Pretending Quotes

I spent part of my college years in a Marxist commune. I was not a Marxist. I wasn't even pretending to be one. I was a Marxist-in-law.

Pretending you are not in love with someone only delays the time of you getting over them.

There is a problem in pretending I can still control my destiny in the commercial market.

That's why I liked him, I think. Another guy pretending to be human, just like me.

I'm talkin' about you. Stop pretending you're normal. You're insane. Make that work for you.

The saddest day in the world will be the one when she stops pretending.

What’s the difference between spending your life trying to be invisible, or pretending to be the person you think everyone wants you to be? Either way, you’re faking.

It reminds me of how grandmother always had the right costume for me to wear. You wear the right outfit and you feel like the person you're pretending to be.

When you notice light seeping into your coffin, it's hard to go on pretending that you're still dead.

There's an element of clowning and entertainment to Trump, that makes it surreal and hard to understand to what extent he is pretending to be a fascist or an authoritarian.

The key to mostly anything is pretending your first time isn't.

Yeah, pretending to ride a horse is actually a lot harder than riding a horse.

I’ve always thought you are what you are and you shouldn’t pretend to be anyone else. But Oliver used to correct me and explain that you are whoever it is you’re pretending to be.

Wisdom consists partly in not pretending anymore, in discarding artifice.

Human humour often consists of pretending to wish something does not really wish.

Women have to stop pretending the choices we make, particularly if we have a platform, don't affect others. We have to be held accountable.

I think ever since I was a kid I knew subconsciously that I wanted to be an actor. I would walk around the house pretending I was somewhere else.

Making the unbelievable believable is different on a set with 'Fantastic Four,' where it's like, 'Wind machines! Because the airship is coming in and you're pretending to be afraid!'

I'm pretending to be a vegetarian. Were I not, I believe I probably still wouldn't eat a wallaby.

You're literally being an actor - you're pretending - and that's not what I like to do.

We need an ally of Mydogg's or Gentian's pretending to be among the most loyal allies of the king,' Brigan said. 'Shouldn't be so hard, really. If I shot an arrow out the window I'd probably hit on.

The worst crime I could think of would be to pull people off by faking it, pretending as if I'm having 100% fun.

He actually listened, rather than pretending to listen while waiting a suitable interval before it was his time to talk again.

Pretending not to be hurt is a brave thing to do... But you know what? Crying is braver. Why? Coz not everyone can accept the fact that... Not all things are meant for you.

I just like a good, honest personality. I like a real person, not somebody who is pretending to be something that they're not. That really annoys me.

My memoir is about my time in film and the decision to leave Hollywood, grow up, and stop pretending.

We'll all grow up Meg, no pretending we won't.

It was the perfect moment to tell her. This is my last year. But I couldn’t say it. Not yet. I wanted another minute, another hour, another night of pretending this wasn’t the end.

The thing about Paris, it's a great city for wandering around and buying shoes and nursing a cafe au lait for hours on end and pretending you're Baudelaire. But it's not a city where you can work.

I stand on the corner, pretending I am a tree.

I need something fun to get my mind off of pretending to die and I didn't have any squibs under water.

Married relationships are not what we are pretending they are. It is not the '40s or the 50s anymore - we cannot pretend, things are changing.

I was trying to replace something I'd come to care about very much with something pretending to be as important.

China is a civilization pretending to be a nation.

Not just in Christian music but also in a lot of Christian culture there is a lot of pretending that everyone is perfect, nobody is really going through much.

When you play a character that's someone real, when you're playing a true story, it's really great, 'cause you're not pretending to make up some silly thing.

And so, now things that are important are, for example, the upcoming elections. It's important that society demonstrate that it is not pretending that these elections are elections.

It doesn't matter if you're play-pretending crying or play-pretending laughing, you're still play-pretending.

Being is like pretending.

I nodded, pretending I was relaxed. I watched the sunlight sparkling on the water and practiced mind-body integration for a few seconds by quietly hyperventilating.

Definitely in voice-over, you have to be completely uninhibited. More than that, you have to put yourself back into the enjoyment of pretending.

Go ahead and make up a ton of lies about me. That's way more interesting than pretending Wikipedia has any real information.

Pretending the past doesn't exist is as bad as living in it.

Understanding the past requires pretending that you don't know the present.

Standing facing the door in an elevator and pretending you're the only person there, no matter how crowded it is.

Faith: Pretending to know things you don't know.

Christians claim that life has no meaning if you stop pretending to know things you don't know, though they phrase it more tersely as life has no meaning without faith.

If you re not speaking your own truth, you will never be able to be all you are meant to be. You cannot be pretending to be somebody else.

I'm right here. This is who I really am. I'm not pretending.

I'm not a liar, sir,' she said. "'No, I'm sure you sincerely become whatever it is you're pretending to be.