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Change is the only constant, and to turn one's back and pretend that it is not coming is an exercise in futility.
I can't pretend I'm some robot that's always neutral. I need to share my opinion - and sometimes aggressively so.
My husband acts and I have such respect for those that do it well, that I wouldn't even try to pretend I can act.
It is foolish to pretend that one is fully recovered from a disappointed passion. Such wounds always leave a scar.
I am not of the vein of actors - and I will not pretend to be one - that takes my character home with me. I don't.
I think that always, as an actor, I don't want to overstep or pretend that I'm doing anything more than I'm doing.
To pretend that there is no such thing as the Muslim world is specious, self-deluding, and - frankly - plain silly.
I never do anything for the camera. It's my job to pretend the camera's not there. I'm never moving for the camera.
If I think about the writers I love or might be influenced by, I can't write at all, so I pretend there aren't any.
I like befriending my collaborators because I'd rather make music with people I like than people I pretend to like.
Serious writers pretend they don't care about film adaptations of their work, but it's a colossal lie: We all care.
I don't like it when people act extra-familiar and pretend that they are my best friends when they are actually not.
While men pretend not to judge women for the way they look, we go to great lengths to pretend we don't care, either.
We live in this realm where things exist but we pretend they don't exist, so that makes them, you know, nonexistent.
I wonder: when a Jehovah's Witness dies and goes to Heaven, does God hide behind the door and pretend He's not home?
As a teenager I went all Goth, but I wasn't mopey enough. I would pretend to be, but I'd end up making people laugh.
Most people try to isolate themselves and pretend like things are all good when a lot of times, that's not how it is.
Why do we have to pretend we're not in the sales game? I didn't sign on to be a salesman. I signed on to be an actor.
I wouldn't say I'm a connoisseur of film. I like certain films, but I don't pretend to be a connoisseur of films, no.
People often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: They pretend they are someone else.
When you get to play pretend for a living and do it with really talented people, it's really fun to go to the office!
I'm not very good at science or math, even though I pretend. And I'm not very good at teaching. I'm not very patient.
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.
If I was to pretend my father didn't exist and I didn't have anything to remember him by, then it wouldn't be healthy.
My twenties were painful. You had to go out to nightclubs. I love not having to pretend to enjoy those things anymore.
Britain's way of dealing with disability is just to try and pretend it's not happening. A swift sweep under the carpet.
The joy of the roasts is to watch people get hurt and offended, and then have to laugh to pretend they're a good sport.
Acting gives me the opportunity to be fascinating on stage or, I suppose; properly speaking, pretend to be fascinating.
Forty is the line of demarcation that says you're an adult now. You're an adult, so don't pretend you're a kid anymore.
Rare is the human being, immature or mature, who has never felt an impulse to pretend he is some one or something else.
Even though people pretend that medical records are privileged information, anyone can already get their hands on them.
I don't think movies or television have any basis in reality at all. It's all just pretend. That's what's fun about it.
When I perform on stage, I often pretend to be someone other than myself to bring a certain emotion or intent to a song.
I am fascinated by people's flaws and delusions: all the messy bits of human nature we all try to pretend we don't have.
Once I saw that we were not the ultimate arbiters of divine truth but flawed human beings, I couldn't pretend otherwise.
It's fun to be able to dress up from time to time and pretend that I don't wear cleats, a T-shirt, and shorts every day.
To say that we mutually agree to coercion is not to say that we are required to enjoy it, or even to pretend we enjoy it.
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!
My playground was the theatre. I'd sit and watch my mother pretend for a living. As a young girl, that's pretty seductive.
I guess the Democrats have to pretend to be more pious than the Republicans because they are under suspicion of not being.
People discuss my art and pretend to understand as if it were necessary to understand, when it's simply necessary to love.
It's unfair to the hard-core stay-at-home moms to pretend you're able to have an amazing body by chasing around your kids.
What irritates me are bands that pretend they've never heard of the Misfits or Danzig, but they've got the skeleton shirt.
I want a politics that doesn't need to pretend to be holy or perfect or infallible. I want a politics that gets on with it.
I don't pretend that I can read minds. I don't believe anybody can read minds. In other words, I don't believe in psychics.
I am who I am and I don't pretend not to be single or burned. And men might not fancy me because I'm too short or too thin.
I can't stand people who are backward. I am honest, straightforward. I don't like to pretend. And I will not change either.
I was never a left-winger, actually. I was a pretend left-winger because it was more interesting than being a right-winger.
I have a hard time watching myself! Usually I do the work, and then I leave it. So I pretend like I'm not on TV every week.
We cannot pretend we do not have problems; we cannot pretend things are not wrong in our country. A lot of things are wrong.