Quotes About Feigning

Not knowing a thing is not ignorance. Feigning knowledge you don't have can be--Sholto

Polite diseases make some idiots vain, Which, if unfortunately well, they feign.

I'm just very good at pretending.

Not knowing a thing is not ignorance. Feigning knowledge you don't have can be--Sholto

Suicides, in his experience, were perfectly capable of feigning an interest in a future they had no intention of inhabiting.

Autopsychography The poet is a man who feigns And feigns so thoroughly, at last He manages to feign as pain The pain he really feels, And those who read what once he wrote Feel clearly, in the pain they read, Neither of the pains he felt, Only a pain they cannot sense. And thus, around its jolting track There runs, to keep our reason busy, The circling clockwork train of ours That men agree to call a heart.

I wondered at first whether she might not be feigning timidity out of courtesy to a man of an older generation, but a cold gin moisture came out on her beautiful face and she appeared to be appealing to me do something.

The less the mind understands and the more things it perceives, the greater its power of feigning is; and the more things it understands, the more that power is diminished.

Cases of sickness made up a very small percentage which in my opinion was normal. However, propaganda pamphlets dropped from aircraft were telling the workers to feign illness, and detailed instructions were given to them on how to do it.

Even Rudy stood completely erect, feigning nonchalance, tensing himself against the tension.

I'm embarrassed that people will know that I can't ride a bicycle. For years, I have been feigning bad ankles and saying I wasn't in the mood for a bike ride.

First you say you're fine, then you say you're not. We call it "Hamlet Syndrome"- and attempt to get your own way by feigning insanity, generally by saying what comes into your head and dithering a lot. Mind you,' he added thoughtfully, 'it works a lot better if you're a prince.

First you say you're fine, then you say you're not. We call it "Hamlet Syndrome"- an attempt to get your own way by feigning insanity, generally by saying what comes into your head and dithering a lot. Mind you,' he added thoughtfully, 'it works a lot better if you're a prince.

Since unhappiness excites interest, many, in order to render themselves interesting, feign unhappiness.

reality, the picnickers were sweltering beneath their clothes, the champagne was warm, and if anyone had thought to take their shoes off they would have had to walk through goose droppings. Still, they were willing to feign jollity, in the hope that their pretense would encourage the real thing.

But the truth is, we have done more damage to the world's impression of Jesus by feigning inaccurate perfection than we could ever cause

La seule chance de survie, lorsqu'on est sincèrement épris, consiste à dissimuler à la femme qu'on aime, à feindre en toute circonstance un léger détachement.