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Than Quotes by Maya Angelou
- My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated…
- There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
- Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.
- For Africa to me... is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless he…
- All great artists draw from the same resource: the human heart, which tells us that we are all more alike than we are unalike.
- I would be stupid not to be on my own side. But I'm a human being, too. And I'm on the side of human beings,…
- I speak a number of languages, but none are more beautiful to me than English.
- We can learn to see each other and see ourselves in each other and recognize that human beings are more alike than we are unalike.
- I'm convinced of this: Good done anywhere is good done everywhere. For a change, start by speaking to people rather than walking by them like…
- If you were the President of the United States or the Queen of England - you couldn't have a person who would be more protective…
- If we accept being talked to any kind of a way, then we are telling ourselves we are not quite worth the best. And if…
- Living in a state of terror was new to many white people in America, but black people have been living in a state of terror…
More Than Quotes
- I'm hoping someday that some kid, black or white, will hit more home runs than myself. Whoever it is, I'd be pulling… — Hank Aaron
- Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think. — Hannah Arendt
- Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either… — Hannah Arendt
- No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once… — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or… — Pietro Aretino
- As a kid, 'Star Wars' was much more my thing than 'Star Trek' was. — J. J. Abrams
- Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip. — Aristophanes
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. — Aristotle
- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle