I have replaced my instinct for secrecy with an instinct for confession. — Melissa Febos Copy Share Image
What thou intendest to do, speak not of before thou doest it. — Pittacus of Mytilene Copy Share Image
“Mimi didn't care about secrecy. She led a proclaimed life, and once she got talking she held back nothing.” — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
Secrecy in science does not work. Withholding information does more damage to us than to our competitors. — Edward Teller Copy Share Image
The mind of a wise man is the safest custody of secrets; cheerfulness is the key to friendship; patience and forbearance will… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
All classes of society are trade unionists at heart, and differ chiefly in the boldness, ability, and secrecy with which they pursue… — William Stanley Jevons Copy Share Image
Opinions become dangerous to a state only when persecution makes it necessary for the people to communicate their ideas under the bond… — Charles James Fox Copy Share Image
“I have grown to love secrecy. It seems to be the one thing that can make modern life mysterious or marvellous to… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Never confide your secrets to paper; it is like throwing a stone in the air; and if you know who throws the… — Pedro Calderon de la Barca Copy Share Image
“Today we still call the standard method of achieving secrecy in voting in elections the Australian ballot. The” — Daron Acemoğlu Copy Share Image
The world little knows how many of the thoughts and theories which have passed through the mind of a scientific investigator, have… — Michael Faraday Copy Share Image
Shame cannot survive being spoken. It cannot tolerate having words wrapped around it. What it craves is secrecy, silence, and judgment. If… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“Freedom from the cloak of secrecy is integral to a teaching that gives primacy to direct experience, inviting each individual to test… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
Candidate Obama was either exceptionally naive or willfully disingenuous when he vowed to change the way Washington works. The very promise of… — Reince Priebus Copy Share Image
“The only place Aletta and I could be together unseen was just under the rafters in the church tower, a circumstance that… — Susan Vreeland Copy Share Image
Laughter has something in it common with the ancient words of faith and inspiration; it unfreezes pride and unwinds secrecy; it makes… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
The human brain is the most public organ on the face of the earth, open to everything, sending out messages to everything.… — Lewis Thomas 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
Where would we in Washington and we in America be without the Center? We would know much less about the workings of… — Seymour Hersh Copy Share Image
The Obama administration already claims the power to wage endless and boundless war, in virtually total secrecy, and without a single meaningful… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
“You know how I love secrecy. It is the only thing that can make modern life wonderful or mysterious to us. The… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I think it's something that the citizenry needs to be vigilant about - participating in democracy, and that includes issues like what's… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
The history of medicine proves that in so far as man seeks to know himself and face his whole nature, he has… — Alfred Kinsey Copy Share Image
The very word "secrecy" is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
For many years I have lived with a secret, in a secrecy imposed on all specialists in astronautics. I can now reveal… — Gordon Cooper Copy Share Image
“Stop entertaining two faced people. You know the ones who have split personalities and untrustworthy habits. Nine times out of ten if… — Amaka Imani Nkosazana Copy Share Image
Secrets with girls, like guns with boys, are never valued till they make a noise. — George Crabbe Copy Share Image
