Quotes About Secrecy

Johanna non sarebbe mai venuta a sapere di quelle visite, lo aveva giurato a se stesso, avrebbe mentito perfino sotto tortura. Era tenuto ad allontanare da lei ogni dolore, non a dirle la verità. Sapere è doloroso. Non passava giorno senza che si augurasse di avere meno conoscenza.

Secrecy is for losers. For people who do not know how important the information really is.

Quel che noi leggiamo, lo taciamo. Il piacere del libro letto lo teniamo spesso gelosamente segreto. Sia perchè non vi vediamo materia di conversazione, sia perchè prima di poterne dire una parola dobbiamo lasciar fare al tempo la sua splendida opera di distillazione.

Cosicché leggere era a quei tempi un atto sovversivo. Alla scoperta del romanzo si univa l'eccitazione di disobbedire alla famiglia. Duplice incanto! Oh, il ricordo di quelle ore di lettura rubate sotto le coperte alla luce di una torcia elettrica!

We keep quiet about what we read. Our enjoyment of a book remains a jealously guarded secret. Perhaps because there`s no need to talk, or because it takes time to distill what we've read before we can say anything. Silence is our guarantee of intimacy. We might have finished reading but we`re still living the book.

He was always on the lookout for the secret core of primitive ritual and magical belief hidden within the seemingly "rational" processes of modernity.

El encierro de la verdad es cómplice de la mentira.

I have no doubt that the nation has suffered more from undue secrecy than from undue disclosure. The government takes good care of itself.

with the key taped inside the left-rear wheel well.

For a man of the secret world, you have a rather famous face.

You know what they say about assassinations, Don Orsati. The important thing is not who fired the shot but who paid for the bullet.

The art market is totally unregulated. Prices are arbitrary, quality control is virtually nonexistent, and most paintings change hands under conditions of total secrecy.

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I am a spy," Carter said, relighting his pipe. I lie as a matter of course. So do you.

Islamic Jihad. Burdened with two heavy cases filled with electronic gear, he greeted Sarah with an unambiguously frigid kiss. Eli Lavon would later describe it as

In the Middle East, people of discretion are either spies or terrorists. - Nadia al-Bakari

I've always found it best to avoid the truth. It invariably leads to unnecessary complications. - Gabriel Allon

Nearly one hundred thousand luxury British properties were held by secret owners

Walther PPK from the pocket of his overcoat and gave it to Gabriel. "Thank you, Mr. Bond." "It's easy to conceal and packs quite a punch.

Having been brought to the brink of insolvency, Switzerland's largest banks had been forced to suffer the indignity of a government bailout. Sensing weakness, foreign tax collectors were now clamoring for Swiss financial institutions to lift the veil of secrecy that had shielded their clients for centuries. The gnomes of Zurich, among the wiliest of God's creatures, had instinctively taken shelter and were waiting patiently for the inclement weather to pass.

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A proper cover was like a shield. The typical undercover Office field agent spent far more time maintaining his cover than actually gathering intelligence. Cover, they told her, was everything. During

con quanta grazia Zurigo nasconde le sue ricchezze" pensò. Una gran parte dell'oro e dell'argentodi tutto il mondo era conservata nei caveau delle banche sotto i suoi piedi, ma non c'era nessuna odiosa torre di uffici a segnalare i confini del quartiere finanziario, ne altri monumenti dell'altre di accumulare denaro. solo discrezione e riservatezza. una donna denigrata che distoglie lo sguardo per nascondere la propria vergogna. la Svizzera

American presidents come and go, but we spies ensure. – Ari Shamron