“It seems that anonymity prompts people to disregard civility.” — Kyle Thomas Miller Copy Share Image
I sacrificed my anonymity for my father, whereas he sacrificed me for his fame. — Jeff Buckley Copy Share Image
“(Although the early Internet thrived on anonymity, platforms thrive on identity.)” — David L Rogers Copy Share Image
“Anonymity became a release, the only place to which I could turn.” — Asne Seierstad Copy Share Image
It's the Industrial Revolution and the growth of urban concentrations that led to a sense of anonymity. — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
I don't like to go out to parties or clubbing, and I kind of like my anonymity. — Matthew Morrison Copy Share Image
But many of the bravest never are known, and get no praise. That does not lessen their beauty. — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
One of the things I liked about writing for a magazine was a kind of anonymity. When you do books, it's different… — Hilton Als Copy Share Image
It must be odd, being recognisable. I would hate to lose that anonymity. It happened for a while with 'Spooks.' No one… — Matthew Macfadyen Copy Share Image
I realize I will never regain my anonymity but I can certainly give it a try. And it's a lot of fun… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
People bitch about losing their anonymity and then get insulted when someone doesn't recognize them from whatever success they've had. — Casey Affleck Copy Share Image
“Death brings the anonymity of a post office box, allowing me to slip through the coming centuries silent and unobserved.” — William Roetzheim Copy Share Image
One of the things I think is really problematic about something like [government] spyware is that it isn't transparent - because of… — Maggie Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
One thing about New York is you can understand how you're perceived really easily if you just get on the train, by… — Morgan Saylor Copy Share Image
When you're playing an icon like Wolverine, it's sometimes better to be someone that nobody knows because they don't know what to… — Hugh Jackman Copy Share Image
I find it difficult to believe that Redditors don't understand that anonymity online is merely a facade; indeed, it's probably one of… — John Scalzi Copy Share Image
I have too much potential for collapse. There's an anonymity that makes people feel safe to participate in hatefulness. I like a… — Julia Roberts Copy Share Image
He existed a step or two to one side of the common world, largely out of sight, a shadow, all but invisible.… — James Sallis Copy Share Image
She liked to imagine that when she passed, the world looked after her, but she also knew how anonymous she was. Except… — Alice Sebold Copy Share Image
This persistence as private firms continued because it ensured the maximum of anonymity and secrecy to persons of tremendous public power who… — Carroll Quigley Copy Share Image
But the web is to some degree a broth of psychopaths seeing what they can get away with in circumstances of anonymity.… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
Before Sept. 11, the idea that Americans would voluntarily agree to live their lives under the gaze of a network of biometric… — Jeffrey Rosen Copy Share Image
Kindness is a virtue neither modern nor urban. One almost unlearns it in a city. Towns have their own beatitude; they are… — Phyllis McGinley Copy Share Image
“There was something intoxicating in the anonymity of it all.” — Jennifer E. Smith This Is What Happy Looks Like Copy Share Image
What is the purpose of a city if not to grant the greatest of gifts, anonymity? — Rabih Alameddine Copy Share Image
Fame really works against actors, in a way, because our anonymity is a wonderful thing for us. — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
We live in an age where anonymity is growing in magnitude like a bomb going off. — Jock Sturges Copy Share Image
Anonymity is an abused privilege, abused most by people who mistake vitriol for wisdom and cynicism for wit. — Danny Wallace Copy Share Image
I used to enjoy the anonymity of being a literary figure and occasionally a public radio figure. — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
I have no anonymity.I've not had a drink in nine and a half years. That's my whole story right there. — Ringo Starr Copy Share Image
I have never in any way found the idea of celebrity appealing. Anonymity is much more appealing. — Dick Clement Copy Share Image
I think people hide behind anonymity and they feel like they can say whatever they want behind closed doors. — Randi Zuckerberg Copy Share Image
Anonymity is not necessarily something to shun; we don't have to achieve celebrity to make a mark on the world. — Mal Fletcher Copy Share Image
Some of us just don't want to be famous ... anonymity cannot be bought for any price, once you have lost it. — Robyn Davidson Copy Share Image
Most writers like to maintain some sort of anonymity. For me, making videos was an assault. — Sheryl Crow Copy Share Image
It must be odd, being recognizable. I would hate to lose that anonymity. — Matthew Macfadyen Copy Share Image