear is the question. Love is the answer.”
Rain Bojangles
“A bizarre sensation pervades a relationship of pretense. No truth seems true. A simple morning's greeting and response appear loaded with innuendo and fraught with implications. Each nicety becomes more sterile and each withdrawal more permanent.”
Maya Angelou
“Do not pretend - be. Do not promise - act. Do not dream - realize.”
Mirra Alfassa
