118 Quotes About Pretense

The only thing more dangerous than ignorance is the pretense of intelligent ignorance. The former is teachable; the latter is not.

I don't impressed if you're a religious person.I just wanna know about soul behind that mask.

Culture is a symbolic veil with which we hide our animal nature from ourselves … and other animals.

Flag up your courage high and your fears will salute it in humility. Your fears are like walls without foundations; they are afraid to go down and hence pretend to be strong! Exercise Courage!

My correspondence has certainly the charm of variety, and the humbler are usually the more interesting. This looks like one of those unwelcome social summonses which call upon a man either to be bored or to lie.

First one tells a lie; then one believes it; then one becomes it.

As they walked out of the store, Ifemelu said, “I was waiting for her to ask ‘Was it the one with two eyes or the one with two legs?’ Why didn’t she just ask ‘Was it the black girl or the white girl?’”Ginika laughed. “Because this is America. You’re supposed to pretend that you don’t notice certain things.

I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure — that is all that agnosticism means.

Novelists are basically inviting their readers to play a game of pretend. That's what fiction is: a game of pretend.