Shy and unready men are great betrayers of secrets: for there are few wants more urgent for the moment than the want… — Henry Taylor 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
There is no doubt that constitutional freedoms will never be abolished in one fell swoop, for the American people cherish their freedoms,… — Robert Byrd Copy Share Image
We must regard all matter as an intrusted secret which we believe the person concerned would wish to be considered as such.… — Leigh Hunt Copy Share Image
In the traditional academic literature, secrecy is thought of as a set of bureaucratic operations - hiding files and hiding information, that… — Trevor Paglen Copy Share Image
Vanity, or to call it by a gentler name, the desire of admiration and applause, is, perhaps, the most universal principle of… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
I am secretive. Always have been. And one way that secrecy manifested in my early life was that I was adept at… — Melissa Febos Copy Share Image
Eating disorders are shrouded in secrecy, and there are so many things I felt very ashamed of that I could never talk… — Portia de Rossi 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
“Is love just a butterfly? Love can tell us so many things about the deep waters of our inner self and the… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
“We have seen segments of our Government, in their attitudes and action, adopt tactics unworthy of a democracy, and occasionally reminiscent of… — Church Committee 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
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
Secrecy in science does not work. Withholding information does more damage to us than to our competitors. — Edward Teller Copy Share Image
“My father was quite conscious of that distinction, too, and because he spoke very freely in private, he used to sometimes say,… — Mary Soames Copy Share Image
Encourage virtue in whatever heart it may have been driven into secrecy and sorrow by the shame and terror of the world. — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
In the mind and nature of a man a secret is an ugly thing, like a hidden physical defect. — Isak Dinesen Copy Share Image
“The causes of familial discord and distance are countless, but the results are often the same: secrecy, blame, sadness, hurt, confusion, and… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Secrecy has many advantages, for when you tell someone the purpose of any object right away, they often think there is nothing… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
When I like people immensely I never tell their names to anyone. It is like surrendering a part of them. I have… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
