“ 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. ”
- Clarence Darrow- Copy
- 2.4K
“ I don't pretend we have all the answers. But the questions are certainly worth thinking about. ”
- Arthur C. Clarke- Copy
- 2.1K
“ Humor distorts nothing, and only false gods are laughed off their pedestals. ”
- Agnes Repplier- Copy
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“ Eclecticism. Every truth is so true that any truth must be false. ”
- Francis Herbert Bradley- Copy
- 3.1K
“ Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery. ”
- Dr. Joyce Brothers- Copy
- 1.7K
“ The greatest genius will never be worth much if he pretends to draw exclusively from his own resources. ”
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe- Copy
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“ What's terrible is to pretend that the second-rate is first-rate, that you don't need love when you do or that you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better. ”
- Doris Lessing- Copy
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“ His friends he loved. His direst earthly foes — cats — I believe he did but feign to hate. My hand will miss the insinuated nose, mine eyes the tail that wagg'd contempt at Fate. ”
- Sir William Watson- Copy
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“ The Englishman can get along with sex quite perfectly so long as he can pretend that it isn't sex but something else. ”
- James Agate- Copy
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“ There is no more lively sensation than that of pain; its impressions are certain and dependable, they never deceive as may those of the pleasure women perpetually feign and almost never experience. ”
- Marquis de Sade- Copy
- 2K
“ Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain. ”
- Bible- Copy
- 2K
“ Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble. ”
- Samuel Johnson- Copy
- 3.3K
“ I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of. ”
- Clarence Darrow- Copy
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“ I knew nothing about martial arts. The coach told me I was talented with learning martial arts, and put me in a school. Three years later I got my first championship in China. ”
- Jet Li- Copy
- 453
“ Canadians know that our difficulties will not be resolved overnight. They are tired of politicians who pretend they will be. ”
- Kim Campbell- Copy
- 1.5K
“ Try to hold on to youth and it mocks you while it sprints away. ”
- Frank Herbert- Copy
- 1.2K
“ Strip away the phony tinsel of Hollywood and you will find the real tinsel underneath. ”
- Oscar Levant- Copy
- 3.8K
“ There was a lot of tabloid journalism about my supposed sex addiction. Bullshit. It's all bullshit. I mean, come on, I never pretended to be a saint. But give me a break. ”
- Michael Douglas- Copy
- 1.2K
“ One of the misfortunes of our time is, that in getting rid of false shame, we have killed off so much real shame as well. ”
- Louis Kronenberger- Copy
- 574
“ Masters, it is proved already that you are little better than false knaves; and it will go near to be thought so shortly. - Much Ado about Nothing. Act iv. Sc. 2. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
- 3.3K
“ When you get through all the phony tinsel of Hollywood, you find the genuine tinsel underneath. ”
- Fred Allen- Copy
- 827
“ It is always self-defeating to pretend to the style of a generation younger than your own; it simply erases your own experience in history. ”
- Renata Adler- Copy
- 1.6K
“ Brotherhood is not so wild a dream as those, who profit by postponing it, pretend. ”
- Eric Sevareid- Copy
- 3.2K
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