Quotes about Pretend

Pretend and it will be true. Votes: 3

Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance. Votes: 3

Pretend I asked, now answer the question... Votes: 3

Pretend to be great; greatness will embrace you. Votes: 3

Pretend was a big part of my childhood. Votes: 3

Pretend you are dancing or singing a picture. Votes: 3

Pretend hard enough and maybe it will go away. Votes: 3

Pretend and real are all real to a psychopath. Votes: 3

Pretend to be weak, so your enemy may grow arrogant. Votes: 3

I'll pretend, I tell myself. Pretending is safer than believing. Votes: 3

Pretend to be making something until you actually make something. Votes: 3

Pretend to be good always and even God will be fooled. Votes: 3

Pretend like it's the weekend, ... We could pretend it all the time. Votes: 3

Pretend to be dumb, that's the only way to reach old age. Votes: 3

Pretending is a virtue. If you cant pretend, you can't be king. Votes: 3

Pretend to be completely in control and people will assume that you are. Votes: 3

Pretend that this is a time of miracles and we believe in them. Votes: 3

Always keep that happy attitude. Pretend that you are holding a beautiful fragrant bouquet. Votes: 3

Pretend long enough that you belong, and eventually even you will believe it." - Gallen Votes: 3

Pretend that I ain't in fact/Coming off like a thin hat/Where strong wind at Votes: 3

Fake it until you make it. Pretend to be somebody until that somebody turns into you. Votes: 3

Some Will Hate You Pretend They Love You Now Then Behind They Try To Eliminate You Votes: 3

Pretend to be poor in reality and you'll notice a decrease in your friends list and request. Votes: 3

Pretend what we may, the whole man within us is at work when we form our philosophical opinions. Votes: 3

If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant. Votes: 3

Pretend all you want, pretty girl. You and I know that deep down you're secretly glad to be pressed up to my body. Votes: 3

My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them. Votes: 1

You can pretend to be serious; but you can't pretend to be witty. Votes: 1

I don't pretend we have all the answers. But the questions are certainly worth thinking about. Votes: 1

The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be. Votes: 1

Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command. Votes: 1

It is foolish to pretend that one is fully recovered from a disappointed passion. Such wounds always leave a scar. Votes: 1

People discuss my art and pretend to understand as if it were necessary to understand, when it's simply necessary to love. Votes: 1

I have very high standards for every part of life - my work, my relationships, food, love. I can't just pretend. Votes: 1

I like to be myself, and I don't pretend. For instance, I don't dress up for occasions; I am what I am. Votes: 1

We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect. The judgement of the intellect is only part of the truth. Votes: 1

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism. Votes: 1

It is very difficult for a writer of my generation, if he is honest, to pretend indifference to the work of Somerset Maugham. He was always so entirely there. Votes: 1

Let's pretend my career in music is a bell. Whether you like my music or not is up to you. But you've got to admit I rang that bell pretty hard and pretty often. Votes: 1

You can be 24 and continue to live like you're at college, or even continue to live like you're in high school. Or you can put on a shirt and tie and pretend to be an adult. Votes: 1

We know that segregation is evil. We know that the sickest children should not go to the worst hospitals. No, I refuse to pretend the problem is insufficient knowledge. We lack the theological will to do it. Votes: 1

I am not an angel and do not pretend to be. That is not one of my roles. But I am not the devil either. I am a woman and a serious artist, and I would like so to be judged. Votes: 1

Even if you're unhappy, just pretend that you're happy. Eventually, your smile will be contagious to yourself. I had to learn that. I used to think, 'I'm being fake,' but you know what? Better to be fake and happy than real and miserable. Votes: 1

When I was a little girl, I used to walk around with a towel on my head, pretending I was a nun. And then one day my mother said, 'Why don't you just become an actress, and then you can pretend you're a nun.' Votes: 1

All you need do is listen to very smart people and sift out the ideas that are unworthy or implausible, and I wouldn't pretend for a moment that I hadn't made lots of mistakes and there are companies, perhaps, that we had been investors in. Votes: 1

I think possibly what people working for one hate the most is indecision. Even if I'm completely unsure, I'll pretend I know exactly what I'm talking about and make a decision. The most important thing I can do is try and make myself very clearly understood. Votes: 1

It wasn't until I stood in my truth and told everybody that I had $250,000 in credit card debt. At that point, everything turned around for me. I had to reveal the truth about what I didn't have, more than pretend about what I did. That was interesting. Votes: 1

As a kid, you obviously dream of being a professional footballer. I would watch players like Ronaldo of Brazil and pretend to be him in the playground. But I don't think about trying to become one of the best in the world or anything like that. I just play football. Votes: 1

There are a lot of musicians who are still desperately trying to pretend that it's 1998 and by having a huge marketing campaign, they somehow believe that they can sell 10 million records. That's delusional. No one sells 10 million records. The days of musicians getting rich off of selling records are done. Votes: 1

When I was in high school, I liked to pretend that I was a Russian foreign exchange student. I would do things like go into a pizza restaurant and tell them I'd never had pizza before, and they'd bring me into the kitchen and show me how to make an American pizza. It's really fun. Votes: 1

I didn't want to be short. I've tried to pretend that being a short guy didn't matter. I tried to make up for being short by affecting a strut, by adopting the voice of a much bigger man, by spending more money than I made, by tipping double or triple at bars and restaurants, by dating tall, beautiful women. Votes: 1

