Great Pretentious Quotes

#1. No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth.

Robert Southey

#2. I think that as a teenager in England, it's very hard to avoid Europe. You see Barcelona, and you see all those places as a youngster. You go there on school trips and everything, but America is like a different planet.

Simon Taylor-Davis

#3. He fouled out in the fourth quarter, and that's when I really started getting points. He was no more at fault than anyone.

Wilt Chamberlain

#4. What I've learned, Mia, and what my grandmother always said, is that the whole point is wishing and remembering - not if what you want happens, not if remembering hurts. Because when you wish for something, you're asking. And when you ask, you're trying. And all everyone can really do is try, right?

Melissa Senate

#5. A few of these interviews have gone slightly awry, because every now and again there has been the odd conflict of interest between interviews because of the Iron Maiden record, and I am a bit long-winded.

Bruce Dickinson

#6. Yes, fine," I say, feeling dead inside. They don't know what they're in for at Spence, getting me, a ghost of a girl who'll nod and smile and take her tea who isn't really here.

Libba Bray

#7. Sunglasses are great, but I always feel a bit pretentious wearing sunglasses. I mean, I do love to wear them.

Daphne Guinness

#8. Contrary to his infallibly "honest" image, Abe wasn't above lying so long as it served a noble purpose.

Seth Grahame-Smith

#9. Fighting is easier than loving, just as giving in to anger is easier than self-control.

Donna Lynn Hope

#10. I'll never give up. Gemma is my soul mate, my other half, the only girl Ive ever loved. Weve been through hell together. Hell, weve died and then came back to life because of our love

Jessica Sorensen

#11. In every man there is an instinctive and passionate reaction if his person or liberty is attacked.

Arthur Keith

#12. Well, first of all it's entertainment. That stops us becoming too pretentious or thinking we're great artists.

Richard Thompson

#13. I often wonder, Is it worth waiting only for things you think are going to be truly great, or is that a pretentious attitude to take?

Jason Schwartzman

#14. The very moment I admitted we were flirting, I lost patience for it.

Susan Choi

#15. Slade was never pretentious. It was just music to them. Pop, rock, soul ... it was all the same to Slade. They wrote great songs. And, besides, I'd like to raid their wardrobe.

Noel Gallagher