Pretend Quotes

One of the great things to pretend is that you're not only alright, you're in great shape. Now to have that come true - I've actually gone on stage depressed and that's worked its magic on me, 'cause if I can convince you that I'm alright, then maybe I can convince me.

I used to pretend that I was Tom attacking Jerry, who was drawn on the ball.

As a kid I used to pretend I was John Denver, of all people, and play the guitar and sing Take Me Home, Country Roads.

Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.

I think we simply all like to project ourselves into somebody else - somebody who is better-looking, richer, smarter. It's comforting. It's escapism, and that, of course, is what the movies are supposed to be all about. Ultimately, I think it's just part of human nature to pretend.

The economic and political roots of the conflicts are too strong for us to pretend to create a lasting state of harmonious understanding between men.

I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of.

I had two sisters, and we would love to get dressed up and pretend that we were chic, sophisticated ladies. And I think that was a great sort of preparation, in a way.

We have a good arrangement. Roman lies to me and I pretend to believe him.

I do not pretend to know precisely what is on foot there; but I think it pretty evident that there is a very free communication between that country and this body, and unless I am greatly mistaken, I see the dwarfish medium by which that communication is kept up.

I do think, however, that there's a very diverse point of view in the African-American community. There's a lot of different voices that need to be heard. I don't claim and pretend to know the thoughts and opinions and ideas of all African-Americans.

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

I am an actor and I live in the world of pretend in my working capacity. I live in the world of my imagination.

I try to be a better dad and husband than I do pretend rock star.

The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.

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

I have become increasingly used to the Tory party mimicking our policies and phrases in a desperate effort to pretend to their members they are still Eurosceptic.

I guess what bothers me so much about what I now see going on in both Washington and in Texas is an effort to keep people from finding out about the mistakes of lawmakers and then when they're uncovered, an effort to fool people and pretend there was nothing wrong.

I'm crazy, and I don't pretend to be anything else.

Lots of times you have to pretend to join a parade in which you're not really interested in order to get where you're going.

Everyone knows we get paid a lot of money, so why pretend otherwise?

I had a friend, and we always used to pretend to be twins. We had this fantasy about going to Hollywood together. We were about four.

The hardest job an actor can do is all this pretend, all this screaming and being scared for your life.

I can't pretend that I'm a great student of the art of comedy because anybody that becomes philosophical about humour doesn't know what he's talking about.

I've been able to play a kid up to this point and pretend that I'm not a grown-up - well, at least for two hours a night!

It's difficult to speak with beautiful people. No matter how hard you try to pretend otherwise, you still want them to like you.

Some people continue to pretend that anchor people are reporters.

I mean I think children love the idea that there are different viewpoints and different words for things and different worlds. And the more that they pretend to be other people, the harder it is for them to hate them and misunderstand them when they grow up.

Your mind can't always tell the difference between pretend and reality if you pretend too long; or if you go too deep and really believe in what you're doing. If you're going to be that kind of actor and go way out there, it's really important to take care of yourself and have a safe place, whatever that is.

Because the worst of all worlds is when you pretend like you have an immigration policy, you make coming into the United States without our permission illegal, and then you actually don't enforce it.