Pretension Funny Quotes & Sayings

Love is nothing but the fear of mortal man at the thought of solitude. — Theodor Storm

This tottered ensign of my ancestors
Which swept the desert shore of that dead sea
Whereof we got the name of Mortimer,
Will I advance upon these castle-walls.
Drums, strike alarum, raise them from their sport,
And sing aloud the knell of Gaveston! — Christopher Marlowe

Whenever I find my will to live becoming too strong, I read Peter Watts — James Nicoll

Do not stop doing what you love doing most. The love is in doing it most of the time. — Anyaele Sam Chiyson

We fret about how to keep going the same old way when we should be casting around for another way that's better. — John Brunner

I hate having second thoughts," he muttered. "Necessary, for second chances," Dalrymple put in. — Courtney Milan

Are you not scared by seeing that the gypsies are more attractive to us than the apostles? — Ralph Waldo Emerson

No one can "get" an education, for of necessity education is a continuing process. — Louis L'Amour

There was no pleasure like being envied on a mass scale. — Anna Godbersen

Babies welcomed at conception, prepared for during pregnancy, and gently birthed into loving hands begin life positively. They look out at the world with immense interest and curiosity, act as if they feel safe, and make a solid connection with their parents — David Chamberlain

A common lament of the World War II generation is the absence today of personal responsibility — Tom Brokaw

We're a phenomenally snobby society, and it's such a rich seam. The middle class is so funny: it's the class I know best, and it's the class where you find the most pretension, so that's what makes the middle classes so funny. — J.K. Rowling

Seeing the future was not a gift afforded to the Archangels. — Ashlan Thomas

Some things are so silly they have a certain brilliance to them. Other things, set as standards for brilliance and therefore exalted by many who don't know why, become tarnished because of it. — Criss Jami

You're just jealous of me because I'm a tap-dancing ballerina fairy princess veterinarian! — Lemony Snicket

The silence of the room was disturbed by a book that flew open with fluttering leaves, — Dorothy Scarborough