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Quotes About Anonymity

I'm calling myself 'The Doodler,' and with the simple addition of a small burglar's mask, I achieve utter anonymity.
~ Chris Riddell
I really value my anonymity and privacy.
~ Jessie Buckley
Despite popular belief, Bitcoin is a bad medium of exchange for people that value financial privacy because of the transparent ledger that reveals an address, timestamp, and amount for every transaction on the network.
~ Nick Tomaino
Webster seemed to me either a man without a past, or a man eager not to have one.
~ Jasper Fforde
The noblest service comes from nameless hands; and the best servant does his work unseen.
~ Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
A work of art has an author and yet, when it is perfect, it has something which is anonymous about it.
~ Simone Weil
I mean, I don't want to sound - of course it's very nice, people come up and say appreciative things about my work. But the loss, in terms of privacy and anonymity, is no small thing to me.
~ Todd Solondz
I try to go throughout my daily life just as if nothing has changed, but you don't have much anonymity anymore, which feels really good. People come up, and say hi and they enjoy your work.
~ Adam Lambert
You can work next to a guy for months without even knowing his name.
~ Studs Terkel
The more work I do and the more I put myself out there publicity-wise, it's gonna be less and less chances of me being able to just walk around without being noticed.
~ Daniel Cudmore
In America, we like everyone to know about the good work we're doing anonymously.
~ Jay Leno
My looks aren't something that come dazzlingly through in everything I do. I can be made to look one way or the other fairly easily... I am still not recognised on the street that much.
~ Colin Firth
No one recognises me on the street, ever.
~ Julia Holter
Like, people recognizing me on the street never interested me.
~ Meg White
I will say that one of the things that hackers, of all shapes and sizes, prize the most in this world is anonymity and stealth and deniability. And by indicting them publicly, among other things, we strip them of that.
~ Christopher A. Wray
I struggled with being in the public eye, losing my anonymity when my star rose quickly in the late 90's. But I need the challenge of showing up and getting up there to spill my guts and connect with my loyal folks.
~ Paula Cole
Ever since I've been blessed with success, I've struggled a little with anonymity and even family. I've had people calling asking for money, and I have to ask them first, 'Are you working? Have you been trying to help yourself?' Then I feel like I can help.
~ Tyler Perry
'Man v. Food' was the biggest career-defining opportunity. I went from anonymity to someone of note with access to amazing eateries.
~ Adam Richman
What I love about New York is that everyone is in their own world. It's the opposite of L.A. - there, everyone is looking outside of themselves to see who's next to them. What's great about New York is that you get to be anonymous.
~ Jordana Brewster
I had a dream of music and art and the big city in which I would get lost, where no one would know me and I wouldn't know anyone, where I would work at some ordinary job, and if one day I got up in the morning and decided I wasn't going to go to work anymore, no one would ask questions.
~ Ori Gersht
There are certain things that ordinary people have that celebrities don't have.
~ Norman Spinrad
I've spent some time working with a non-Italian designer; I've been helping him organize fashion shows, the advertising, also helping with the creative part. But the great part about this work is that I am no one!
~ Allegra Versace
I'm notorious for only using my mobile phone for outgoing calls: nobody knows my London number and I certainly don't do anything online.
~ Kenneth Clarke
I was overlooked long before anyone knew who I was.
~ Paul Desmond