#secret

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! ↗

— Frances Burney

#dare #dearest #dedicate #dislikes #fears

Here is the secret of inspiration: Tell yourself that thousands and tens of thousands of people, not very intelligent and certainly no more intelligent than the rest of us, have mastered problems as difficult as those that now baffle you. ↗

— William Feather

#certainly #difficult #here #inspiration #intelligent

Denmark is like a secret little place with its own special language. ↗

— Helena Christensen

#language #like #little #own #place

One of my favorite episodes was the one in which Homer grew hair. That was a very unique episode, since there was a gay secretary, but that wasn't even the issue of the show-the issue was Homer's image changing because he had hair. ↗

— Dan Castellaneta

#changing #episode #episodes #even #favorite

The art of the parenthesis is one of the greatest secrets of eloquence in Society. ↗

— Nicolas Chamfort

#eloquence #greatest #secrets #society

Secretly, I wanted to look like Jimi Hendrix, but I could never quite pull it off. ↗

— Bryan Ferry

#could #hendrix #i #jimi #jimi hendrix

And so the game went on in this manner, the throng of children playing keep-away from a bowling ball tossed back and forth across the valley by two plump ogres. The air filled with shrieks and cheers and shouts of laughter as daring players thrilled at the sport. That is, all but the few poor souls knocked dizzy by a bowling ball and captured. No laughter rose from behind bars because those in the birdcage knew what was in store for them - soon to be lunch for a couple of hungry ogres. Now you might be thinking, ‘Wasn’t Gavin swallowed by a wolf earlier? And didn’t he call it fun? And didn’t he tell that raven-haired girl that being swallowed by a bear doesn’t hurt?’ All true, all true. But, here’s a secret you might not know. Ogres chew their food. Luckily, it’s only the first bite that stings. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#dreams #games #gavin #ogres #playing

From a scientist's perspective, to understand everything that you need to know about human beings, you only have to tinker with all the mechanical parts of genes and the brain until there are no more secrets left. ↗

— Deepak Chopra

#beings #brain #everything #genes #human

The big secret to winning elections is to get more votes than your opponent. My friend Representative Robin Hayes is a good example to study. ↗

— Jesse Helms

#big secret #elections #example #friend #get

The human body experiences a powerful gravitational pull in the direction of hope. That is why the patient's hopes are the physician's secret weapon. They are the hidden ingredients in any prescription. ↗

— Norman Cousins

#body #direction #experiences #gravitational #hidden