“It's hard to have that debate around secret programs authorized by secret legal opinions issued by a secret court. Actually, it's impossible to have that debate.” HardSecretOpinionImpossibleProgramCourtDebate Author:Al Franken
“In the discovery of secret things and in the investigation of hidden causes, stronger reasons are obtained from sure experiments and demonstrated arguments than from probable conjectures and the opinions of philosophical speculators of the common sort.” ReasonCausesCommonSecretOpinionDiscoveryArgumentStrongerPhilosophicalExperimentsInvestigationConjectureSpeculators Author:W. S. Gilbert
“Every child was taught from his cradle that money was Mammon, the chief agent of the flesh and the devil. As he grew up it was his duty as a Christian and a gentleman to appear to despise filthy lucre, whatever his secret opinion of it might be.” ChildrenMightChristianMoneySecretOpinionTaughtDutyGrewGrew UpDevilFleshAgentsChiefsGentlemanDespiseCradleFilthy Book:Rebecca Harding Davis: Writing Cultural Autobiography Source: Rebecca Harding Davis: Writing Cultural Autobiography
“The secret of pleasing in conversation is not to explain too much everything; to say them half and leave a little for divination is a mark of the good opinion we have of others, and nothing flatters their self-love more.” LittlesSelfSecretHalfOpinionToo MuchSelf LoveConversationMark Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“Generally he perceived in men of devout simplicity this opinion: that the secrets of nature were the secrets of God, part of that glory into which man is not to press too boldly.” MenSecretOpinionGloryPressesSimplicity Author:Francis Bacon
“The new religion without any secrets is philosophy. The old religion, said Aristotle, is necessary only for the uneducated; Confucius, Buddha, Voltaire and Lessing were of the same opinion.” SaidPhilosophySecretOpinionUneducated Author:Artur Phleps
“The first secret of success: Believe in Yourself. Nothing changes in your life until you believe you can do things that are important to you. And if you have a low opinion of yourself, nobody else is likely to raise it.” IfsFirstsBelieveImportantCan DoSecretOpinionLowsRaisesBelieve In YourselfBelieve In YouThings ChangeBelieve You CanSecret To Success Author:Steve Goodier