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Quotes About Leak

In Washington, the accepted method for passing along information about how the government fails to meet real-world needs is to leak it.
~ Timothy Noah
There was a rule, back when I was an education lawyer in Alabama, about visiting public schools: always go on a rainy day so you can see how badly the roofs leak.
~ Adam Cohen
As observatory architect, my dad was partly concerned with the maintenance of them all. I used to go with him on site visits quite often, from age 7 or 8. I have memories of crawling through the rafters of the old building, trying to find where the leak in the roof was.
~ Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Ik geloof dat je een enorm belang hecht aan geluk - van jezelf en anderen - en ongelukkig zijn zo bedreigend vindt dat je liever met het hele schip naar de kelder gaat dan toegeeft dat er een lek in zit.
~ Jonathan Safran Foer
For the life of me, I can't understand why BP couldn't go in at the ocean floor, maybe 10 feet lateral to the - around the periphery, drill a few holes, and put a little ammonium nitrate, some dynamite, in those holes and detonate that dynamite and seal that - seal that leak. And seal it permanently.
~ Phil Gingrey
We are extremely concerned that early voting totals may have been leaked in Bladen County as reported by 'The Charlotte Observer.' This action by election officials would be a fundamental violation of the sense of fair play, honesty, and integrity that the Republican Party stands for.
~ Robin Hayes
My ship was also in better condition than when she sailed from Boston on her long voyage. She was still as sound as a nut, and as tight as the best ship afloat. She did not leak a drop - not one drop!
~ Joshua Slocum
The Aadhar data that was leaked to American companies was, in a way, a betrayal to the country.
~ Subramanian Swamy
A government is the only known vessel that leaks from the top.
~ James Reston
The Americans don't know about him?' 'Too dangerous. Either it would leak, or they'd be unable to resist killing any AQ figure he was with, and him too.
~ Alan Judd
A lot of the stories are internal. They leak it to me wanting to get attention, wanting to get that headline. More times than not, I will not give it to them.
~ Matt Drudge
Quentin Tarantino is a hip-hop artist. I told him, 'You're hip-hop!' You keep seeing surprises, and a clip here and there, because Quentin is hip-hop. A hip-hop artist will drop a single, leak something over here, and drop something over there 'cause he knows it's hot. He's on the spot with the way he does things.
~ Jamie Foxx
Rain filled the gutters and splashed knee-high off the sidewalk. Big cops in slickers that shone like gun barrels had a lot of fun carrying giggling girls across the bad places. The rain drummed hard on the roof of the car and the burbank top began to leak. A pool of water formed on the floorboards for me to keep my feet in. It was too early in the fall for that kind of rain.
~ Raymond Chandler
When a broken tank is filled with water, It certainly will leak on every side. Weak men who grow rich Seldom leave an inheritance.
~ Sakya Pandita
You leak sometimes. My pediatrician said, 'Can't you just wear pads under your clothes?' I said, 'You don't know the kind of clothes I wear on photo shoots.'
~ Cindy Crawford
Can a broken cistern hold water?
~ Lailah Gifty Akita
Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.
~ Benjamin Franklin
In my estimation, there has not been in American history a more important leak than Edward Snowden's release of NSA material – and that definitely includes the Pentagon Papers 40 years ago.
~ Daniel Ellsberg
But the aspect of secrets is they leak out. If they didn't leak, they wouldn't be interesting.
~ CLAMP
In the '60s - and right up to the present day - the identity of a member of the British Secret Services was and is, quite rightly, a state secret. To divulge it is a crime. The Services may choose to leak a name when it pleases them.
~ John le Carre
Plumbing is usually boring.
~ Alex Berenson
Leaking of classified material is a concern.
~ Robert Mueller
Leaks are not the problem; they are the symptom. They reveal a disconnect between what people want and need to know and what they actually do know. The greater the secrecy, the more likely a leak.
~ Heather Brooke
Genius is fine for the ignition spark, but to get there someone has to see that the radiator doesn't leak and no tire is flat.
~ Rex Stout