Maya Angelou Authenticity Quotes & Sayings

His [Thomas Edison] method was inefficient in the extreme, for an immense ground had to be covered to get anything at all unless blind chance intervened and, at first, I was almost a sorry witness of his doings, knowing that just a little theory and calculation would have saved him 90 per cent of the labor. But he had a veritable contempt for book learning and mathematical knowledge, trusting himself entirely to his inventor's instinct and practical American sense. In view of this, the truly prodigious amount of his actual accomplishments is little short of a miracle. — Nikola Tesla

Never do something that can't be undone. — Cecelia Ahern

Habits are like submarines; they run silent and deep. — Denis Waitley

If you are not able to 'adjust everywhere', then even the moksha,that you have in your hand, will go away. — Dada Bhagwan

It takes a caring community to raise a child that will be a whole person and a contributing citizen. — Jessye Norman

Nothing, however, bemused the Indians more than the European habit of blowing their noses into a fine handkerchief, folding it carefully, and placing it back in their pockets as if it were a treasured memento. — Bill Bryson

I may not be desperate. But I'm close. — Kristin Billerbeck

When Tony Benn became a minister in the 1960s
and I think this must be apocryphal
he had a huge map of Britain hung upside down in his office, so the channel was at the top and Scotland was at the bottom and, apparently, he said, "This is how we need to look at this country, with the money and the power draining by force of gravity out of the south east." That was a great idea. I rather liked him for that. I don't know if it's actually true or not. — Neal Ascherson

There is no difference between science and art when it comes to creativeness, productiveness, to come to conclusions and to formulations. — Josef Albers

I have also heard and read various accounts of why they [Sheldon Leonard and Carl Reiner] liked me. My favorites? I wasn't too good-looking, I walked a little funny, and I was basically kind of average and ordinary. I guess my lack of perfection turned out to be a winning hand. Let that be a lesson for future generations. — Dick Van Dyke

The most violent and troubling stories become part of our national consciousness about foster care. — Vanessa Diffenbaugh

The difference between PR and social media is that PR is about positioning, and social media is about becoming, being and improving. — Chris Brogan

I want to ask parents, when daughters turn 11 or 14, they keep a tab on their movements. Have these parents ever asked their sons where they have been going, who they have been meeting? Rapists are somebody's sons as well! Parents must take the responsibility to ensure that their sons don't go the wrong direction. — Narendra Modi

There is no private life which has not been determined by a wider public life. — George Eliot