Ernest Hemingway Quotes

I think some people think that being on television makes you a sitting duck, but you have the right to remain private.

Trust. Such an easy word. Such an impossible quality.

Spying among friends is never acceptable.

But the time has come for journalists to acknowledge that a zone of privacy does exist.

I've learned the hard way how valuable privacy is. And I've learned that there are a lot of things in your life that really benefit from being private. And relationships are one of them.

Count not him among your friends who will retail your privacies to the world.

I can count on one hand how many people I trust.

Never share your secrets with anybody. It will destroy you.

Three can keep a secret if two of them are dead.

I would rather betray others, than have others betray me

I think having a private life that you only share with your nearest and dearest is important. Otherwise, who are you?

My take is, privacy is precious. I think privacy is the last true luxury. To be able to live your life as you choose without having everyone comment on it or know about.

I think everybody should have a certain amount of privacy, even though they are in the public eye, no matter who they are.

It's certainly important for people to have a sense of privacy.

Only those you trust can betray you" ~ Nathan

That was the trouble with experience; it taught you that most people were capable of anything, so that loyalty was never quite on firm ground -- or, rather, became a matter of pardoning offenses instead of denying their existence.

It's not your enemies who are likeliest to hurt you. It is, always, those you trust.

I've had friends who've lied to me, I've had friends who've done things behind my back, I've had people steal from me - and it doesn't stop me from trusting.

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

I told somebody in Europe I was 43. I never tell my true age. It's ridiculous that people ask. The press doesn't deserve anything but lies.

I can be hurt, she said, only by people I respect.

My worst flaw is that I tell secrets, my own and everybody else's.

I don't like people probing into my life, so I reveal as little as possible or lie about it as much as need be so as to give them something to write about.

A long time ago I learned not to explain things to people. It misleads them into thinking they're entitled to know everything I do. -Sara

I'm a private person, I'm shy about people knowing things. And I'm really shy about my medical (care). It would be good if I could just go and heal and then when I decided to go out, it would be okay. It seems that there are areas that should be off-limits.