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Down Quotes by Maya Angelou
- Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.
- The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind.
- I liked to write from the time I was about 12 or 13. I loved to read. And since I only spoke to my brother,…
- Black people comprehend the South. We understand its weight. It has rested on our backs... I knew that my heart would break if ever I…
- Since time is the one immaterial object which we cannot influence - neither speed up nor slow down, add to nor diminish - it is…
- I look at some of the great novelists, and I think the reason they are great is that they're telling the truth. The fact is…
- No not me go find someone else to bring down
- Through the centuries, we faced down death by daring to hope.
- You can't get too high for somebody to bring you down.
- Sometimes all you need in love is to make each other happy, to make each other laugh. So long as you can still do that…
- I think when we don't know what to do it's wise to do nothing. Sit down quietly; quiet our hearts and minds and breathe deeply.
- 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…
- If you are going down a road and don't like what's in front of you, and look behind you and don't like what you see,…
- When the storyteller tells the truth, she reminds us that human beings are more alike than unalike... A story is what it's like to be…
- We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated. It may even be necessary to encounter the defeat so that we can know…
- What we really have to do is take a day and sit down and think. The world is not going to end or fall apart.…
- This conference ? of, for and about women ? is, in itself, a rainbow in the clouds. When numerous women come together and show that…
- You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies. You may trod me in the very dirt, but still like dust, I'll…
- That knowledge humbles me, melts my bones, closes my ears, and makes my teeth rock loosely in their gums. And it also liberates me. I…
- Since time is the one immaterial object which we cannot influence neither speed up nor slow down add to nor diminish it is an imponderably…
- I had read a Tale of Two Cities and found it up to my standards as a romantic novel. She opened the first page and…
- I walk into a room Just as cool as you please, And to a man, The fellows stand or Fall down on their knees.
- Don't let the man bring you down.
- The need for change bulldozed road down the center of my mind.
More Down Quotes
- Whenever a toddler sees a pile of blocks, he wants to tear it down. — J. J. Abrams
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
- Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered. — Aristotle
- I would not suggest the U.S. should sit down with the North Koreans bilaterally immediately after they've fired missiles - because the… — Richard Armitage
- Through my illness I learned rejection. I was written off. That was the moment I thought, Okay, game on. No prisoners. Everybody's… — Lance Armstrong
- My Latin temper blows up pretty fast, but it goes down just as fast. Maybe that's why you seldom hear of ulcers… — Desi Arnaz
- This is the sheriff you're talking about, with a gun and badge that enforces the law. Nothing is going to stop me… — Joe Arpaio
- The Steps to Folly as well as Sin are gradual, and almost imperceptible, and when we are once on the Decline, we… — Mary Astell
- I could be on 52nd and Third in Manhattan up and ask a strange for directions and they will help you, that's… — Rodney Atkins
- I like to juggle with one ball at a time. Then I put the ball down and do nothing for extended periods… — Rowan Atkinson
- I think every age lives in a blend of technology so there's always older ones mixed in with newer ones, and when… — Margaret Atwood
- The people you see in Nigeria today have always lived as neighbors in the same space for as long as we can… — Chinua Achebe