1,440 Quotes by maya angelou

Growing up, my grandmother did not want worldly music in the house. Then when I went out to California, I started listening to Spanish music, mostly Mexican music. But were I in Egypt, I would listen to the music of the people, or if I was in Italy, I'd listen to Italian music.

I know you very well, and I know you need a good English teacher.

But still, like air, I'll rise

A societies needs determines their ethics

People are too busy putting things under microscopes and so forth. Creativity is greater than the sum of its parts.

Each of us, famous or infamous, is a role model for somebody, and if we aren't, we should behave as though we are -- cheerful, kind, loving, courteous. Because you can be sure someone is watching and taking deliberate and diligent notes.

In so many ways, segregation shaped me, and education liberated me.

In all my work what I try to say is that as human beings we are more alike than we are unalike.

One of the problems we have as writers is we don't take ourselves seriously while writing; being serious is setting aside a time and saying if it comes, good; if it doesn't come, good, I'll just sit here.