33 Quotes About Pretension

She was so scared that she forgot to be a contralto.

Then there’s the business of standardized tests. Henry refused to take the SATs - he’d probably score off the charts if he did, but he’s got some kind of aesthetic objection to them.

He had perfected the art of looking interested, and could grasp in surprise at any and every predictable punchline.

…a kind of Calvinist in reverse; that is, he was uncompromisingly bohemian

One who preserves all the exterior decencies of ignorance.

For in religion as in friendship, they who profess most are ever the least sincere.