I was raised to pretend. Votes: 0

We don't pretend to disagree. Votes: 0

Will you pretend you're my boyfriend? Votes: 0

I don't pretend I know everything. Votes: 0

How can I pretend that nothing happened? Votes: 0

You can pretend anything and master it. Votes: 0

Can't pretend that growin' older never hurts. Votes: 0

If you don't know how, why pretend? Votes: 0

I can't even pretend to play golf. Votes: 0

You become who you pretend to be. Votes: 0

You are what you pretend to be. Votes: 0

We are what we pretend to be. Votes: 0

I can't know everything, pretend you're an orphan. Votes: 0

Apparently I couldn't even pretend to be normal. Votes: 0

I don't pretend to anything more than harmony. Votes: 0

I don't pretend to be an ordinary housewife. Votes: 0

your not alone, Tally. Don't pretend you are Votes: 0

Genuine brokenness pleases God more than pretend spirituality. Votes: 0

I'm not like them But I can pretend Votes: 0

No one is who they pretend to be Votes: 0

I pretend not to teach, but to inquire. Votes: 0

God cannot bless who you pretend to be Votes: 0

We all become what we pretend to be. Votes: 0

We all eventually become whatever we pretend to hate. Votes: 0

And for a price, I will pretend absolutely nothing. Votes: 0

Everything is danger, but we pretend that it's not. Votes: 0

Don't. Don't let's pretend when there's no one around. Votes: 0

Sometimes I think of movie acting as advanced pretend. Votes: 0

I cannot pretend i am not without fear… Votes: 0

Whatever does not pretend at all has style enough. Votes: 0

Plastic people flashing fake smiles at a pretend world. Votes: 0

I don't pretend reality is the same for everyone. Votes: 0

We are lived by powers we pretend to understand. Votes: 0

In sorrow, pretend to be fearless. In happiness, tremble. Votes: 0

In sports, as in love, one can never pretend. Votes: 0

What kid doesn't want to pretend they're James Bond? Votes: 0

We love the things we pretend to laugh at. Votes: 0

We pretend to be strong because we are weak. Votes: 0

I pretend something scary is in front of me. Votes: 0

One thing you can't pretend to be is funny. Votes: 0

Tell it to everyone you know, but pretend you're kidding. Votes: 0

Wear flats. You're short. It's much cooler not to pretend. Votes: 0

Bad things happen when good people pretend nothing is wrong. Votes: 0

When aristocrats pretend they're common people -- they get common! Votes: 0

Whoever you pretend to be, you must face yourself eventually. Votes: 0

Some people continue to pretend that anchor people are reporters. Votes: 0

The truth is a bully we all pretend to like Votes: 0

I don't know what you're feeling, I won't even pretend Votes: 0

If you're not a confident person, pretend to be one. Votes: 0

My husband sings Baa Baa black sheep and we pretend Votes: 0

Wake up meat head, don't pretend that you are dead. Votes: 0

I'm crazy, and I don't pretend to be anything else. Votes: 0

I'm crazy and I don't pretend to be anything else. Votes: 0

Most people love you for who you pretend to be. Votes: 0

You cannot be in pretend for people to like you. Votes: 0

If you are not the best, then pretend you are Votes: 0

I don't play an instrument. I pretend. I try to. Votes: 0

I don't really want to get married to get married pretend. Votes: 0

Forgiveness doesn't mean we have to pretend someone didn't hurt us. Votes: 0

We cannot pretend that reality is different from what it is. Votes: 0

I'm sure there's a range, but I think everyone can pretend. Votes: 0

If you want to be anxious today, pretend you're in control. Votes: 0

Don't pretend to be a journalist if you're not a journalist. Votes: 0

One is what one has the nerve to pretend to be. Votes: 0

Let's pretend that we're human beings and that we're actually alive. Votes: 0

We're all not quite as sane as we pretend to be. Votes: 0

Honored delegates, leaders of the world, I pretend for a living. Votes: 0

[Buckminster Fuller] would pretend to be deaf at the right times. Votes: 0

I'm not going to pretend I'm some saint, because I'm not. Votes: 0

Don't pretend to know me when I don't even know myself... Votes: 0

Don't pretend to care. I don't need you as an anesthetic. Votes: 0

We don't have to pretend to be something that we're not. Votes: 0

People with healthy self-esteem do not need to create pretend identities. Votes: 0

I don't pretend to be the character I AM the character. Votes: 0

I can't pretend to know what love is. It just is. Votes: 0

Dont pretend to be that small, you are not that great! Votes: 0

Before I go on stage I pretend that everyone loves me. Votes: 0

If you pretend everything's fine long enough, everything eventually becomes fine. Votes: 0

No man of any intelligence would pretend to know a female mind. Votes: 0

I pretend to understand because I don't want anybody to be hurt Votes: 0

I smile and play pretend through the Morning Show in the kitchen. Votes: 0

Never pretend that the things you haven't got are not worth having. Votes: 0

Acting isn't a game of "pretend." It's an exercise in being real. Votes: 0

When you meet women, don't pretend to be anything that you're not. Votes: 0

Any glamorous moment you might mistake me for having is always pretend. Votes: 0

People like beauty and purity. They pretend that's what it's all about. Votes: 0

Let's not pretend that abortion isn't about the mass slaughter of innocents. Votes: 0

