Jim Walton Quotes

I'd prefer not to tell confidential information about future products.

I can't get into specifics. Someday, hopefully, I'll be able to.

For some of us, the less said about the way we do things the better.

Even when I was making the first 'Paranormal Activity,' I didn't tell anyone I was making it, not my friends or neighbors or co-workers. I just kind of found that there was nothing to gain by announcing to the world that you're doing something.

If my friends don’t know what my plans are, then my enemies will not.

I don't like telling people what my plans are, because I have big plans.

You must not tell anyone,' my mother said, 'what I am about to tell you.'

It is safer to be silent than to reveal one's secret to any one, and telling him not to mention it.

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

It don't do you no nevermind to tell nobody nothing.

They are fools who kiss and tell'-- Wisely has the poet sung. Man may hold all sorts of posts If he'll only hold his tongue.

So I learned another system: When in doubt, keep it out – out of earshot, out of the house – even if this meant, really, just keeping it in.

Safety lies in silence. It is easier to rectify what you miss by silence, than to secure what you lose by speaking.

For me, I felt bad for people asking the questions, cause you know their boss sent them out saying, 'Get me something on Mission Impossible.' And you ask the question, and it's just a polite, 'I'm not going to tell you.' Then, every so often, they'd go, 'Well, can't you just tell us a little bit?' I have to say, 'You know what guys, I'm under contract and I'm not going to tell you anything.' So you keep asking the questions and I'm just going to keep smiling. And it's hard, cause I don't want to seem rude, but it's part of my job just like it's part of their job to keep a secret.

I believe in having a private life.

We have strict orders: If we talk about it we get fined $50,000.

We are not obligated to share.

Tell one your thoughts, but beware of two. All know what is known to three

I feel like I have no real solid plans like, "this is what I'm going to do and I will do it by 2017" or whatever.

It's not necessary to tell all you know.

I wish I could tell people what I'm directing next, but I can't.

What I haven't talked about I don't intend to talk about.

When I like people immensely I never tell their names to anyone. It is like surrendering a part of them. I have grown to love secrecy.

I'm so secretive that when someone asks me, Hey, can you keep a secret? I say That's none of your business.

I don't discuss works in progress.