Quotes About Privacy

In nature, a child finds freedom, fantasy, and privacy: a place distant from the adult world, a separate peace.

I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but I would have preferred to work in peace.

The free state offers what a police state denies - the privacy of the home, the dignity and peace of mind of the individual.

That is so personal, and it's my pet peeve when people press you on it. And it's always women who get asked! Is anybody saying that to George Clooney?

My pet peeve is hearing a knock on the bathroom door followed by the familiar words, 'What are you doing in there?

I do have a couple of pets, but I am determined to keep them out of the media spotlight.

We've become a race of Peeping Toms. What people ought to do is get outside their own house and look in for a change. Yes sir. How's that for a bit of homespun philosophy?

And now it seems she's on my wavelength. That's all I need. My mind isn't much of a comfort to me but at least I thought it was private.

This is my philosophy: I prefer to stay out of the public eye. I love freedom.

The key to happiness is......to hide the damn key in a place that only you can access.

How safe and secure is the internet?Well.....Would you leave all your worldly belongings on the road and expect them to be there when you came back seven years later?

Our thoughts are private to protect others not ourselves. People don't have the ability to handle what you really think about them

I used to do poetry and write stories and stuff - I never really had anybody standing over my shoulder, like, "What did you write? Let me hear it." I hate that type of stuff.

The state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation.

And I'm not apolitical - I'm very specific in my politics. But a lot of the time it's nobody's business unless you're over at my house having dinner.

I have strong views about South African politics and I still don't feel I need to make public statements.

Sales of George Orwell's 1984 have skyrocketed. It's true. So the fallout from the (NSA spying) scandal is worse than we thought. It's forcing Americans to read.

I realize it's probably best to keep my politics to myself.

To construct a proper privacy, making it a privilege rather than a burden, we first need to construct a community-love, family, politics, art.

What you think of me is none of my business.

Never say anything on the phone that you wouldn't want your mother to hear at your trial.

I don't like to read about myself, whether it be positive or negative.

I kept my age quiet for a good few years. I didn't see it as a positive. I worked remotely, so I just didn't tell people.

Keep your relationship private but don't hide the fact you're in one.