Don't be ashamed if you don't like what others pretend to love Votes: 0

It's easy to pretend expertise when there's no data to contradict you. Votes: 0

What man can pretend to know the riddle of a woman's mind? Votes: 0

If you wish to transform, pretend this day until it is so. Votes: 0

Kids play pretend. I think that kids can be the best actors. Votes: 0

Do let's pretend that I'm a hungry hyena, and you're a bone! Votes: 0

sometimes the best thing to do is to pretend it didn't happen Votes: 0

Be wise among the wise, but pretend to be dull among fools. Votes: 0

I wouldn't pretend to tell you we don't pay our lawyers well. Votes: 0

To pretend to be calm is to be calm, in a way. Votes: 0

You have to put on more faces to pretend who you are. Votes: 0

I'll pretend that I want you for what is on the inside. Votes: 0

You can pretend to be serious; you can't pretend to be witty. Votes: 0

I don't pretend to be an intellectual or a philosopher. I just look. Votes: 0

I don't understand what's going on, but i'll just pretend that I do. Votes: 0

The Muses inspire art and pretend not to notice when Mammon buys it. Votes: 0

I ignore my fear. When I make decisions, I pretend it doesn't exist. Votes: 0

I cant pretend to be objective when it comes to service or sacrifice. Votes: 0

Just tell yourself a story that'll satisfy you and pretend he told it. Votes: 0

Everyone knows we get paid a lot of money, so why pretend otherwise? Votes: 0

Hospitals, like airports and supermarkets, only pretend to be open nights and weekends. Votes: 0

A novelist is an elephant, but an elephant who must pretend to forget. Votes: 0

I try never to wear my own clothes, I pretend I'm someone else Votes: 0

And you pretend it doesn't bother you, When you just want to explode... Votes: 0

We pretend we have it all. We pretend we can have it all. Votes: 0

I'd rather feel something for real than pretend it's not what it is. Votes: 0

I do not pretend that all that white men do is properly Christianized... Votes: 0

There are real teachers out there; I don't pretend to have their mantle. Votes: 0

I like to pretend that my art has nothing to do with me. Votes: 0

Nobody really understands gold prices and I don't pretend to understand them either, Votes: 0

To put an arrogant 'famous' writer in his place: pretend to be illiterate. Votes: 0

I try never to wear my own clothes, I pretend I'm someone else. Votes: 0

Pedantry is properly the over-rating of any kind of knowledge we pretend to. Votes: 0

I don't pretend to be captain weird. I just do what I do. Votes: 0

Since these mysteries exceed my grasp, I shall pretend to have organized them. Votes: 0

I don't pretend to be a digital savant or even a digital apprentice. Votes: 0

When no one loves you, you have to pretend that everyone loves you. Votes: 0

To put an arrogant 'famous' singer in her place: pretend to be deaf. Votes: 0

Many people who pretend to be very busy have the least to do. Votes: 0

Let's not pretend that all of a sudden, this is some new system. Votes: 0

We will often do anything to pretend that nothing is on our minds. Votes: 0

Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous. Votes: 0

The best way of keeping a secret is to pretend there isn't one. Votes: 0

A ton of athletes, even if they know your name, pretend they don't. Votes: 0

Imagine fantasy and pretend as neither fantastical nor pretended.....and then believe it. Votes: 0

Chemistry's a tricky thing, and if I'm not feeling it, I'm not gonna pretend. Votes: 0

I dress the way I want. I don't pretend to be someone I'm not. Votes: 0

To pretend, I actually do the thing: I have therefore only pretended to pretend. Votes: 0

The nudes of art are not so distant from pornography as prudish pedants pretend. Votes: 0

One way to compensate for a tiny brain is to pretend to be dead. Votes: 0

I'm super-popular, so I had to pretend to be a loser, which was super-hard. Votes: 0

The higher the rank the less pretence, because there is less to pretend to. Votes: 0

I'm not a politician. I don't pretend to be a politician. I'm an independent. Votes: 0

It is the essence of dignity to pretend to desire what you cannot prevent. Votes: 0

Writers who pretend that everything they're doing is completely new are full of it. Votes: 0

I don't want to pretend like I'm some intellectual person who understands Flannery O'Connor. Votes: 0

Perhaps it's impossible to wear an identity without becoming what you pretend to be. Votes: 0

I tweet too much. I can't even pretend it's because I'm talking to fans. Votes: 0

You can't take away knowledge, and it's dangerous to pretend you never had it. Votes: 0

My brokenness is a better bridge for people than my pretend wholeness ever was. Votes: 0

It's always awkward to pretend to play. I feel like Ashlee Simpson. Oooh, zing. Votes: 0

I don't know what else I could do but pretend to be an actor. Votes: 0

Jesus didn't die for us so we could pretend to be something we're not. Votes: 0

...and whenever I had menstral cramps, I could just pretend that Voldemort was close. Votes: 0

Sometimes you just have to put on lip gloss and pretend to be psyched. Votes: 0

Nobody's perfect, and to try to pretend you're perfect is an exhausting fool's errand. Votes: 0

Why do people want to pretend that death is sleep? It isn't. It isn't. Votes: 0

Load up our guns Bring your friends It's fun to lose and to pretend Votes: 0

I pretend I'm not hurt, I walk about the world like I'm having fun. Votes: 0

When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane. Votes: 0

I cannot even pretend to feel as much interest in boys as in girls. Votes: 0

I can't pretend that I'm brave and that I can beat the whole world. Votes: 0

I thought what I'd do was I'd pretend I was one of those deaf-mutes. Votes: 0

Why does everyone have to pretend to be stupid and not know long words? Votes: 0

I am not who I pretend to be, even when I act like myself. Votes: 0

The point of acting is to pretend you're someone else and sell a story. Votes: 0

I always pretend like I'm nervous no matter what. I try to fall asleep. Votes: 0

Summer bachelors, like summer breezes, are never as cool as they pretend to be. Votes: 0

