David Miliband Quotes

I am very adamant about keeping my private life private. I don't prefer to talk about my family.

I don't want to expose my personal life. It's best that people know me for my work. My family doesn't want to be surrounded by cameras. We want to live like any other family.

There's the part of my life that the public and I share together. And there's the part that's mine to keep for myself. And that's mine. For me.

My private life is private.

I am for a clear distinction between public and private life. I believe private matters should be regulated in private and I have asked those close to me to respect this.

But I'm glad I'm not one of those actresses who is just so ready to open up for everyone.

I mean, there's a little bit that gets out, but for the most part, the thing that makes us work, and makes our family successful, and our life successful, is when we walk home and we walk into our doors of our house, all that other stuff is left outside. It's not a factor.

Keeping your private life as private as possible is the smartest thing.

I never really felt free to talk a lot about my family life because I don't want to sacrifice anybody else's privacy. If you look through the archives, you will see, for example, no pictures of my children. That is not because I don't love them. I think I've been a really good dad; at least, I try to be.

We are very private, so we decided from early on that we will keep the press and editors and everybody out of our house.

I love my garden. I love my privacy. I'm very fierce about it. I try not to let too many people into my home. That's my private place.

As a public personality, I keep things related to my children and partner to myself. They are private matters.

I don't really want to talk about relationships because it lets people into stuff. I'm not on Facebook for that reason.

You need your private space.

I think I've preserved most of my private life, and I think that's still important for me, and that's still important for my family.

I'm one of those old-fashioned people who keeps their private life private.

If anyone interferes into the private life of two people, I will defend the right of those two people between their four walls. That is no problem.

Certain family matters should always remain private within the family.

I am not sure precisely why we need to have privacy, but everyone knows for sure that we need to relax and not have to put on our social, outwardly looking face all of the time.

I just love my privacy.

I do not see my family life in any way, shape, or form as an opportunity for a photo.

The only time the private parts of someone's life are relevant is when they're affecting public performance. And just because someone is a public person doesn't mean that any part of his or her private life is open to scrutiny. If someone is doing his or her job, you have to have enough empathy to understand that we all have personal problems.

I don't mind talking about my two daughters, but I don't feel comfortable denying them their privacy.

It was never in my dreams to make my personal life anybody else's business.

Obviously you don't want to be anonymous, but you don't want everyone to know your life.