“The great Creator to revere Must sure become the creature; But still the preaching cant forbear, And ev'n the rigid feature: Yet ne'er with wits profane to range Be complaisance extended;An atheist laugh's a poor exchange For deity offended.” StillsPoorLaughingCreaturesAtheistCreatorWitRangeFeaturesPreachingOffendedCantDeitiesProfane Author:Robert Burns
“There is a good deal of solemn cant about the common interests of capital and labor. As matters stand, their only common interest is that of cutting each others throat.” MatterInterestDealsCommonBusinessCuttingCapitalismLaborThroatCantSolemnCommon Interests Book:Once Around the Sun Source: Once Around the Sun
“Pretending is a virtue. If you cant pretend, you can't be king.” IfsVirtueKingsPretendingCantPretension Author:Luigi Pirandello
“The American doctrinaire is the converse of the American demagogue, and, in this way, is scarcely less injurious to the public. The first deals in poetry, the last in cant. He is as much a visionary on one side, as the extreme theoretical democrat is a visionary on the other.” WayFirstsLastsSidesDealsPrinciplesDemocratExtremesCantTheoreticalVisionariesConverses Author:James F. Cooper
“In terms of the feeling of the piece, I cant think about what people are gonna think about it, what are the critics gonna say, I'm trying to bring some resolution, and realize that myself. It's a struggle; it's a process that gets us this.” PeopleThinkingTryingFeelingsProcessTermRealizingStrugglePiecesCriticsResolutionCant Author:Godfrey Reggio