Ezra Furman Quotes

I think there's a lot to be said for keeping your own counsel.

Sometimes you have to keep things very close to your own chest in your life, or this life.

He who keeps his own counsel keeps his affairs in his own hands.

If you wish another to keep your secret, first keep it to yourself.

I have tales to tell, but I don't tell them. Discretion. Discretion.

You don't have to tell anybody a damn thing you don't want to.

I want not, that everybody hears about. Then I can't longer be myself.

I keep my thoughts to myself, and I think that's one of the best ways to be.

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.

I never talk about my private life.

I am a very private person. I don't like to talk about things till someone asks about them.

I've learned to keep a lot of stuff to myself.

I move in silence. I don't like puttin' too much of me out there to be dissected, analyzed.

Nor eye in a letter, nor hand in a purse, nor ear in the secret of another.

Don't be curious of matters that don't concern you; never speak of them, and don't ask about them.

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.

Your private life is your private life and you keep it to yourself. You get more respect that way.

You don't need to know who I'm dating. You don't need to know what I'm doing. I'm fine with everybody not knowing that.

I know that you have to be reserved about certain things in your life.

I don't talk to anybody about my personal life, and maybe that perpetuates it, too. But it's really important to own what you want to own and keep it to yourself.

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

I don't want to share my worries - that's for me to know.

It's just keeping what I want private, private, and the same with Charlie.

I know things but I shut my mouth.

If thou hast heard a word, let it die with thee.