Privacy Quotes
617 quotes by 511 authors
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When the dust settles and the pages of history are written, it will not be the angry defenders of intolerance who have made the difference.…
— John Shelby Spong
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I believe that the freedom of speech should be protected, but so should a family's right to privacy as they grieve their loss. There is…
— Dave Reichert
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Beauty hath no true glass, except it be in the sweet privacy of loving eyes.
— James Russell Lowell
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Never listen to a phone call that isn't meant for you. Never read a letter that isn't meant for you. Never pay attention to a…
— Edward Kennedy
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Westerners respect privacy, and they are very competitive in terms of work and personalities. My teammates in China and I can talk about everything. But…
— Yao Ming
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I don't think coaches should have to wear mic's. It is an invasion of privacy. We are trying to accomplish things, and wearing microphones may…
— Steve Nash
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Growth and mastery come only to those who vigorously self-direct. Initiating, creating, doing, reflecting, freely associating, enjoying privacy-these are precisely what the structures of schooling…
— John Taylor Gatto
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Silence must be comprehended as not solely the absence of sound. It is the natural environment for serenity and contemplation. Life without silence is life…
— Norman Cousins
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One of the great penalties those of us who live our lives in full view of the public must pay is the loss of that…
— Mary Pickford
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Encryption...is a powerful defensive weapon for free people. It offers a technical guarantee of privacy, regardless of who is running the government... It's hard to…
— Esther Dyson
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The great end of prudence is to give cheerfulness to those hours which splendour cannot gild, and acclamation cannot exhilarate; those soft intervals of unbended…
— Samuel Johnson
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Respect for sovereignity, for privacy, for total independence. Gentle alliances against loneliness, they were, cool rational love-affairs without the love.
— Richard Bach
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There is a privacy about it which no other season gives you.... In spring, summer and fall people sort of have an open season on…
— Ruth Stout
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There is nothing new in the realization that the Constitution sometimes insulates the criminality of a few in order to protect the privacy of us…
— Antonin Scalia
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The rough and ready improvisational quality to life on board the International Space Station is reminiscent of a long trip in a sailboat: privacy and…
— Chris Hadfield
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I never Tweet about my daughter. Never. I just want to be respectful of her privacy. My job as a mom is to know when…
— Padma Lakshmi
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I don't believe anybody has a right to own any kind of a firearm. I believe in order to obtain a permit to own a…
— John Silber
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With the advent of Twitter and Facebook and other social networking sites, genuine privacy can only be found by renting a private villa for a…
— Robert Powell
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I don't mind talking about my two daughters, but I don't feel comfortable denying them their privacy.
— Tom Bergeron
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I already shred all my mail. What am I supposed to do now? Use pay phones? Smoke signals? Train pigeons? There's no such thing as…
— Dennis Adams
Who Wrote These Privacy Quotes
511 authors contributed a total of 617 Privacy Quotes, led by these top contributors: