Quotes about Privacy

The time when you should most of all withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.

There comes a point in a relationship when you realize that you trust someone enough to let them keep their secrets.

No matter how reclusive we tend to be, we picture the after-life as a community of souls. It is one thing to seek privacy in this life; it is another to face eternity alone.

Why didn't you tell her it was no business of hers?" said Eben angrily. "Old Flora Jane had better mind her own business.

The downside of my celebrity is that I cannot go anywhere in the world without being recognized. It is not enough for me to wear dark sunglasses and a wig. The wheelchair gives me away.

A village is a hive of glass, where nothing unobserved can pass.

The fact that he was ashamed when he was discovered praying was for Kant an argument against prayer. He failed to see that prayer by its very nature is a matter for the strictest privacy, and he failed to perceive the fundamental significance of shame for human existence.

If the others heard me talking out loud they would think that I am crazy. But since I am not, I do not care.

There are things which a man is afraid to tell even to himself, and every decent man has a number of such things stored away in his mind.

Fortunately, we have help from the media. I have to say this: I'm very grateful for the support and kindness that we've gotten. People have respected their privacy and in that way, I think, you know, no matter what people may feel about my husband's policies or what have you, they care about children and that's been good to see.

I have been called a nun with a switchblade where my privacy is concerned. I think there's a point where one says, that's for family, that's for me.

There are only two occasions when Americans respect privacy, especially in Presidents. Those are prayer and fishing.