“The dirty little secret is that I grew up in a household where there were no carbohydrates allowed, ever. No cookies, no bread, no potatoes, no rice. My mother was very extreme in terms of what she served. Since I left home more than 40 years ago, I've been making it right for myself.” YearsLittlesHomeMotherLeftTermSecretGrewGrew UpYears AgoExtremesBreadDirtyHouseholdPotatoesCookiesRiceNaughtyCarbohydrates Author:Ina Garten
“I've been to Washington many times over the years for stories, and it always seems remarkably the same. More the same than the rest of the country. It's almost like they dress the same as they did 20 years ago. The same old guys are sitting outside the same dirty, dingy secret offices in the Capitol that you're not allowed to go in.” YearsCountryStoriesSeemsGuySecretOfficeSittingYears AgoDressesDirtyCapitolOld Guys Author:Dave Barry
“If all our common-sense notions about the universe were correct, then science would have solved the secrets of the universe thousands of years ago. The purpose of science is to peel back the layer of the appearance of the objects to reveal their underlying nature. In fact, if appearance and essence were the same thing, there would be no need for science.” IfsNeedsYearsFactsWould BePurposeUniverseCommonSecretObjectsYears AgoEssenceNotionAppearanceCommon SenseLayers Author:Michio Kaku
“I meditate. Like probably a lot of people, my mind was opened almost ten years ago with The Secret. From there, I devoured anything Wayne Dyer ever wrote. I listen to him constantly in my car. And Eckhart Tolle. And Paramahansa Yogananda. All this has helped me through the ups and downs of acting and kept me on my path.” PeopleYearsMindActingSecretPathCarTenYears AgoUps & DownsWayneTolle Author:Graham Shiels
“If we want to unlock the secret behind the origin of our sun and its planets, it would be helpful to find some remnants from the birth itself, an event that took place about four-and-a-half-billion years ago.” IfsWantYearsWould BeSecretBehindsHalfSunFourEventsPlanetsBirthYears AgoBillionsHelpfulRemnants Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“I sip my coffee. I look at the mountain, which is still doing its tricks, as you look at a still-beautiful face belonging to a person who was once your lover in another country years ago: with fond nostalgia, and recognition, but no real feelings save a secret astonishment that you are now strangers. Thanks. For the memories. It is ironic that the one thing that all religions recognize as separating us from our creator--our very self-consciousness--is also the one thing that divides us from our fellow creatures. It was a bitter birthday present from evolution, cutting us off at both ends.” YearsLooksPersonsStillsRealEndsSelfCountryFeelingsBeautifulFacesMemoriesSecretConsciousnessCuttingOne ThingEvolutionLoversMountainCreaturesYears AgoFellowsCreatorStrangerNostalgiaCoffeeTricksBitterThanksRecognitionBelongingDividesIronicSelf ConsciousnessAstonishmentSeparatingBeautiful FaceReal Feelings Book:PILGRIM AT TINKER CREEK Source: PILGRIM AT TINKER CREEK
“What was happening was only the working-out of a process that had started years ago. The first step had been a secret, involuntary thought, the second had been the opening of the diary. He had moved from thoughts to words, and now from words to actions. The last step was something that would happen in the Ministry of Love. He had accepted it. The end was contained in the beginning.” YearsFirstsEndsHappensActionLastsProcessSecretStepsHappeningsYears AgoMovedWork OutAcceptedOpeningFirst StepsMinistryDiariesInvoluntary Book:Animal Farm and 1984 Source: Animal Farm and 1984
“I found something" Simon said as he walked in. He whipped out an old-fashioned key from his pocket and grinned at me. "It was taped to the back of my dresser drawer. What do you think? Buried treasure? Secret passageway? Locked room where they keep crazy old Aunt Edna?" "It probaly unlocks another dresser," Tori said. "One they threw out fifty years ago." "Its tragic, being born without an imagination. Do they hold telethons for that?” ThinkingYearsSaidFoundBornImaginationRoomsSecretCrazyKeysYears AgoTreasureFiftyPocketsTragicBuriedLockedOld FashionedAuntDrawersDressersBuried Treasure Author:Kelley Armstrong
“When I talked to him earlier, he said he had to work tonight,” Peter explained, “but that we should go ahead and draw for him.” “Draw?” I asked uneasily. “Oh Lord. Tell me it’s not Pictionary night too.” Peter sighed wearily. “Draw for secret Santas. Do you even read the e-mails I send?” “Secret Santas? Seems like we just did that,” I said. “Yeah, a year ago,” said Peter. “Just like we do very Christmas.” ShouldYearsSaidSeemsNightSecretLordDrawsYears AgoYeahTonightMailPeterSanta Author:Richelle Mead
“One hundred years ago, if someone said, 'damn,' people would take notice. Now, you can say almost anything. Secrets are the same way. Once upon a time when a secret was revealed, people paid an enormous amount of attention to it.” PeopleIfsWayYearsSaidSecretAttentionAmountHundredYears AgoPaidEnormousDamnOnce Upon A Time Author:Paul Levinson
“MY INSPIRATION has always been Jeanne Calment, a Frenchwoman who smoked and drank every day and died a few years ago at the age of 122. When asked the secret of her longevity, she replied: 'I laugh a lot.' Well you would, wouldn't you.” YearsWellsInspirationAgeSecretLaughingYears AgoDiedSmokingLongevityDrank Author:Victoria Coren Mitchell