Ellen Hume Quotes

Any privacy in public is a hard thing to negotiate.

There is no privacy in our culture anymore, so I have to try and carve that out for myself, but I'm OK with it.

I just knew at an early time in my life how important privacy was.

Nothing in human life is inherently private.

Privacy may actually be an anomaly.

I really fight for my privacy.

The idea of a private life has been eroded in the sphere of politics.

I suspect privacy is a very new concept to humanity.

Non-disclosure in the Internet Age is quickly perceived as a breach of trust. Government, corporations and each of us as individuals must recalibrate how we live and share our lives appropriate to the information now available and the expectations of others.

Privacy was in sufficient danger before TV appeared, and TV has given it its death blow.

I believe that it is critical for this country to have a zone of privacy —– for everyone,

Even people in public life are entitled to some zone of privacy.

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 really value my anonymity and privacy.

I don't think it's right that everybody knows everything about me.

Privacy under what circumstance? Privacy at home under what circumstances? You have more privacy if everyone's illiterate, but you wouldn't really call that privacy. That's ignorance.

I don't know why people are so keen to put the details of their private life in public; they forget that invisibility is a superpower.

I have two daughters: One an open book, one a locked box. So the question of privacy is a challenging one. How much do kids need? How much should we give? How do we prepare them to live in a world where the very notion of privacy opens a generational chasm?

I think we live in a culture where it is really difficult to get privacy because everything is so accessible. It's very difficult to maintain your comfortable life with a sort of mystique.

I have nothing to hide!

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

We need to start seeing privacy as a commons - as some kind of a public good that can get depleted as too many people treat it carelessly or abandon it too eagerly. What is privacy for? This question needs an urgent answer.

The more of your private life you put into the public domain, the smaller your private life becomes.

My private life stays private.

I may be President of the United States but my personal life is nobody’s damn business