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.

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

Secretly I wanted to look like Jimi Hendrix but I could never quite pull it off.

I remember being a kid and sleeping over at my friend's house and staying up late and watching 'Nosferatu.' Vampire movies are supposed to be secret and bad. They should be rated R.

There certainly is no secret in that there are plenty of people who don't like plenty of my movies. Each one of my films is personal each one of my films is emotionally autobiographical. And I like directors who do that. With each one of my films I'm exploring one of my own issues and I try to expose myself a little in the film.

The secret to film is that it's an illusion.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

Secretary of State Colin Powell thank you so much as always for joining us this morning.

I'm not a T.G.I.F. guy. I get off a plane at 2 o'clock in the morning and I'm looking for my secretary because I want to know what's going on.

It only worked for a little while the morning after I agreed to go with Universal an article came out in the Hollywood trade papers and the secret was out.

If Warren Buffett made his money from ordinary income rather than capital gains his tax rate would be a lot higher than his secretary's. In fact a very small percentage of people in this country pay a big chunk of the taxes.

That's the real secret to job creation - not borrowing and spending more money in Washington.

Growing up I always shopped at Victoria's Secret with my mom and saw Angels like Gisele and Karolina Kurkova in the windows.

My mom's collard greens. No one else in the world can make them like hers. I'm not just saying that because she's my mom. She's got some Mississippi secret. I could seriously eat them every day.

My mom's a secret Rastafarian.

Growing up my dolls were doctors and on secret missions. I had Barbie Goes Rambo.

People ask what the secret of a happy marriage is. If there is one it's 'don't talk about it.'