It was tough attempting to be social with people who'd rather pretend you didn't exist. Votes: 0

The surest way to lose truth is to pretend that one already wholly possesses it. Votes: 0

Brotherhood is not so wild a dream as those, who profit by postponing it, pretend Votes: 0

Leave it up to hipster nerds to pretend to hate something that they actually want Votes: 0

With voice-over, you have to pretend like you're three, except you can talk and read. Votes: 0

No matter what time your guests arrive, pretend they're early, so naturally you're not ready. Votes: 0

Many filmmakers pretend that they never see anything, which has always seemed odd to me. Votes: 0

Brotherhood is not so wild a dream as those, who profit by postponing it, pretend. Votes: 0

The laws of conscience, which we pretend to be derived from nature, proceed from Custom. Votes: 0

Sometimes it's easier to pretend that you don't care, than to admit it's killing you. Votes: 0

I choose to do unattractive people, because then I can pretend they think they're attractive. Votes: 0

Nurture your own confidence and make it real; don't pretend to be someone you're not. Votes: 0

With voice-over, you have to pretend like youre three, except you can talk and read. Votes: 0

I don't pretend anything anymore. I don't have time, desire or energy to calculate anymore. Votes: 0

Some adults would rather pretend that bad things dont exist than to talk about them. Votes: 0

If you pretend that business is beyond morality, that's the kind of morality you get. Votes: 0

Do we ignore the needyto spite the greedy?Or share and defenddespite those who pretend? Votes: 0

I think I was always a drama queen. I really, really, really loved playing pretend. Votes: 0

I am who I am. I can't pretend to be somebody who makes $25,000 a year. Votes: 0

What humbugs we are, who pretend to live for beauty, and never see the dawn! Votes: 0

I'm not a housing market expert, and I don't want to pretend to be one. Votes: 0

Don't pretend to be what you are not. Don't refuse to be what you are. Votes: 0

It's great to be able to pretend you're tough but funny at the same time. Votes: 0

Until you have wasted time in a city, you cannot pretend to know it well. Votes: 0

We have a good arrangement. Roman lies to me and I pretend to believe him. Votes: 0

It takes a whole lot of medicine for me to pretend I am somebody else. Votes: 0

Aspire to be the man you pretend to be when you're trying to get laid. Votes: 0

Even if you are not evil, pretend to be. It will put off some abuse Votes: 0

I don't pretend to be perfect. I want people to see me as I am. Votes: 0

Don't pretend to be a great master and don't try to show off your strength. Votes: 0

How could I pretend to be a victim when I was so willing to sin? Votes: 0

If you want to be an honorable man, then be what you pretend to be. Votes: 0

Virtue must be valuable, if men and women of all degrees pretend to have it. Votes: 0

Do not pretend - be. Do not promise - act. Do not dream - realize. Votes: 0

Be brave. Even if you're not pretend to be. No one can tell the difference. Votes: 0

We must never pretend appreciation, but if we feel it, then we must express it Votes: 0

The more I like me, the less I want to pretend to be other people. Votes: 0

You can't look at people being crucified. Even if you know it is just pretend. Votes: 0

I try to be a better dad and husband than I do pretend rock star. Votes: 0

And you don't have to care, so don't pretend. Nobody needs a best fake friend. Votes: 0

I pretend I am a princess,so that I can try and behave like one. Votes: 0

But we try to pretend, you see, that the external world exists altogether independently of us. Votes: 0

The American people are tired of liars and people who pretend to be something they're not. Votes: 0

The real loneliness is living among all these kind people who only ask one to pretend! Votes: 0

Quacks pretend to cure other men's disorders, but fail to find a remedy for their own. Votes: 0

You'll tell yourself anything you have to, to pretend that you're still the one in control. Votes: 0

The Church does not pretend to be scientists. It teaches based upon what science tells it. Votes: 0

Life must go on, even if it's no joke...just pretend to believe in the future. Votes: 0

There aren't twelve-hundred people in the world who understand pictures. The others pretend and don't care. Votes: 0

Do not help your jailers to pretend that their jail is your natural state of existence. Votes: 0

You want to make him interested in you? Then pretend to be embarrassed in his presence- Votes: 0

I don't pretend to be objective. There is no such thing as being an objective journalist. Votes: 0

Marshall's crime is to pretend to handle imperfect competition with tools only applicable to perfect competition. Votes: 0

I do not pretend that language is science. It isan instrument for the attainment of science. Votes: 0

I like to sing along to Annie Lennox and pretend to be as sassy as her. Votes: 0

That's what friends should do. cherish the good and pretend not to notice the harmless rest. Votes: 0

Act your age don't pretend to be older than you are give yourself time to grow Votes: 0

One can't love man without hating most of the creatures who pretend to bear his name. Votes: 0

It's hard to believe that you're really here, so I just pretend that you're not here. Votes: 0

When I was at Upright Citizens Brigade, I would pretend to be a sad, drunk rapper. Votes: 0

People pretend not to like grapes when the vines are too high for them to reach Votes: 0

