Maurice Sendak Quotes

You know who my gods are, who I believe in fervently? Herman Melville, Emily Dickinson - she's probably the top - Mozart, Shakespeare, Keats. These are wonderful gods who have gotten me through the narrow straits of life.

Maurice Sendak

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 10, 1928 - May 8, 2012

Topics

LifeMeBelieveYouKnowShe

If I were an innocent individual, flown to a foreign country and held for several years and tortured, I'd become a terrorist, too. I'd go to war against the U.S.

Jesse Ventura

WarCountryInnocentGoBecome

CSS is the design language of the web, and it is not as easy to use as it ought to be, and it can be confusing, especially if you are new to it.

Jeffrey Zeldman

LanguageDesignEasyYouNewWeb

I think that Michael Jackson, just as an entertainer, as a figure who embodies the contradictions of black identity and the possibilities of R&B music in the '70s and '80s, will continue to be one of the most recognized and formidable human beings that we've ever produced in our tradition.

Michael Eric Dyson

MusicIdentityBlackThinkTradition

I spent a lot of my career fighting coaches. When coaches told me don't shoot, I'd shoot anyway.

Metta World Peace

MeFightingCareerShootAnywayLot

I'm better than Olivier.

Robert Duvall

BetterThan

Life is too short to be miserable.

Rita Mae Brown

LifeLife Is Too ShortShortToo

I grew up in Wandsworth and was constantly on public transport, as there wasn't much going on around there.

Romy Madley Croft

TransportUpGoingMuchPublicGrew

Each marriage has to be judged separately, and we never know what's going on in another person's marriage.

Mary Wesley

MarriagePersonKnowNeverGoing

If you're trying to do something different, you can't ask someone to help, because they'll want to make it not different.

Josh Homme

SomeoneHelpTryingYouWantAsk

I picture Generation X as young adults living in a state of perpetual adolescence.

Chris Eigeman

GenerationPictureYoungLiving

Every time I had a book come out, I'm like, 'Is it going to be number one?'

Chelsea Handler

TimeBookOutGoingComeLike

Suffrage is not a right afforded to everyone. Rather, voting is a privilege in the United States - and a hard-earned privilege at that.

Chelsea Manning

VotingPrivilegeRightEveryone

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