Quotes About Secrecy

Jack's way of shielding his mother from his father's growing number of affairs

But they knew they had dabbled in a dark and controversial practice, for the rebates were predicated on great secrecy

He learned to cultivate a secretive style and a defiant attitude toward strangers.

Forced to reconsider, Rockefeller evidently came up with a large enough bonus, although Gates never revealed the exact amount.

Rockefeller established various taboos on the course, including that no business or charitable bequests should ever be discussed.

Rockefeller refused to publicize such sensitive information.

For all these years no one has known and no one seems to have cared how it came into existence.

Many people knew that Hamilton, Madison, and Jay were the authors, but the trio proclaimed their authorship to only a chosen few and then mostly after the first bound volume was published in March 1788.

This left French politicians in the dark during critical moments in the bargaining.

There are advantages to being elected President. The day after I was elected, I had my high school grades classified Top Secret.

Lo que públicamente se entiende por normal no es lo más habitual, sino lo normativo, lo convencionalmente obligatorio. Pero dentro del secreto de nuestra intimidad, todos nos desviamos de la regla, todos somos de algún modo heterodoxos.

Because, once again, our government—and I'm speaking not just of the regional government, but of the planetary one as well—is concealing information. Concealing it, or what would be even worse, it's not aware of it, because we're in the hands of the most incompetent politicians humanity has ever had in its history.

Los sacerdotes hicimos un pasado a nuestra medida y reescribimos la Historia del mundo. Conscientes de que el saber es la llave del poder, nos apropiamos de los conocimientos existentes. Los adelantos técnicos, los logros de nuestros antepasados, pasaron a ser patrimonio secreto y privado.

in this way is very bad for the country. We always thought the banks behaved with absolute probity, despite their code of secrecy. We, the Jews, trusted them. We believed all that gold had been returned to its rightful owners, wherever they or their descendants could be found, but it seems this is not so.

They are fools who kiss and tell'-- Wisely has the poet sung. Man may hold all sorts of posts If he'll only hold his tongue.

besides, this is much too good to tell all the other brutes in the Coll. They'd never understand. They play cricket, and say, 'Yes sir', and 'Oh, sir', and 'No, sir'.

Ayah,' said Sister Clodagh, 'you're not to say a word of this to the other servants.' 'Oh, no,' said Ayah, 'I'll keep it absolutely secret, and anyhow they all know.

It's hard to know more about a person's life than what that person wants you to know.

True freedom comes from being unknown.

in case anyone might think I was snooping.

tell them all this? Wexford had no idea. Because

No hagas nada en secreto, porque el tiempo lo ve todo y lo oye todo, y lo revela todo.

You train yourself in the art of being mysterious to everyone. My dear friend! What if there were no one, who cared about guessing your riddle, what pleasure would you then take in it?

It may happen, however, that he falls into despair just for the fact that he has opened his heart to another; it may be that he thinks it would have been infinitely preferable to maintain silence rather than have anyone privy to his secret. There are examples of introverts who are brought to despair precisely because they have acquired a confidant.