We understand how dangerous a mask can be. We all become what we pretend to be. Votes: 0

Let's not pretend that mental phenomena can be mapped on to the characteristics of billiard balls. Votes: 0

The best way to know and destroy an enemy is to pretend to become his friend. Votes: 0

If I'm going to eat fast food, I'm going to McDonald's. I don't need to pretend. Votes: 0

Let us destroy, but don't let us pretend that we are commiting an act of virtue. Votes: 0

We are never so ridiculous through what we are as through what we pretend to be. Votes: 0

I don't pretend to understand the Universe - it's a great deal bigger than I am. Votes: 0

How many times can a man turn his head, and pretend that he just doesn't see? Votes: 0

I don't pretend to know everything; I just only speak on matters I know I'll win. Votes: 0

Let's all pretend to be someone else, and then perhaps we'll find out who we are. Votes: 0

Don't tell your problems to people because no one cares anyway , but in fact they pretend ! Votes: 0

Kant was a rational theologian. He did not pretend to be a biblical or revealed theologian. Votes: 0

My fallen heart doesn't know. But I will put effort and pretend that I don't know. Votes: 0

Where all pretend to be thinking alike, it's likely that no one is thinking at all. Votes: 0

After making music for twenty-six years I can't pretend I don't know anything about it anymore. Votes: 0

Vladimir Ilyich [Lenin], your concrete actions are completely unworthy of the ideas you pretend to hold. Votes: 0

You can't really pretend something is rosier than it is and expect people to buy it. Votes: 0

I used to pretend that I was Tom attacking Jerry, who was drawn on the ball Votes: 0

I want to pretend there's such a thing as requited love. As the endurance of love. Votes: 0

I know you're a fool, Jim Hardy, but for heaven's sake pretend you're not for five minutes. Votes: 0

The past is what you remember, imagine you remember, convince yourself you remember, or pretend you remember Votes: 0

Most people have seen worse things in private than they pretend to be shocked at in public. Votes: 0

Jace likes to pretend that everyone isn’t talking about him, even when he knows they are. Votes: 0

The whole business is built on ego, vanity, self-satisfaction, and it's total crap to pretend it's not. Votes: 0

Because we're actors we can pretend and fake it, but I'd rather the intimate investment was authentic. Votes: 0

Those who pretend to know what they don't, will be thought ignorant of even what they know. Votes: 0

I don't know if they're really like everybody else, or if they're able to pretend they are. Votes: 0

There is a tendency at every important but difficult crossroad to pretend that it's not really there. Votes: 0

There's no such thing as being cool. People who pretend to be cool have more emotional layers. Votes: 0

To pretend you don't feel a certain strangeness after living in England for 40 years is a fallacy. Votes: 0

No one thinks Las Vegas is real; it is illusion, but visitors willingly suspend disbelief and pretend. Votes: 0

You have to pretend that your life is a financial pleasure even when your autographs are bouncing. Votes: 0

We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear. Votes: 0

The past is what you remember, imagine you remember, convince yourself you remember, or pretend you remember. Votes: 0

The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business. Votes: 0

To be able to pretend to be something that I'm frankly not is very liberating and exciting. Votes: 0

I know this is war, but the rest of us are trying to pretend it's a party. Votes: 0

I loved being outside. We'd hold lightning bugs in our fingers and pretend they were diamond rings. Votes: 0

You can't pretend to be a Sharon Stone or a Marilyn Monroe. You really can't fake that. Votes: 0

Advice to Young Poets Never pretend to be a unicorn by sticking a plunger on your head. Votes: 0

When I was a kid, I used to look in the mirror and pretend I was Elvis. Votes: 0

I can't pretend that I'm just a friend... 'cause I'm thinkin' maybe we were meant to be. Votes: 0

People often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: They pretend they are someone else. Votes: 0

I think a lot of comedians sometimes pretend to find the job more taxing than it is. Votes: 0

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be. Votes: 0

There are actual monsters in the world, but when my kids ask I pretend like there aren't. Votes: 0

I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of. Votes: 0

I played pretend games as a kid, army, whatever, but I never wanted to be an actor. Votes: 0

Idle to pretend that we have lost paradise. We never had it; it is still to make. Votes: 0

Mister Win-Win says it's always okay to pretend. He says that's the only way to feel happy sometimes. Votes: 0

No one can pretend that because a people may be oppressed, every individual member is virtuous and worthy. Votes: 0

The ability to play pretend is something that everyone has access to; you see little kids doing it. Votes: 0

That faceless, nameless and ruthless demon you pretend to fight, is nothing but the bastard in your head. Votes: 0

IF YOU PRETEND THE CHARACTERS CANT SPEAK, AND WRITE A SILENT MOVIE, YOU WILL BE WRITING GREAT DRAMA. Votes: 0

Listen, I would love to win an Emmy at some stage or another. I can't pretend not to. Votes: 0

You pretend to be more eccentric than you actually are because you fear you are an interchangeable cog. Votes: 0

You pretend to be more eccentric than you actually are because you worry you are an interchangeable cog. Votes: 0

I think that it's important not to take [acting] too seriously. It's all pretend. It's a strange job. Votes: 0

To be a mother you must be strong. Even if you don't feel it, you have to pretend. Votes: 0

Mister Win-Win says it's always okay to pretend... He says that's the only way to feel happy sometimes. Votes: 0

