Quotes About Secrecy

The only thing more dangerous than your enemy knowing how powerful you are, is your enemy not knowing how powerful you are

How can I pretend that nothing happened?

These military devices, leading to victory, must not be divulged beforehand.

Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.

It don't do you no nevermind to tell nobody nothing.

Nothing is hidden that will not be made known; nothing is secret that will not come to light.

He's a fool who cannot conceal his wisdom.

To hide feelings when you are near crying is the secret of dignity.

I'm glad I'm not Brezhnev. Being the Russian leader in the Kremlin. You never know if someone's tape recording what you say.

If wisdom were offered me with this restriction, that I should keep it close and not communicate it, I would refuse the gift.

What would you do if you knew for sure that no one would ever find out?

Never say anything on the phone that you wouldn't want your mother in law to hear at your trial

There is an amusing sense of superiority in seeing and remaining unseen.

What happens in Korea stays in Korea," he told himself.

We tell lies when we are afraid... afraid of what we don't know, afraid of what others will think, afraid of what will be found out about us. But every time we tell a lie, the thing that we fear grows stronger.

The wages of sin are unreported.

Ridley nodded. 'She told me I couldn't ever tell General Harding or anybody else. Told me I wouldn't be safe.' 'Safe?' Uncle Bob stopped rocking and took the pipe from between his teeth. 'She started in talkin' 'bout you bein' safe, sir?' Ridley nodded again, and that's when Uncle Bob grinned. 'Well, shoot . . . you ain't lost her yet, sir. Not altogether, anyhow. Any female goes to talkin' 'bout you bein' safe . . . hmmph. There still be somethin' left in her heart for ya.

You must tell Lady Alanna that sometime. I'd do it from a distance.

You must tell Lady Alanna that sometime. I'd do it from a distance.

Frank told me once--and I don't know whether he's right or not, and I didn't tell Sam this either--that all the best undercovers have a dark thread woven into them, somewhere.

He told me and Rafe to stay put in case you came home, burn the note and get hot water and disinfectant and bandages ready—' 'Which would have come in useful, Rafe said, lighting another cigarette, 'if we'd been delivering a baby in Gone with the Wind . What on earth was he picturing? Home surgery on the kitchen table with Abby's embroidery needle?

The truth is the most desirable woman in the world and we are the most jealous lovers, reflexively denying anyone else the slightest glimpse of her.

Knocknaree wood was the real thing, and it was more intricate and more secretive than I had remembered. It had its own order, its own fierce battles and alliances. I was an intruder here, now, and I had a deep prickling sense that my presence had instantly been marked and that the wood was watching me, with an equivocal collected gaze, not yet accepting or rejecting; reserving judgement.

What goes on between a man and his missus is nobody's business; especially where desert toppin's involved.