Never trust someone that claims they care nothing of what society thinks of them. Instead of conquering obstacles, they simply pretend they don't exist.
Tiffany MadisonTag: society trust vanity pretend overcoming overcoming-obstacles trustworthiness pretentiousness
Only assholes put a nickname on their business card.
Michael CrichtonTag: pretentiousness
Whenever an occasion arose in which she needed an opinion on something in the wider world, she borrowed her husband's. If this had been all there was to her, she wouldn't have bothered anyone, but as is so often the case with such women, she suffered from an incurable case of of pretentiousness. Lacking any internalized values of her own, such people can arrive at a standpoint only by adopting other people's standards or views. The only principle that governs their minds is the question "How do I look?
Haruki MurakamiTag: ignorance vanity narcissism pretentiousness
I am hard to disgust, but a pretentious poet can do it
Marianne MooreTag: poets poet pretentious disgust pretentiousness pretention
lectures broke into one's day and were clearly a terrible waste of time, necessary no doubt if you were reading law or medicine or some other vocational subject, but in the case of English, the natural thing to do was talk a lot, listen to music, drink coffee and wine, read books, and go to plays, perhaps be in plays…
Stephen FryTag: humour english university pretentiousness
The words of the Greeks are born on their lips, but those of the Romans in their hearts.
Marcus Porcius CatoTag: rhetoric pretentiousness
I imagine that the intelligent people are the ones so intelligent that they don't even need or want to look 'intelligent' anymore.
Criss JamiTag: intelligence certainty philosophy confidence humility profound self-assurance theory foolishness within assurance concealment pretentiousness above-and-beyond
Like a Columbus of the heart, mind and soul I have hurled myself off the shores of my own fears and limiting beliefs to venture far out into the uncharted territories of my inner truth, in search of what it means to be genuine and at peace with who I really am. I have abandoned the masquerade of living up to the expectations of others and explored the new horizons of what it means to be truly and completely me, in all my amazing imperfection and most splendid insecurity.
Anthon St. MaartenTag: fear honesty self-esteem courage bravery be-yourself authenticity self-awareness fearlessness inner-peace exploration vulnerability self-realization imperfection masks pretense real self-belief limitations fearless self-love inner-strength insecurity pretending columbus true-self pretentiousness masquerade believe-in-yourself fake-people geniune phoney be-you inauthenticity be-yourself-quote
To better understand God we must first shatter our own idea of God - maybe even day after day. Maybe he's too great to stay compressed in the human mind. Maybe he splits it wide open; this is why pretentious intellectualism so often fails to comprehend the concept of God: it is only accepting of what it can explain while in the process finding higher sources offensive. What we may confidently assert is that faith is the opening that allows God, this unpredictable, unseen power, to travel in and out of the mind without all the pains of confusion.
Criss JamiTag: wisdom truth certainty doubt pain philosophy god faith humility human understanding spirituality uncertainty theology pride comprehension knowing confusion apologetics pretentiousness not-knowing
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