Quotes About Pretense

she knew she would go on with her false, fancy colourings of this nothing as soon as she saw him again; she had just been practicing them. "What's the idea?" she wondered. "What makes me tell such lies? Why shouldn't I be just myself?" And then she thought, "But which one is myself?

The goateed Sandy Duncan bustled over again. He spoke with a French accent that sounded about as real as Pepe LePew's. "Monsieur Zuckermahn?" Norm

I was to be a ham

There are no truly strong people. Only people who pretend to be strong.

These guys are fakes. All they've got on their minds is impressing the new girls with the big words they're so proud of, while sticking their hanse up their skirts. And when they graduate,they cut their hair short and march off to work for Mitsubishi or IBM or Fuji Bank. They marry pretty wives who've never read Marx and have kids they give fancy names to that are enough to make you puke. Smash what educational-industrial complex? Don't make me laugh!

Most of these university types are total phonies. They're scared to death somebody's gonna find out they don't know something. They all read the same books and they all throw around the same words, and they get off listening to John Coltrane and seeing Pasolini movies.

When I thought about my old friends Linus Lucas and Theo, I realized they were not really criminals either. They were like me. We were just acting out the strangest, tragic little roles, pretending to be criminals in order to get by. We gave very convincing performances.

See, all actors pretend. I enjoy that pretence. I don't wear heels in real life, but if it is for a character, I love to get into the traits of the person I am playing.

The crafty person is always in danger; and when they think they walk in the dark, all their pretenses are transparent.

A girl should never be stupid unless she is pretending to be stupid to save her own life," Lina said.

the great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be

I have always thought that if Father ever runs out of guilty people to send to the gallows, he'll turn his attentions to the innocent and pretend they're guilty--both in court and in his own mind.

It's easier for parents to ignore, to pretend that everything's great and then do whatever they want while convinced it's something you want, too.

Per un genitore è più facile ignorarti o fingere che tutto vada bene, così può fare quello che vuole e convincersi che vada bene anche a te.

in the general throng, many a fool receives decorations and titles.

Men hate those to whom they have to lie.

Martha: Truth or illusion, George; you don't know the difference. George: No, but we must carry on as though we did. Martha: Amen.

Falsehood always endeavors to copy the mien and attitude of truth.

We've become so glorified in the movie-star system that it's become this artificial royalty. The truth is that we're circus clowns.

Fine...a word that you said when someone asked how you were but didn't really care to know the truth.

Affectation hath always had a greater share both in the action and discourse of men than truth and judgment have.

You're never totally sure. I shouldn't say that because you have to pretend you're completely self-secure all the time. But, the truth is, I know what I'm doing. I think I know what I'm doing.

The drama is make-believe. It does not deal with truth but with effect.

The Man who pretends to be a modest enquirer into the truth of a self-evident thing is a Knave.