Intrusion Quotes

The keynote of simple folk is bad manners, familiarity. They intrude on one's private soul.

It took me a good decade of hiding in my house and not going outside to even, like, get my arms around this idea of celebrity, where suddenly people are looking for you to pick your nose or get a shot of you kissing some woman. It's a very discombobulating thing.

I don't like being overexposed. I don't like being on covers. And I don't like people talking about me.

When you get into the public eye, one day, you're kind of unknown, and the next day, you have people in your bushes waiting to take a picture of you.

Liberty requires security without intrusion, security plus privacy.

I have no desire to make windows into men’s souls.

It's dangerous when people are willing to give up their privacy.

The truth is, I suppose I am now public property; and a public inn is the place where people can have access to me.

Once the festival achieved a certain level of notoriety, then people began to come here with agendas that were not the same as ours. We can't do anything about that. We can't control that.

I'm not a fan of people coming in the clubhouse.

I just don't feel comfortable anymore with the kind of attention that I'm getting. It's purely the numbers of people that want a bit of the Cure or want a bit of me.

In Spain you can't do anything. If you drive, everyone recognises you; at a restaurant you have paparazzi outside.

I'm happy to be the guy on the subway that people stare at and they just can't quite place it. I don't really like my life intruded upon too much. In a way, it's kind of nice to not be all that well known.

You learn a lot about people when you're sitting on their bathroom floor or on their toilet seat, rifling through their stuff.

I live in New York, where people don't tend to go up to actors as much.

It's creepy, knowing someone might be watching me. Why do they need that?

Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people who need strength in numbers. It tells people to go out and stick their noses in other people's business.

That’s a personal issue that belongs in somebody’s house … something we shouldn’t be sticking our fingers into.

Hackers rarely have full knowledge of the technology stack of a target.

Intrude not yourself into ecclesiastical matters.

Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds.

I don't mind it. My friends think it's kind of rude of the people to come up to me and treat me like an object.

One of the downsides of being famous is that folks pay far more attention to you than they should. American celebrities are constantly under surveillance, and every word they say is subject to scrutiny. So, be careful what you wish for if you desire fame. No human being should be a goldfish.

When a crowd rushes into your house without declaring its intention, it is, by definition, an invasion.

What is clear is that stalking can happen to anyone. Doctors are targeted by patients, people in the public eye are watched by obsessed fans, and ex-wives are followed by former husbands.