Quotes About Secrecy

Too many Americans mistrust their government. And unnecessary government secrecy feeds this mistrust.

The funniest thing is I never understood why actors were so shady about who they're dating. Then I realized the things you say get printed and the people you're involved with read them. That's what's tricky. Nothing goes unnoticed. I don't want to get myself in trouble!

It's simply unrealistic to depend on secrecy for security in computer software. You may be able to keep the exact workings of the program out of general circulation, but can you prevent the code from being reverse-engineered by serious opponents? Probably not. The secret to strong security: less reliance on secrets.

In the world of diplomacy, some things are better left unsaid.

We all have thoughts and feelings that we believe are fundamental to our lives but that are better left unspoken.

No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution.

You know me, I'm not that kind of person that cares to unveil all of my personal things to the world because frankly, in terms of my soccer, it doesn't matter.

For many years I was unwilling to share my personal experiences.

Urban legend has it that Area 51 is connected by underground tunnels and trains to other secret facilities around the country.

Females in general are embodiment of alluring mysteries that is beyond mortal capacity to decipher or understand.

Both film and fashion are businesses where the audience doesn't feel or see the work that goes on behind the scenes.

Secrecy in science does not work. Withholding information does more damage to us than to our competitors.

Laa shay'a waqi'un moutlaq bale kouloun moumkine...We work in the Dark, to serve the Light.

In intelligence work, there are limits to the amount of information one can share. Confidentiality is essential.

For the Order wishes to be secret and to work in silence; for thus it is better secured from the oppression of the ruling powers, and because this secrecy gives a greater zest to the whole.

These elites, preferring to work in private, are rarely found posed for photographers, and their influence upon events has therefore to be deduced from what is known of the agencies they employ.

The height of cleverness is to be able to conceal it.

Daytime friends and night time lovers, hoping that no one else discovers.

It's a very frustrated feeling you get when the only people with good photos of you work are the police department.

Look. Let's just say he's in Tabitha's line of work. Okay? (Selena) Ladies' lingerie? He hardly looks the type to sell that. (Sunshine)

We do not say anything about future products. We work on them in secret, then we announce them.

It would be so much easier if there were a secret password, or handshake. Netherworld, open sesame! Yeah, that didn't work, either.

I made myself into an envelope into which I could thrust my work deep, lick the flap, seal it from everybody.

I was always in disguise. I'd wear masks or weird get-ups so you couldn't recognize me. I was always afraid that if somebody caught on that it was me, I'd never work again.