Espionage Quote by Thomas Powers

The first rule in keeping secrets is nothing on paper.

— Thomas Powers

Secrets have power. And that power diminishes when they are shared, so they are best kept and kept well. Sharing secrets, real secrets, important…

— Erin Morgenstern

I'm not convinced that every secret has to be published. I think there are secrets worth keeping, and I think there are secrets not…

— Seymour Hersh

A secret may be sometimes best kept by keeping the secret of its being a secret. It is not many years since a State…

— Henry Taylor

Secrets are always never as well kept as people think they are. More often than not when you reveal something, especially the bigger it…

— James Scott

Everyone agrees that a secret should be kept intact, but everyone does not agree as to the nature and importance of secrecy. Too often…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Some secrets should remain secrets

— Hero

Never confide your secrets to paper; it is like throwing a stone in the air; and if you know who throws the stone, you…

— Pedro Calderon de la Barca

Oh, Grey, no one really likes keeping secrets. The only thing that makes a secret fun is knowing that you weren't supposed to tell…

— Kate Morton

Of course I can keep secrets. It's the people I tell them to that can't keep them.

— Anthony Haden-Guest

The thing about secrets is that they are usually best kept by just one person. That was the special thing about secrets. Some people…

— Terry Pratchett

I'm not really good at keeping my own secrets. I can keep other people's secrets pretty well. Unless they're really good and people deserve…

— John Mayer