The Secret Quotes

I think my secret would have to be just being true to who I am and just being myself.

The dirty little secret about adventure writing is that something has to go wrong.

The saints' deep secret is this: do not seek freedom, and freedom will be given you.

I have always had an interest in performers who play against the most obvious of expectations and are able to find something secret, something withheld, and some level of restraint.

If you want to change the world right now, it’s not so much a secret how you do it. You put the secrets of a criminal government on the Internet.

The whole secret to our success is being able to con ourselves into believing that we're going to change the world because statistically we are unlikely to do it.

It's very, very difficult I think for us to have a transparent debate about secret programs approved by a secret court issuing secret court orders based on secret interpretations of the law.

The secret to a fulfilled life is not only to do well but also to do good.

I found the secret to life: I'm ok when everything is not ok.

There's a sea secret in me / it's plain to see it is rising / but I must be flowing liquid diamonds / calling for my soul / at the corners of the world

It's risky to talk about one's most secret dreams a bit too early.

One ought to have the right to have a secret and to spring it as a surprise. But if you live inside a family you have neither.

My fashion secret is "SIMPLE IS BETTER...LESS IS MORE."

Well, the secret to writing is writing. It's only a secret to people who don't want to hear it. Writing is how you be a writer.

The theory is that if you spill all your secrets, you'll have no desire to lie about anything, ever again. Like the worst about you is already in the open, so why not just be honest?

She was sad with an obscure sadness of which she had not the secret herself. There was in her whole person the stupor of a life ended but never commenced.

I am thinking of aurochs and angels, the secret of durable pigments, prophetic sonnets, the refuge of art. And this is the only immortality you and I may share, my Lolita.

I believe it is no secret that I like Japan very much - Japanese culture, sport, including judo, but it will not offend anyone if I say that I like Russia even more.

I'm reminded of a female patient who was particularly aroused by the shape of her husband's shoulder. And this hint of perversion should ideally remain a secret for both partners.

The secret of play-writing can be given in two maxims: stick to the point, and, whenever you can, cut.

I can't play anything until I find something that connects to my life, something I can carry as my secret map or code for the character.

An artist's saddest secrets are those that have to do with his artistry.

I know of the leafy paths that the witches take Who come with their crowns of pearl and their spindles of wool, And their secret smile, out of the depths of the lake.

Be secret and exult, Because of all things known That is most difficult.

Covertly the hands of a great clock go round and round! Were they to move quickly and at once the whole secret would be out and the shuffling of all ants be done forever.

I know that’s a secret, for it’s whispered everywhere.

I decided that after returning to the US to pursue an academic career I would eventually study the life of Ho Chi Minh to find the secret of his success.

The story of the Kelly system is a story of secrets - or if you prefer, a story of entropy.

It is as if the ordinary language we use every day has a hidden set of signals, a kind of secret code.

Yet sometimes, when the secret cup Of still and serious thought went round, It seemed as if he drank it up, He felt with spirit so profound.

Everybody has always underrated the Russians. They keep their own secrets alike from foe and friends.

If I was a part of secret ninja group my power would be the power of apology. I would just apologize emphatically and freely. And my mech might just be a phone to send apologetic emails from.

Our plans for 'Superman?' I can't say. This is the most super secret thing ever. It's like working for the government, like I'm on a covert mission.

A lot of politics plays at the level of myth, and if you understand that, then you feel like you have access to the secret language of politics.

When one is not slipshod in small matters, not hypocritical in secret, and not reckless in disappointment, only then is one a true hero.

The secret of every durable ... social system is the recasting of 'functional prerequisites' into behavioral motives for actors.

The secret of happiness is something to do

Any good marriage is secret territory, a necessary white space on society’s map. What others don’t know about it is what makes it yours.

If you are ready for the secret, you already possess one half of it, therefore, you will readily recognize the other half the moment it reaches your mind.

The life of Shakespeare is a fine mystery and I tremble every day lest something turn up.

It would be a dreadful thing to tell anyone about it, for it would destroy some fragile structure of truth. It was truth that might be shattered by division.

To keep your secret is wisdom, but to expect others to keep it is folly.

Nearly everyone has had a box of secret pain, shared with no one.

May knowledge come to us! What is this secret our heart has understood and yet will not reveal to us, although it seems to beat as if it were endeavoring to tell it?

The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow there is no humor in Heaven.

To keep your secret is wisdom but to expect others to keep it is folly.

Don't only learn from the rich and successful men, also learn from the poor and those that failed woefully, for in their failures lies the secret of success as well.

Find a secret place and be unreachable! And then, in the silence of solitude, the things you cannot reach in the crowds will meet you there!

The secret of all greatness is in knowing what to do with time.

The secret of all greatness is to discover what you were born to do in life and then do it. You must find out your gifts and talents.