Section: «Quotes»
A quotation (from Latin citare, citatum - to proclaim, to cite) is a verbatim excerpt from some text of someone's speech; the author's words, cited to support it with authority or simply to illustrate one's own expressed thought, or to criticize the quoted thought itself.
... the meanest life, the poorest existence, is attributed to God's will, but as human beings become more affluent, as their living standard and..
© Maya Angelou
The needs of a society determine its ethics, and in the Black American ghettos the hero is that man who is offered only the crumbs from his country's..
© Maya Angelou
Stories of law violations are weighed on a different set of scales in the Black mind than in the white. Petty crimes embarrass the community and many..
© Maya Angelou
Self-pity in its early stage is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable.
© Maya Angelou
We had won. Pimps got out of their polished cars and walked the streets of San Francisco only a little uneasy at the unusual exercise. Gamblers..
© Maya Angelou
The caged bird sings with a fearful trill of things unknown but longed for still and his tune is heard on the distant hill for the caged bird sings..
© Maya Angelou
...there is a difference between being convinced and being stubborn. I'm not certain what the difference is, but I do know that if you butt your head..
© Maya Angelou
Strictly speaking, one cannot legislate love, but what one can do is legislate fairness and justice. If legislation does not prohibit our living side..
© Maya Angelou
The white American man makes the white American woman maybe not superfluous but just a little kind of decoration. Not really important to turning..
© Maya Angelou
There is a kind of strength that is almost frightening in black women. It's as if a steel rod runs right through the head down to the feet.
© Maya Angelou
Share secrets with those who have no friends, befriend those who have many friends. Avoid someone who is careless, be with someone who is sad.
© Abai Qūnanbaev
The glory is a high rock. The snake gets to it with a creep, but the falcon reaches it with a single wingspan.
© Abai Qūnanbaev
If you want to be rich and learn the trade. Wealth drains away with time, but skills do not.
© Abai Qūnanbaev