Quotes About Confidentiality

The vanity of being known to be trusted with a secret is generally one of the chief motives to disclose it.

If there is anyone who should not be trusted with regard to intelligence, it is Donald Trump, both in the literal sense and with regard to our intelligence services. He shouldn't have access to these briefings.

People want to hear the dirt. But this is not really anything I want to talk about.

I've read stories that are set in a celebrity's house, and you know where it is and what it looks like and what's inside it, and that's not something I want anyone to know.

People just want to know something, anything. It's all the stuff you never want to talk about, the private stuff.

Of course, I may go into a strange bedroom every now and then that I don't want you to write about, but otherwise you can write everything.

The first rule in keeping secrets is nothing on paper: paper can be lost or stolen or simply inherited by the wrong people; if you really want to keep something secret, don't write it down.

Well, a lot of people don't want to be quoted. But keep in mind that Bob Woodward did all of his Watergate reporting with anonymous sources, and we know how that turned out.

I've always tried to be the person who says things no one else wants to say. I've always kept it in house, as opposed to going to the papers.

I don't talk to anybody about my personal life, and maybe that perpetuates it, too. But it's really important to own what you want to own and keep it to yourself.

I thought a lot of girls wanna have their secret identity and have something they don't want to tell people about.

I make a lot of money, but I don't want to talk about that.

I used the name Jane Roe because I didnt want my personal name to be involved in it.

This kind of knowing you can never tell to anyone. If you want us to survive, you cannot trust a soul'... 'Not for any reason on this earth. You can never tell.

I thought about how there are two types of secrets: the kind you want to keep in, and the kind you don't dare to let out.

Rudy [Giuliani] can talk about whatever he wants to talk about. He's my friend, I like him a lot and respect him, but I don't talk about the advice I give to Donald Trump.

Because after a time having a secret and nobody knowing you have a secret us no fun. And although you dont want others to know what the secret is, you want them to at least know you have one.

There were many kinds of freedom, and the most precious ones were secret.

I will aknowledge that the matter is a secret but not one of my own, so I shall freely speak of it

Auf dem Schulweg begegnete ich unserem Briefträger. Er sagte mir, Mutter kaeme mich am Samstag besuchen. Am liebsten wuerde ich ihn seiner Dienststelle melden, weil er Privatpost liest.

Growing up, I was discouraged from telling personal stories. My dad often used the phrase 'Don't tell anyone.' But not about creepy things. I don't want to lead you down the wrong path. It would be about insignificant things. Like, I wouldn't make the soccer team, and my father would say, 'Don't tell anyone.'

I don't do much on social media. I don't really want people knowing about my life.

You have to be very limited in who you give your social security number to.

Privatization is more efficient and effective in some cases, but not in intelligence.