#being

The greatest country in the history of the world being attacked. So all of this doesn't mean very much today. ↗

— Bud Selig

#being #country #greatest #greatest country #history

I think people should be given a test much like driver's tests as to whether they're capable of being parents! ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#capable #driver #given #i #i think

I have to accept my role. I will never kill myself like Vincent Van Gogh. Nor will I paint beautiful water lilies like Monet. I can't do that. I'm in the idiot role of being a kiddie book person. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#beautiful #being #book #gogh #i

I mean, being a child was being a child, was being a creature without power, without pocket money, without escape routes of any kind. So I didn't want to be a child. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#being #child #creature #escape #i

It's no fun being lonely. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#fun #lonely

Mothers and children are human beings, and they will sometimes do the wrong thing. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#children #human #human beings #mothers #sometimes

When I did 'Bumble-ardy,' I was so intensely aware of death. Eugene, my friend and partner, was dying here in the house when I did 'Bumble-ardy'. I did 'Bumble-ardy' to save myself. I did not want to die with him. I wanted to live, as any human being does. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#aware #being #death #did #die

Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#human #human being #kindness #opportunity #wherever

God is the universal substance in existing things. He comprises all things. He is the fountain of all being. In Him exists everything that is. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#being #comprises #everything #existing #exists

I think there is a real misconception about Indian food being super spicy. And I know that's because when you go into an Indian restaurant, it is pretty spicy. But it doesn't have to be. In fact, my husband can't handle a lot of heat. I've had to temper my cooking so that he can eat with me. ↗

— Aarti Sequeira

#because #being #cooking #eat #fact