Arthur C. Nielsen Quotes

I didn't use to think anything was worth keeping private. Now I do.

Confidentiality is the essence of being trusted.

We would never comment on private correspondence.

Relationships or not, I believe that people don't need to know about my life beyond a certain point.

When I wrote 'Before The Dawn,' I made it quite clear that there are lots of people involved in my life who I can't talk about simply because I'd put them at risk.

Confidentiality is an ancient and well-warranted social value.

People have given me classified information, but always with the disclaimer 'This can never end up in a book.' And it never does.

The closer and more confidential our relationship with someone, the less we are entitled to ask about what we are not voluntarily told.

I don't talk about my private life.

Secrecy is what is known, but not to everyone. Privacy is what allows us to keep what we know to ourselves.

Gentlemen don't read each other's mail.

Some secrets are meant to be taken to the grave, and that's what I plan on doing with all mine. They're not necessarily my secrets to tell. I'm the gatekeeper of other people's secrets.

Nothing on paper; paper can be lost or stolen or simply inherited by the wrong people; if you want to keep something secret, don't write it down.

I'd never discuss anything confidential.

It's important to me that people don't go spouting off about anything in your life.

I am not a very private person, but there are certain things that I don't want to share with everyone.

I don't like to kiss and tell.

I don't like people knowing about my business, and my situation, so I try to keep out of people's situations unless they come to me and ask for help.

I don't kiss and tell.

I've asked people not to leak things for a period of time and give me a honeymoon period.

Never listen to a phone call that isn't meant for you. Never read a letter that isn't meant for you. Never pay attention to a comment that isn't meant for you. Never violate people's privacy. You will save yourself a lot of anguish.

We must regard all matter as an intrusted secret which we believe the person concerned would wish to be considered as such. Nay, further still, we must consider all circumstances as secrets intrusted which would bring scandal upon another if told.

And I certainly won't lay out areas of my life that I think are just private.

It was never in my dreams to make my personal life anybody else's business.

Oh, well, there's a difference between privacy and secrecy.