Pretence

Pretence is always vulgar, and arrogance always unladylike.

Women's Sphere of Influence on Civilization (1837) 2003

Pretence is always vulgar, and arrogance always unladylike.

Archive 2003-05-01 2003

So beside the Politician's Paradox we have the Politician's Pretence, which is that we face a dramatic choice between fundamentally different visions of the way forward for society, the economy, the family, the nation etc.

The Guardian World News 2010

As the economist Friedrich von Hayek said in his lecture "The Pretence of Knowledge" when he won the 1974 Nobel prize in economics, "in the study of such complex phenomena as the market, which depend on the actions of many individuals, all the circumstances which will determine the outcome of a process … will hardly ever be fully known or measurable."

Making Sense of Market Forecasts Jason Zweig 2011

In 1974, when the social sciences aspired to the apparent certainties of the hard sciences, Friedrich Hayek gave a lecture called "The Pretence of Knowledge," on the occasion of receiving the Nobel Prize in Economics.

Tsunamis of Information L. Gordon Crovitz 2011

Care or Pretence? by Arktig Silver on Friday, Mar 20, 2009 at 10: 35: 30 AM

Seeds - How to criminalize them 2009

Pretence smiles upon the crowded hall of life holding out hope as bright as it is false.

After January 20th 2009

“There is not one patent in the whole Country for the setting aside of which a cunning Lawyer might not find a Pretence,” the New York patentees protested.

Law and Politics in Newcastle's New York Dan Ernst 2009

Pretence smiles upon the crowded hall of life holding out hope as bright as it is false.

After January 20th 2009

Pretence smiles upon the crowded hall of life holding out hope as bright as it is false.

After January 20th 2009