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Quotes About Secrecy

If I'm honest, I suppose there's something I don't want people to see in my eyes. They really are the window to the soul.
~ John Grant
Like many great world faiths, Mormonism has an important strand of sacred mystery. Mormon temples have traditionally been closed to outsiders and designed with opaque windows.
~ Noah Feldman
I buy things through the ShopStyle app on my phone, then have them delivered to a neighbour so Oliver doesn't see them arrive. When he's out, I collect them, cut off the labels, and bury them deep in the recycling box under the wine bottles.
~ Helen George
You will never know the feeling of a driver when winning a race. The helmet hides feelings that cannot be understood.
~ Ayrton Senna
I did my first interview in 1995 and was asked about my private life. I said, 'Why would I tell you? I don't see the logic in anyone knowing that about me. For whose sake? Nobody wins.'
~ Sidse Babett Knudsen
Teenagers would rather text than talk. They feel calls would reveal too much.
~ Sherry Turkle
Texting is a supremely secretive medium of communication - it's like passing a note - and this means we should be very careful what we use it for.
~ Lynne Truss
In 1977, when I started my first job at the Federal Reserve Board as a staff economist in the Division of International Finance, it was an article of faith in central banking that secrecy about monetary policy decisions was the best policy: Central banks, as a rule, did not discuss these decisions, let alone their future policy intentions.
~ Janet Yellen
I've always been drawn to movies where I get a chance to look into a world that I kind of know about, but that I never really get to see what's happening behind the doors.
~ Jonas Akerlund
People ask what the advantages are of wearing a mask, and the first thing, of course, is the mystery - people don't know exactly what Kane is thinking.
~ Kane
Discretion is the most important thing for a banker. That is the philosophy of the family... I mean, of the bank.
~ Ana Patricia Botin
The one thing I made a point of doing, when we were sat with the producers rehearsing, is I'd never see the answers.
~ Paddy McGuinness
All I can say is, I don't talk about the personal stuff. It's the one thing you can keep to yourself. At least you try to.
~ Rachel Bilson
My lifestyle is bizarre, but the only thing you need to know is where the darkroom is.
~ Robert Mapplethorpe
The only thing that's different between high profile or celebrity divorces is that you have to do all you can to keep your client and the details out of the media.
~ Laura Wasser
The secret of being a bore... is to tell everything.
~ Voltaire
The secret of masonry is to keep a secret.
~ Joseph Smith, Jr.
People who lusted after Marilyn Monroe had no idea she stuttered. It is the secret of her sexiness, actually.
~ James Earl Jones
God, you men just can't keep it in your pants, can you?" she said in disgust. "Well, you can damn sure believe it's behind locked doors now!
~ Robyn Carr
Gentlemen, I propose a toast," Jack said, lifting his glass. "Let's drink to silence. If this conversation ever leaves this bar, we're all going to die. Skinless." "Silence," the other men agreed. "All
~ Robyn Carr
But he stood there, his eyes riveted on that tattoo. She looked over her shoulder again. "It's called a tramp stamp," she said. "I got it when I was fifteen, to be cool." "I know what it's called. I just can't make out what it is." "It's vines in the shape of my name, and I'm not showing you any more of it. Let's get this show on the road, huh?" "Right," he said, going off to his toolbox.
~ Robyn Carr
Oh, really. This saving-up business—I guess you think you're the only one who missed it. Huh?" "Well… You got a little pissy there for a while…." "Well, John, you told everyone it was ovulation day! You're going to have to learn to be a little more discreet in the future." "Anything
~ Robyn Carr
It's like . . . I'm paranoid about people borrowing my laptop because I'm convinced they'll find some secret document on there that would make the whole world think I'm a terrible person—something I don't even remember writing. And it doesn't matter that there's no document like that. I'm still terrified, you know?
~ Robyn Schneider
I'm not permitted to explain the rules of the game. Nor to acknowledge whether or not we're playing one.
~ Robyn Schneider