Maya Angelou Quotes

Like a pianist runs her fingers over the keys, I'll search my mind for what to say. Now, the poem may want you to write it. And then sometimes you see a situation and think, 'I'd like to write about that.' Those are two different ways of being approached by a poem, or approaching a poem.

Maya Angelou

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MindThinkSearchYouSituationSay

I looked to my mom as an example. And this is what I try to tell so many women: that my mom had a career, and she went to the gym. She took care of herself.

Jillian Michaels

WomenMomCareGymCareerTry

You could have the bases loaded, and you bring up the best pinch-hitter in the world to pinch hit, he hits into a double play, and then all of a sudden: 'How could you do that?'

Joe Torre

BestWorldYouPlayDoubleBring

Taking the humour out of Dickens, it's not Dickens any more.

Andrew Davies

MoreHumourOutTakingAnyDickens

The steel workers have now buried their dead, while the widows weep and watch their orphaned children become objects of public charity. The murder of these unarmed men has never been publicly rebuked by any authoritative officer of the state or federal government.

John L. Lewis

ChildrenMenGovernmentCharityNow

If you are a parent, the horoscope will aid you to detect the evil latent in your child and teach you how to apply the ounce of prevention. It will show you the good points also, that you may make a better man or woman of the soul entrusted to your care.

Max Heindel

GoodWomanSoulManChildEvil

If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles.

Sun Tzu

FearYourselfYouKnow YourselfKnow

I'm not only a rapper, I'm an entertainer.

Smokepurpp

RapperOnlyEntertainer

The more we allow Republicans to concentrate the lion's share of wealth in the hands of a few, the more power these wealthy few will have. And they will use this power to continue rewriting the rules of both our economy and our political system in their favor.

Tom Steyer

PowerLionPoliticalHandsRules

Good cooking is good cooking, regardless of the price.

Lisa Hanawalt

GoodCookingPriceRegardless

Memory training is not just for the sake of performing party tricks; it's about nurturing something profoundly and essentially human.

Joshua Foer

TrainingMemoryPartyHumanJust

I'm very aware of my image and the perception of me.

Jon Jones

MePerceptionImageAwareVery

When I finally get the chance to say what I want, to talk about where we're going from here on out, when my voice, my words, become the measuring stick for WWE, I think that's the moment that's going to reinvent our entire business.

Dolph Ziggler

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