Maya Angelou Quotes

One of my lungs is half gone, and the other half, because I smoked for years, has a lesion. So I can't swim anymore and had the swimming pool covered over. Now it's what I call the dance pavilion, and so I and my friends sit out and put music on and watch people dance.

Maya Angelou

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 4, 1928 - May 28, 2014

Topics

MusicDancePeopleSwimmingFriends

The chief modern rival of Christianity is 'liberalism'... at every point, the two movements are in direct opposition.

John Gresham Machen

TwoPointOppositionModernChief

A mother's job... is very much to hold back the coming of manhood.

Michael Gurian

MotherJobBackComingHoldManhood

I don't watch Comedy Central. I don't enjoy it.

Ron White

ComedyEnjoyWatchCentral

Art is where we make a stand. If we don't make it there, freedom of expression is lost for everyone - for artists, for journalists, and for everyday people.

Lucien Bourjeily

FreedomArtPeopleStandLostWhere

We moved from place to place, and it was hard to adjust to different schools. But we made it.

Jason Pierre-Paul

PlaceHardAdjustDifferentMade

My father was this famous heart surgeon, a wonderful man... but there was something about me that drove him crazy.

Dominick Dunne

FatherHeartManMeCrazyFamous

Everything, I think, about acting is based on imagination.

Christina Ricci

ImaginationThinkActingEverything

To those whose talents are above mediocrity, the highest subjects may be announced. To those who are below mediocrity, the highest subjects may not be announced.

Confucius

MediocrityTalentsMayAboveWhose

If you keep your mouth shut you will never put your foot in it.

Austin O'Malley

YouMouthWillNeverKeepFoot

The studies indicate that focusing our attention on someone else, takes our mind off of our own problems. We stay healthier and thereby live longer.

Allen Klein

LiveMindProblemsSomeoneAttention

I represent the Port of Philadelphia, and I know firsthand the important role that ports play in the national and global economy. I have also seen how simple accidents can have devastating impacts on the port system.

Allyson Schwartz

SimplePlayPhiladelphiaKnowSystem

I always had good recognition from the Southern writers, but the publishers never took any notice of that.

William Jay Smith

GoodRecognitionNeverAlwaysNotice

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Maya Angelou