People who are in power make their arrangements in secret largely as a way of maintaining and furthering that power.

Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs.

By nominating Chuck Hagel to be his Defense secretary President Obama is putting forward an aloof contrarian who doesn't suffer fools - a striving politician who considers himself above politics.

The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.

The secret of getting things done is to act!

Poetry operates by hints and dark suggestions. It is full of secrets and hidden formulae like a witch's brew.

The secret of living in peace with all people lies in the art of understanding each one by his own individuality.

Secretary of War Stanton used to get out of patience with Lincoln because he was all the time pardoning men who ought to be shot.

I'm a parent especially when you've had the intense parenting the way I had. It's all in the bank. It's all in the great experience bank. Those are your secrets. That's the stuff that makes your work rich that's what you dip into.

Hidden nature is secret God.