Valerie Jarrett Quotes

The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep.

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 don't believe it helps when internal affairs are made public.

I've never had anything to hide.

We try and be as open as we can, and to protect the secrets that we must protect.

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

Secrecy is the enemy of efficiency, but don't let anyone know it.

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

Every relationship between two individuals or two groups will be characterized by the ratio of secrecy that is involved in it.

I find sharing intimate details with people that you don't know an interesting concept. I like to keep some things to myself.

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

I've got nothing to hide.

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.

If you have nothing to hide, there is no reason not to be transparent.

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

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.

All registers which, it is acknowledged, ought to be kept secret, ought certainly never to exist.

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.

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

I'm not exposing anything thats private - that's one thing I won't do.

Do you think I just turn my secrets out for everyone?" He is unfazed. "I didn't know they were secrets," he says. "Or I wouldn't have asked.

We would never comment on private correspondence.

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

One man's transparency is another's humiliation.

You can ask me anything you like about my work, but I'll never talk about myself.