I will not pretend that if I had to choose between communism and Nazism I would choose communism. Votes: 0

I do not pretend to write much of a letter. You know under what circumstances I am writing. Votes: 0

Nothing can be more true, than that the greatest Boasters have the least of what they pretend to. Votes: 0

when there's an elephant in the room, you can't pretend it isn't there and just discuss the ants. Votes: 0

Even if I'm completely unsure, I'll pretend I know exactly what I'm talking about and make a decision. Votes: 0

We may pretend we are basically moral people who make mistakes, but the whole of history proves otherwise. Votes: 0

One of the big dangers is to pretend that you can follow a predictable process when you can't. Votes: 0

I would pretend to be the French lieutenant's woman. I was always a romantic. I still am, actually. Votes: 0

We really can't forecast all that well, and yet we pretend that we can, but we really can't. Votes: 0

It's fun to pretend you're good at something you know you wouldn't be good at in real life. Votes: 0

I can't pretend to be a teenager, but I feel like I never really stopped being a teenager. Votes: 0

I believe in civility. But it is not a requirement of civility to pretend there is no war. Votes: 0

The more clearly one sees this world; the more one is obliged to pretend it does not exist. Votes: 0

I do not pretend to write much of a letter. You know under what circumstances I am writing. Votes: 0

Tell people the truth, they laugh. The truth is so tragic they have to pretend it's a joke. Votes: 0

I'm not going to pretend I'm someone I'm not. I'm not going to put on a pre-fab identity. Votes: 0

To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you're not, pretend you are. Votes: 0

Your body has natural healing capacities that nobody in the field of medicine can pretend ultimately to understand. Votes: 0

I don't pretend that I can predict the future value of the growth rate or rate of return. Votes: 0

Men pretend they don't like to be nagged, but they love it, really. It makes them feel wanted. Votes: 0

I will put up with any mockery rather than pretend that I am satisfied when I am hungry. Votes: 0

People have to live by rules in the world. Why do we pretend in school that they don't? Votes: 0

In Russia, I pretend to be a lot of princesses and wait for prince. That was my dream. Votes: 0

War is a lot of things and it's useless to pretend that exciting isn't one of them. (pg. 144) Votes: 0

Just believe in yourself. Even if you don't, pretend that you do and, at some point, you will. Votes: 0

Add a drop of lavender to milk, leave town with an orange, and pretend you're laughing at it. Votes: 0

I love people who are very honest and very open and don't pretend to be anything they're not. Votes: 0

Philosophy ... should not pretend to increase our present stock, but make us economists of what we are possessed of. Votes: 0

If mankind were only just what they pretend to be, the problem of the millennium would be immediately solved. Votes: 0

Lot of folks like to mock dumb history, and pretend it's just a few idiots. Isn't. It's the country. Votes: 0

I can't pretend to be enjoying this. I can't pretend I'm enjoying going out there and playing this style. Votes: 0

People pretend things didn't happen. Or so what, they happened, it's okay. Well, it's never okay. It's always ruined. Votes: 0

Existence is a mystery , and one should accept it as a mystery and not pretend to have any explanation . Votes: 0

So I'll continue to continue to pretend my life will never end, and flowers never bend with the rainfall. Votes: 0

No two journeys are alike. Nobody can pretend to know the journey another person takes to achieve his dreams. Votes: 0

Mrs. Corey still uses her maiden name for business, or when she wants to pretend she doesn't know me. Votes: 0

My god-life! who can understand eve one little minute of it? 'don't try' he said 'just pretend you understand. Votes: 0

At a young age, acting was so inspiring and exciting, because to me it was play - make-believe, pretend. Votes: 0

I've never had to pretend to be having sex with somebody. I'm like the queen of the foreplay dissolve. Votes: 0

It's sometimes better to pretend I don't hear the sound of somebody in the nearby woods with a shotgun. Votes: 0

People pretend to know me when they don't. I feel uncomfortable when I feel like I don't remember someone. Votes: 0

If you want to be the best, be the best, if you are not the best, pretend you are Votes: 0

Imagine, pretend, and play so you can become anyone you want to be. You don't need to be afraid. Votes: 0

If you want to get lost in the jungle rhythm, get down on the ground and pretend you're swimming. Votes: 0

I'd much rather pretend I'm somewhere else, and any time I open the pages of a book, that happens. Votes: 0

Soldiers don't complain...I am not going to do it; I will pretend this is part of a war. Votes: 0

Why pretend to be something you're not? If you have to be someone, be someone no one else is. Votes: 0

Now all that's left of me, is what I pretend to be. So together, but so broken up inside. Votes: 0

I don't try to pretend to be what I'm not. I don't feel I need to do anything outrageous. Votes: 0

I like melancholy. I like to pretend that I'm alone in the world and I'm just sort of abandoned. Votes: 0

If you're gonna pretend to be something, then you have to at least live up to what it is. Votes: 0

Everyone was going to play their part honestly, and not try and pretend to be good or bad guys. Votes: 0

I could pretend, at least, and if I pretended long enough, maybe I could make it into a reality. Votes: 0

Well, I'm not going to sit here and pretend that I haven't been a rogue most of my life. Votes: 0

To forget, or pretend to do so, to return a borrowed article, is the meanest sort of petty theft. Votes: 0

Music means freedom to me. But in acting you can pretend to be someone else and I like that. Votes: 0

Plenty of clever children have to pretend to be not clever or else they get bullied by the thick. Votes: 0

If your face is swollen from the severe beatings of life, smile and pretend to be a fat man. Votes: 0

And God 'sits in the heavens and laughs' at the proud who pretend to be more than they are. Votes: 0

I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure - that is all that agnosticism means. Votes: 0

He says we need to live in the real world, where war and death are a reality, not pretend. Votes: 0

How could I possibly try to pretend the sunlight doesn't exist, now that it's taken so much of me? Votes: 0

I used to pretend that I was just passing through this family on my way to my real one. Votes: 0

It is not only possible to be the person you pretend to be, but there is less effort involved. Votes: 0

Little girls are like old cats. If they don't like you nothing on Earth will make them pretend to. Votes: 0

In 1998, I was trained by the SPLA [Sudanese People's Liberation Army ] in London how to pretend to be a geologist. Votes: 0

The ultimate creative thinking technique is to think like God. If you're an atheist, pretend how God would do it. Votes: 0

Serious writers pretend they don't care about film adaptations of their work, but it's a colossal lie: We all care. Votes: 0

I work on a laptop specifically so I can work in cafes and pretend I'm part of the human world. Votes: 0

I'm a performer. I've just been one since I was a little girl. I used to pretend all the time. Votes: 0

I'm a baseball fan, but I'm not qualified to make baseball decisions, and I don't want to pretend to be, Votes: 0

Dandyism is a lie which reveals the truth, and the truth is that we are what we pretend to be. Votes: 0

When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and stuffed animals, pretend like they're real dogs. Votes: 0

It's like, everything really is two ways, the way we all pretend it is and the way it really is Votes: 0

A lot of my audience are in their 50s. But they want me to pretend to continue to be pretending. Votes: 0

I'm a baseball fan, but I'm not qualified to make baseball decisions, and I don't want to pretend to be. Votes: 0

I knew people want most what they pretend to hate, that it takes courage to say what you really want. Votes: 0

Don't buy one of those baby intercoms. Babies pretend to be dead. They're bastards, and they do it on purpose. Votes: 0

How could I pretend to be someone else when I was already failing at being the person I already was? Votes: 0

Everyone is broken a little, I think, and the most broken of all are those who pretend they are not. Votes: 0

Not one of us can lie or pretend. We're all fixed in good faith in a certain concept of ourselves. Votes: 0

All poets pretend to write for immortality, but the whole tribe have no objection to present pay and present praise. Votes: 0

Other than to amuse himself, why should a man pretend to know where he's going or understand what he sees? Votes: 0

I don't pretend to be able to do TV diagnosis, but I think the guy [Donald Trump] has a problem. Votes: 0

The hardest job an actor can do is all this pretend, all this screaming and being scared for your life. Votes: 0

A lot of my audience are in their 50s. But they want me to pretend to continue to be pretending. Votes: 0

The word 'equality' shows up too much in our founding documents for anyone to pretend it's not the American way. Votes: 0

My husband sings Baa Baa black sheep and we pretend that all's certain and good, that the marriage won't end. Votes: 0

I think women are foolish to pretend they are equal to men, they are far superior and always have been. Votes: 0

So that makes us robbers of robbers," said Bug, "who pretend to be robbers working for a robber of other robbers. Votes: 0

I could lie and pretend that I hunt and camp, but that wouldn't be me. Clothes? Shopping? That's stuff I like! Votes: 0

You feel you can pretend to be young until you're 50, but after that, what happens and how do you approach it? Votes: 0

I like staying in hotels. I like their tiny soap. I like to pretend it's regular-sized and my muscles are huge. Votes: 0

I know now it is children who accept life; grown people cover it up and pretend it is different with drinks. Votes: 0

No one for a moment can pretend that printing is so great a discovery as writing, or algebra as a language. Votes: 0

If you're hung up on nostalgia, pretend today is yesterday and just go out and have one hell of a time. Votes: 0

We all pretend to be very strong, and then in a fraction, you can just break down, at least for me. Votes: 0

I get to pretend I'm flying into space, and hang out with my friends. That's what I do for a living. Votes: 0

Crocodiles are easy. They try to kill and eat you. People are harder. Sometimes they pretend to be your friend first." Votes: 0

I'm not going to pretend that I am the best thing in their life and they have to be totally loyal. Votes: 0

Nature is also great fun. To pretend that nature isn't fun is to miss much of the joy of being alive. Votes: 0

I could go and make commercials left and right and pretend like I am a celebrity, but that is not me. Votes: 0

No woman ought to pretend she's intelligent. And if she is she ought to have the intelligence to pretend she isn't. Votes: 0

Crocodiles are easy. They try to kill and eat you. People are harder. Sometimes they pretend to be your friend first. Votes: 0

Just once it might be instructive to pretend you're accepting an award for failure, just to see who you would thank. Votes: 0

Those who pretend as if they don't love you, are the ones who would hate to see you love another person. Votes: 0

There are a lot of people who pretend to have moral ethics and they talk from both sides of their mouth. Votes: 0

I am a stranger. You do not need to lie to me or pretend. Only with friends do you need masks.. Votes: 0

I know what it is to be hungry, and it is very hard when one cannot even pretend it away. -Sara Votes: 0

It's possible to pretend I'm someone other than who I am, and if I pretend long enough, I can believe it. Votes: 0

I haven't lost my innocence particularly. I'm always ready to pretend I haven't. Yeah, it is a shame in a way. Votes: 0

