James Badge Dale Quotes

Traditionally I'm not a very good secret-keeper.

People tell me the most extraordinary things. I've noticed it for years. Perhaps they know I won't be shocked. Or judgmental.

I'm good at keeping secrets.

I keep everything that's private private.

Generally, I do not talk about people - family or friends. This is how I am.

In such a case secrecy must be absolute to be effective, and although mere vague curiosity induced many persons of my intimate acquaintance to ask to be allowed to just go in and have a peep, I never admitted anyone.

Obviously I'm not prone to leak secrets left, right and centre.

I'm not exposing anything thats private - that's one thing I won't do.

Don't call yourself a secret unless you mean to keep it.

If you would keep your secret from an enemy, tell it not to a friend.

If you have a secret, keep it to yourself.

Repeat nothing - absolutely nothing - that is told you in confidence. There is no such thing as telling just one person.

Hide your secret even from the closest friend; learn to be silent.

When anyone says to me, 'Can you keep a secret?' I say, 'Why should I, if you can't?'

A secret is too little for one, enough for two, and too much for three.

One person can keep a secret, but not two.

I am not very good at keeping secrets at all! If you want your secret kept do not tell me!

I'm good at keeping secrets. My friends always tell me their secrets because I keep them well.

In those days secrets were well kept.

Confidentiality is an ancient and well-warranted social value.

Privacy is relational. It depends on the audience. You don't want your employer to know you're job hunting. You don't spill all about your love life to your mom or your kids. You don't tell trade secrets to your rivals.

I'm good at keeping secrets, but if it's not something super serious I usually tell people not to tell me because I'll tell someone else.

A colleague once nicknamed me - half mocking - the 'magical stranger' because I get people to tell me things.

I am a very discreet human when it comes to other people.

Things said to a reporter in confidence should be kept in confidence.