Secretly Quotes

411 quotes by 371 authors

From my close observation of writers... they fall into two groups: 1) those who bleed copiously and visibly at any bad review, and 2) those… — Isaac Asimov
I almost died, secretly, behind closed doors. — Stephen Baldwin
I was kind of secretly hoping one of my kids would go out and make a million bucks. So when they put me in a… — Joe Biden
I'm always secretly the most pleased when a show just really, really looks good and when my camera guys are really happy with the images… — Anthony Bourdain
If I told you all the people that have secretly told me I've influenced them, you'd never believe it, and you'll never see it in… — Dave Brubeck
I was going to buy a van and move to LA so I could secretly pursue acting without any of my friends knowing. — Steve Buscemi
The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green. — Thomas Carlyle
The moment a man sets his thoughts down on paper, however secretly, he is in a sense writing for publication. — Raymond Chandler
To be honest, I know that a lot of Asian parents are secretly shocked and horrified by many aspects of Western parenting. — Amy Chua
Let judges secretly despair of justice: their verdicts will be more acute. Let generals secretly despair of triumph; killing will be defamed. Let priests secretly… — Leonard Cohen
I know divers, and divers men know me, which love me as I do them: yet if I should pray them, when I meet them… — William Tyndale
You have to be true to yourself, but you have to be true to your best self, not to the self that secretly thinks you… — Stephen Gaskin
If I had a dollar for every time I smiled secretly having you in my mind I think my bank account would show up millions. — Melville Elijah Stone
Rejection is a form of self-assertion. You have only to look back upon yourself as a person who hates this or that to discover what… — George Santayana
The vast majority of the race whether savage or civilized, are secretly kind at heart and shrink from inflicting pain, but in the presence of… — Mark Twain
Whoever aims publicly at great things and at length perceives secretly that he is too weak to achieve them, has usually also insufficient strength to… — Friedrich Nietzsche
At twenty-five, girls begin to talk about being old maids, but secretly resolve that they never will. At thirty, they say nothing about it, but… — Louisa May Alcott
You can be loved by your family, your mate, and your friends yet not love yourself. You can be admired by your associates yet regard… — Nathaniel Branden
A man's women folk, whatever their outward show of respect for his merit and authority, always regard him secretly as an ass, and with something… — H. L. Mencken
In all adversities there is always in its depth, a treasure of spiritual blessings secretly hidden. — Chinmayananda Saraswati

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