Change is the only constant, and to turn one's back and pretend that it is not coming is an exercise in futility. Votes: 0

Then I break a glass and I slit my very innermost thigh so that I can pretend that I'm menstru--- well, unavailable. Votes: 0

All your life you pretend to be someone else, and it turns out that you were someone else pretending to be you. Votes: 0

The Englishman can get along with sex quite perfectly so long as he can pretend that it isn't sex but something else. Votes: 0

It is easy to smile at an insult and pretend it's funny when the person insulting you is hosing you with money. Votes: 0

One of the cruelest things you can do to another person is pretend you care about them more than you really do. Votes: 0

I wonder: when a Jehovah's Witness dies and goes to Heaven, does God hide behind the door and pretend He's not home? Votes: 0

I am woman, hear me roar, in numbers too big to ignore, and I know too much to go back and pretend. Votes: 0

I don't pretend for a second that I'm that great of a person on a day-to-day basis. I'm a deeply flawed human. Votes: 0

You should be careful about who you pretend to be, because who you pretend to be - is actually who you are! Votes: 0

I hate violence. When I hold a gun, I feel death in my hands, but it's fun to pretend in the movies. Votes: 0

The best way to clean up a son's room is to close the door and pretend it's not part of the house. Votes: 0

I think it would be shocking for me to pretend not to have any past. And also, it would be a lie. Votes: 0

I know this is going to end bad, but I'm going to pretend it's going to end good.' My life's philosophy. Votes: 0

To know that you do not know is the best. To pretend to know when you do not know is a disease. Votes: 0

You are about to have your first experience with a Greek lunch. I will kill you if you pretend to like it. Votes: 0

A movie camera is like having someone you have a crush on watching you from afar - you pretend it's not there. Votes: 0

If I die unexpectedly can everyone just do the right thing and pretend I was a way better person than I am? Votes: 0

What do we ask of friendship except to be taken for what we pretend to be - and without having to pretend. Votes: 0

If you have not the experience, ask. There is no shame in asking, but do not pretend you know when you don't. Votes: 0

It's fun to pretend you're a little kid, you get to use your imagination and live in a world that's not real. Votes: 0

Not too bad, reminds me of some kind of meat dip, best if you close your eyes and pretend it's something else. Votes: 0

A movie camera is like having someone you have a crush on watching you from afar - you pretend it's not there. Votes: 0

I didn't think it was fair to pretend to give of myself when I was so selfishly consumed with my own drives. Votes: 0

How do I act so well? What I do is I pretend to be the person I'm portraying in the film or play. Votes: 0

I'm sorry I kissed you- it was selfish and it upset you- but you can't ask me to pretend I didnt want to. Votes: 0

I can make beleive I have everything, but I can't pretend that I don't see that without you in my life is complete. Votes: 0

I wanted to be left alone to live my life, so it was very easy for people to pretend that they were me. Votes: 0

Really I just want to get on with my job, which is to pretend to be lots of different people. Simple as that. Votes: 0

I do not know how much my own work has achieved, and I must not pretend it has done more than it has. Votes: 0

Even in my age now, I'm the same as before and just as fearful I only learn how to pretend to be strong Votes: 0

I'm not very good at science or math, even though I pretend. And I'm not very good at teaching. I'm not very patient. Votes: 0

Life changes for the better when we realize that we don't have to know everything and we don't have to pretend we do. Votes: 0

We're going to get gored to death by a feral fugging hog and your best strategy is to pretend it's a grizzly bear? Votes: 0

I don't like it when someone can look you in the eye and lie to you, or pretend that they're more than you. Votes: 0

In our own presence, we all pretend to be simpler than we are: thus we take a break from our fellow human beings. Votes: 0

If I pretend to myself that I'm different from the way I truly am, I'm going to make choices that won't make me happy. Votes: 0

When you get to play pretend for a living and do it with really talented people, it's really fun to go to the office! Votes: 0

I am an actor and I live in the world of pretend in my working capacity. I live in the world of my imagination. Votes: 0

Just one more word. If I ever run into any of you bums on the street corner, just let's pretend we never met before. Votes: 0

As a teenager I went all Goth, but I wasn't mopey enough. I would pretend to be, but I'd end up making people laugh. Votes: 0

When I write now, I pretend I'm holding hands with the old me. I try to make sense of all those questions for her... Votes: 0

The more moral you pretend to be, the less moral you are; the less moral you try to be, the more moral you are. Votes: 0

we could hurt each other even when we weren't trying to, and that none of us was as perfect as we liked to pretend. Votes: 0

If honesty is the key to intimacy, it means we don't have to be perfect and we don't have to pretend to be perfect. Votes: 0

If I think about the writers I love or might be influenced by, I can't write at all, so I pretend there aren't any. Votes: 0

My husband acts and I have such respect for those that do it well, that I wouldn't even try to pretend I can act. Votes: 0

I'm not a cheerleader. I'm not trying to pretend to be sweet and then come out and be bad. This is who I am. Votes: 0

It is always easy to wake up a person who is fast asleep, but never those people who pretend to be deep in sleep. Votes: 0

I pretend I'm one of the royal family when I'm in a hotel and that the hotel belongs to me - it is a palace. Votes: 0

As a kid I used to pretend I was John Denver, of all people, and play the guitar and sing Take Me Home, Country Roads. Votes: 0

I do not know where the error lies. I do not pretend to set people right, but I do see that they are often wrong. Votes: 0