Quotes About Secrecy

The juvenile adage Never kiss and tell had a sound moral instinct behind it.

It transpired that he was an electricity thief. We would have imagined many things of which he might be guilty—many unspeakable things…

His dog might not be so much of an asset, but there was no rule that one had to declare a dog on the first date. That could be revealed later, when the relationship was strong enough to allow for disclosure of dogs, or even children.

It was safer, he thought, to keep it to himself; because there are many ways of loving.

it...planted seeds of doubt as to whether we think diabolically enough when we wonder what our government is doing behind our backs.

I am - I am - And his almost closed lips uttered a name so low that the count himself appeared afraid to hear it.

It is joy to be hidden, but disaster not to be found.

Artists are people driven by the tension between the desire to communicate and the desire to hide.

I shall not tell your husband and you shall not tell my wife." Tell them what?" That you and I were outwitted by a ropma." That would be shamful." Girl, we could never live it down.

Shaney is a prince?" Sara squeaked the question. "Why does no one tell me these things? This is my kingdom, but I don't know what's going on.

It is better to exist unknow to the law.--Irish Proverb

Eavesdroppers, she had always heard, and similarly people burrowing into private matters, found nothing to comfort them.

come out in daylight unless

His voice was a intimate as the rustle of sheets.

he TSA must think we're mushrooms. You know, the way they are trying to keep us in the dark, and the way they keep feeding us a fertilizing agent that comes from the south end of a north-bound cow.

When you lived on the wrong side of the law, information, however vague or apparently meaningless, was everything. It gave you leverage. And leverage was power.

This Fyfe kept a very low profile. He must have been worth tens of millions, minimum, but there was very little about him online—Altschuler had checked. Occasionally he was written up for donating to this charity or that, but he managed to keep his business interests strictly out of the public eye.

it's hidden, even from her." Frey laughed. "We both know that's not true anymore. I wasn't there in person,

Knight sighed loudly. "I know most people believe everything the government does, especially within Black Ops, is all about war mongering, for military uses only. But this isn't true. Yes, the military gets first dibs and can elect to keep findings secret for a time, but many of the greatest tech advances in history came about as military projects that were initially covert. Secret

Which means he has tech that can block his image from registering on cameras.

Because I was educated in the idea that fear or anxiety was something you didn't share with those nearest and dearest to you. As my dad used to tell me: Never let anyone know if you're about to shit in your pants.

secrecy that eventually landed him in jail? We are not just the sum total of everything that has happened to us, but also a testament to the way we have interpreted all that has crossed our path. The music of chance intersecting with the maddening complexities of choice – and how, in the wake of bad judgment and self-sabotage, we so often rewrite the scenario to create one that we can live with.

When you keep your sexual conversations, behaviors, pornography, or masturbation a secret, you are

The TSA must think we're mushrooms. You know, the way they are trying to keep us in the dark, and the way they keep feeding us a fertilizing agent that comes from the south end of a north-bound cow.