Secret Quotes

Americans' great and secret fear is that America may turn out to be a phenomenon rather than a civilization.

The secret to happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible.

But there are advantages to being elected President. The day after I was elected, I had my high school grades classified Top Secret.

The secret of it is to read what you've got in front of you. Don't, if you suspect that something has a double meaning, don't pause. Don't put on a leery vocal expression if you know what I mean on radio. Don't sort of do anything other than read it.

Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature.

Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.

The first internal relation that is essential to a secret society is the reciprocal confidence of its members.

Life is supposed to be a series of peaks and valleys. The secret is to keep the valleys from becoming Grand Canyons.

The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time.

The big secret in acting is listening to people.

Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the secret of eloquence and of virtue, and of all moral authority.

When people laugh at Mickey Mouse, it's because he's so human; and that is the secret of his popularity.

I find, in being black, a thing of beauty: a joy; a strength; a secret cup of gladness.

The secret to humor is surprise.

I'd be a terrible secret agent. I can't keep a secret and I'm not sneaky.

To whom, then, must I dedicate my wonderful, surprising and interesting adventures? to whom dare I reveal my private opinion of my nearest relations? the secret thoughts of my dearest friends? my own hopes, fears, reflections and dislikes? Nobody!

My mom's a secret Rastafarian.

It isn't a secret that my heart is damaged. All the treatments and medications haven't been effective.

I've learned through experience that life is never that bad. The secret is just paying attention to how you feel and not letting anyone else dictate what in your heart you know is right.

I live on a ranch in Utah for now, but I'm gonna move. I've got another ranch to move to, but its location is a secret. When I get there, I'm gonna plow the road in behind me.

The secret to discovery is to never believe existing facts.

The secret of long life is double careers. One to about age sixty, then another for the next thirty years.

The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with emperors, kings and ministers, but also with the secret societies which have everywhere their unscrupulous agents, and can at the last moment upset all the governments' plans.

There are people who kind of gravitate towards running politics based on new ideas and issues, and that was what the secret was for Clinton.

The secret of being a bore... is to tell everything.

Here's a secret. Many novelists, if they are pressed and if they are being honest, will admit that the finished book is a rather rough translation of the book they'd intended to write.

Jack Kennedy always said to me, Hedy, get involved. That's the secret of life. Try everything. Join everything. Meet everybody.

I'm not of the American ilk that, you know, your lover needs to be your best friend and know you inside out. I think he should know you well enough to please you. Otherwise, what secret will there be to tell him when you're ninety?

I'm laughing because I know the secret of life. And the secret of life is that I have validated my existence. I know that I am worth more than my house, my bank account, or any physical thing.

You know, I think the film business is its own worst enemy because it sells movies on DVD footage and 'behind the scenes,' and now it's a real struggle trying to keep storylines and plotlines a secret.