Stonewall Jackson Quotes

The best way to keep a secret is to never have it.

Bodyguards offer fake security. The real security comes from having your enemies know nothing about you.

Just like a script, you need to keep a business plan to yourself.

Well, I don't think I've ever consciously come up with tricks and tools to, kind of, hide. I do think I'm a bit more vigilant, in terms of safety issues and things. And sometimes it is kind of nice to try to hold onto your anonymity.

I've always retained my privacy, but now I protect it even more.

Of course, a secret is no good if it doesn't need to be a secret.

Secrecy is the first essential in affairs of state.

It is a secret in the Oxford sense: you may tell it to only one person at a time.

What you would hide from an enemy don't tell a friend.

It is not a secret if it is known by three people.

They keep their own secrets alike from foe and friends

Once exposed, a secret loses all its power.

The way I look at it is, if you don't want somebody to know something, don't say it. If you don't want them to see you do something, don't do it.

You can't let everybody know your hand.

Tell no one the secret that you want to keep, although he may be worthy of confidence; for no one will be so careful of your secret as yourself.

Never tell anyone what you are going to do till you've done it.

I've always been really interested in secrets - how people find ways of doing things without telling anyone else in order to keep themselves feeling safe in the world.

Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.

Anonymity would be a fantastic umbrella. I don't like intrusion.

We are all, in a sense, experts on secrecy. From earliest childhood we feel its mystery and attraction. We know both the power it confers and the burden it imposes. We learn how it can delight, give breathing space and protect.

No one ever confides a secret to one person only. No one destroys all copies of a document.

I don't want people to know who I am.

If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees.

I'm a very secretive person.

Addresses are given to us to conceal our whereabouts.