Quotes About Maya Angelou Oprah

#1. I feel like you may be a special and kind person. And I would like to make it my business to know special and kind people. Especially if they are boys my age.

Rachel Cohn

#2. The bottom line always remains the same: What is the basic humanity of the character? How do I make them resonate with the reader?

Len Wein

#3. As a kid, 'Star Wars' was much more my thing than 'Star Trek' was.

J.J. Abrams

#4. I will live inside this hope until the very last grain of sand falls.

Sarah Fine

#5. Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good.

Maya Angelou

#6. He went out the front door. The sun was blinding after being in the dim house. He walked back to Perry's car, feeling like a boat without a rudder, trapped in a current. He had no place to go and no idea what to do.

Robert Crais

#7. The issues of the day have never seemed more complicated, and yet the conversations over how to solve them increasingly resemble cars passing down a divided highway. Whizzing by without a glance.

Lester Holt

#8. The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety.

Felix Mendelssohn

#9. People say mental hospitals are for the patients, in fact they are to protect society from them. They are justified in doing that. Society has to do what is best for itself.

Robert M. Pirsig

#10. One of the wonderful things about Oprah: She teaches you to keep on stepping.

Maya Angelou

#11. We expect professional and financial success to require time and effort. Why do we take success in our relationships for granted? Why should we expect harmony to come naturally just because we are in love?

Eknath Easwaran

#12. 'Rocky' is an incredibly human story, and 'Creed' is very inspired by the Rocky lore, but there's something kind of profound in letting it all go. This is the first time I'm co-writing, and I'm learning as I go. This process is so different from 'Fruitvale'; hopefully it gets made.

Ryan Coogler

#13. When I sat late, I mean late. A three-year old with insomnia is very similar to a heroin addict going through withdrawal.

Jim Gaffigan

#14. Each memorable verse of a true poet has two or three times the written content.

Alfred De Musset

#15. What stands out to me most about Maya Angelou is not what she has done or written or spoken; it's how she lived her life. She moved through the world with unshakable calm, confidence and a fierce grace.

Oprah Winfrey

#16. Thank you so much for supporting me from the day I stepped foot into the music industry. It really means something to me to have Maya Angelou speak on my behalf. It also means a lot to have Oprah on my speed dial!

Mary J. Blige

#17. If we can continue to win, hopefully they can falter a little down the stretch.

Darcy Tucker

#18. When someone shows you who they are believe them; the first time.

Maya Angelou

#19. I'm a perfectionist, so I always feel there's room for improvement.

Ludacris