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

I'm very honest about my food background; I've never tried to pretend like I was a chef.

I don't pretend; I'm honest. Sometimes that causes a problem; I always say what I think.

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

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

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

Gentlemen and ladies are sure of their ground. They pretend to nothing that they are not.

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

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

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

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

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

I'm a big fan of both Linda Bassett and Pam Ferris, but had to pretend I was calm about it.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Don't ignore big problems, and don't try to pretend that problems are smaller than they are.

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

I'd perform in the mirror; I'd pretend to do interviews. I'd practice my autograph for hours.

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

There are a lot of people who were born into immense privilege who pretend that they weren't.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

There's no way to be a 30-year-old band, go on tour, and pretend the nostalgia isn't happening.

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

We pretend that the brain is binary, like a computer. But it's not. It's completely holographic.

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

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

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

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

It's a blessing to stay a child all your life - pretend to be this and that. And get paid for it.

Everything isn't permanent, so don't pretend that it is. Everything's supposed to move and shift.

One must be deliberately ignoring reality to pretend that our asylum process is not being abused.

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

Europeans don't like to talk about intelligence, and they often pretend their countries don't spy.

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

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

I will not pretend to be something that I'm not. I certainly won't do it to win the audience over.

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

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

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

I used to pretend to be an expert on various kinds of music, even if they didn't really interest me.

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