Renata Adler Quotes

I don't tell many people my last name.

Of course, a secret is no good if it doesn't need to be a secret.

In intelligence work, there are limits to the amount of information one can share. Confidentiality is essential.

I value my ability to keep state secrets.

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

Secrecy is essential to committee deliberations because members would be wary of exploring ideas or exchanging views if there were a substantial possibility of an embarrassing leak.

I'm not convinced that every secret has to be published. I think there are secrets worth keeping, and I think there are secrets not worth keeping.

Like all security, privacy is hard.

Secrets are things we give to others to keep for us.

I've always been really interested in secrets - how people find ways of doing things without telling anyone else in order to keep themselves feeling safe in the world.

Keep the problems of clients and prospects confidential. Divulge information only with their consent.

God forbid we keep a couple secrets in this day and age!

If you want to keep something concealed from your enemy, don't disclose it to your friend.

I've got nothing to hide.

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

For me, privacy and security are really important. We think about it in terms of both: You can't have privacy without security.

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.

We are all, in a sense, experts on secrecy. From earliest childhood we feel its mystery and attraction. We know both the power it confers and the burden it imposes. We learn how it can delight, give breathing space and protect.

Confidentiality is an ancient and well-warranted social value.

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

I prefer to keep my secrets to myself, to the grave... and beyond!

I agree that there are things that should be kept secret.

I don't have anything to hide.

The gossip mill on tour is always turning. I have to be a little careful about what I tell guys who I don't consider close friends, because even though they might not spread it to other players, they'll usually tell their wives. And once the wives get it, it's gone.

Would the world be any more dangerous if we did without secrets all together.