Quotes About I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings

#1. The attempt at introspective analysis ... is in fact like seizing a spinning top to catch its motion, or trying to turn up the gas quickly enough to see the darkness.

William James

#2. Light fell, and so did my confidence.

Ruta Sepetys

#3. The truth is worth pursuing at any distance.

Kenneth Eade

#4. I don't really consider myself a horror director or a violent director at all.

Ryuhei Kitamura

#5. Thus says the LORD: Here is my servant whom I uphold, my chosen one with whom I am pleased, upon whom I have put my spirit; he shall bring forth justice to the nations, not crying out, not shouting, not making his voice heard in the street.

Various

#6. I know why the caged bird sings.

Maya Angelou

#7. You can do this" I murmured. "You are my brother. I love you. All the embarrassing bits, all the annoying bits, which I imagine is most of you
a thousand Zias might run away from you if they knew the truth. But I won't. I'll still be here.

Rick Riordan

#8. The goal of maximizing the welfare of all may be better achieved by an ethic that accepts our inclinations and harnesses them so that, taken as a whole, the system works to everyone's advantage.

Peter Singer

#9. The world can't take these smiles away.

John Reuben Zappin

#10. I know why the caged bird sings, ah me, When his wing is bruised and his bosom sore,- When he beats his bars and would be free; It is not a carol of joy or glee, But a prayer that he sends from his heart's deep core, But a plea, that upward to Heaven he flings- I know why the caged bird sings!

Paul Laurence Dunbar

#11. When a child is born in a jail and during their life all they know is the jail they were born into, the idea of freedom becomes so terrifying that they ridicule the very thought of being free, as a clinical illness. It is nothing like the song that a caged bird sings.

Alejandro C. Estrada

#12. When parents are confident that their children will live, they have fewer of them. They invest more in each child's food, health and education.

Anne M. Mulcahy

#13. From these inconsiderable attempts, some idea may be formed with what success, should Fortune afford an opportunity, I am likely to treat matters of greater importance.

Giraldus Cambrensis

#14. You don't have to know where you will end up, to get started!

Arabia

#15. [Being role model ]is good for me mentally, selfishly, and it's also nice to try to do that for, especially, younger women. I mean, it's scary as hell ... I worry about it, but I think it's a good thing to try to do.

Mindy Kaling

#16. How tedious is time, when his wings are loaded with expectation!

Mary Collyer

#17. Teach me the happy art of attending to things temporal with a mind intent on things eternal.

Various Puritans

#18. It's time for conservative Americans to do what Reagan did.

Mike Pence