#seem

People's identities as Indians, as Asians, or as members of the human race, seemed to give way - quite suddenly - to sectarian identification with Hindu, Muslim, or Sikh communities. ↗

— Amartya Sen

#communities #give #hindu #human #human race

I write books that seem more suitable for children, and that's OK with me. They are a better audience and tougher critics. Kids tell you what they think, not what they think they should think. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#better #books #children #critics #i

That always seemed to be the most critical test that a child was confronted with - loss of parents, loss of direction, loss of love. Can you live without a mother and a father? ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#child #confronted #critical #direction #father

I seemed to vow to myself that some day I would go to the region of ice and snow and go on and on till I came to one of the poles of the earth, the end of the axis upon which this great round ball turns. ↗

— Ernest Shackleton

#ball #came #day #earth #end

O God, O God, how weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable seem to me all the uses of this world! ↗

— William Shakespeare

#god #how #me #seem #stale

'Tis best to weigh the enemy more mighty than he seems. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#enemy #mighty #more #seems #than

I'm sure that was the right step, even though, formally speaking, it may seem disadvantageous for a president to resign. But, looking into what is happening today and what is going to happen in the future, I think history will show I made the right decision. ↗

— Eduard Shevardnadze

#disadvantageous #even #formally #future #going

I have always liked lionesses. Female lions have always seemed like the best. They were really strong and took care of their babies and are beautiful. ↗

— Brooke Shields

#babies #beautiful #best #care #female

What is faith? If you believe something because you have evidence for it, or rational argument, that is not faith. So faith seems to be believing something despite the absence of evidence or rational argument for it. ↗

— Peter Singer

#argument #because #believe #believing #despite

Hot water is my native element. I was in it as a baby, and I have never seemed to get out of it ever since. ↗

— Edith Sitwell

#element #ever #get #hot #hot water