“You have to begin to develop a repertory of jokes, multi-plane spiritual jokes, the sort of things the Zen masters tell each other when they're asleep. These are the secret teachings.” SpiritualSecretTeacherTeachingMastersJokesPlanesEnlightenedZen Master Author:Frederick Lenz
“My dog was with me all the time. I talked to my dog. She was my best buddy. I shared all my secrets with her, but I don't think I every really tried jokes out with the dog.” ThinkingSecretDogJokesMy DogBuddyBest Buddies Author:Cathy Guisewite
“The secret to a good marriage, as far as I am concerned, is a joke I make: Keep the fights clean and the sex dirty.” FightingSexSecretJokesConcernedCleanDirtyGood Marriage Author:Michael J. Fox
“I distrust Great Men... I believe in aristocracy, though... Its members are to be found in all nations and classes, and all through the ages, and there is a secret understanding between them when they meet... They are sensitive for others as well as for themselves, they are considerate without being fussy, their pluck is not swankiness but the power to endure, and they can take a joke.” MenBelieveWellsAgeFoundI BelieveNationsUnderstandingSecretClassMembersJokesEndureI Believe InSensitiveGreat MenDistrustAristocracyPluckConsiderateFussy Author:E. M. Forster
“The secret of understanding poetry is to hear poetry's words as what they are: the full self's most intimate speech, half waking, half dream. You listen to a poem as you might listen to someone you love who tells you their truest day. Their words might weep, joke, whirl, leap. What's unspoken in the words will still be heard. It's also the way we listen to music: You don't look for extractable meaning, but to be moved.” WayLooksStillsSelfDreamMightUnderstandingSecretHalfHeardSpeechJokesMovedIntimatePoetry IsLeapWakingListening To MusicTruestUnspokenOne You LoveSomeone You Love Author:Jane Hirshfield
“If you're from New Jersey, let people make all those bad jokes about our state. Don't let anyone know how great it is here. It's the best kept secret.” PeopleIfsKnowsStatesSecretKnow HowJokesJerseyNew JerseyKept SecretsBad JokesBest Kept Secrets Author:Jon Bon Jovi
“I end up feeling like a spy in the house of ethnicity, you know? Because people will talk around me as they would talk around the people in their cultural group. So I get to hear all the secrets and jokes and you know, I'm a part of every community because of the way I look.” PeopleKnowsWayLooksEndsFeelingsHouseCommunitySecretGroupsJokesSpyEthnicity Author:Sherman Alexie