After all, in private we’re all misfits.
—Lily Tomlin
This wholesale invasion of Americans’ and foreign citizens’ privacy does not contribute to our security; it puts in danger the very liberties we’re trying to protect.
—Daniel Ellsberg
The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
—Voltaire
Most people have seen worse things in private than they pretend to be shocked at in public.
—Edgar Watson Howe
My favorite thing about the Internet is that you get to go into the private world of real creeps without having to smell them.
—Penn Jillette
Whatever games are played with us, we must play no games with ourselves, but deal in our privacy with the last honesty and truth.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson
When a poor man knocks at your door and says, "I'm hungry," and your first thought is Why can't you get a job?, you've invaded his privacy. Why would you need to know why he can't get a job? He didn't come to discuss his inabilities or bad habits; he came to discuss his hunger. If you want to do something about it, feed him.
—Rabbi Manis Friedman
Some secrets are meant to stay secret forever.
—Liane Moriarty in The Husband's Secret
Money… buys privacy, silence. The less money you have, the noisier it is; the thinner your walls, the closer your neighbors.… The first thing you notice when you step into the house or apartment of a rich person is how quiet it is.
—Fran Lebowitz
Most people would say I'm pretty cold, but I think of it more as… private. People are always saying "how are you?" to each other, and I guess I don't see why I should answer such a personal question for just anyone.
—Amie Kaufman in Illuminae
Success usually occurs in private, while failure occurs in full view.
—Jill Shalvis in The Sweetest Thing
Anyone who hates gay people spends way too much time imagining what gay people do in their bedroom. Mind your own fucking business you weirdos.
—Oliver Markus Malloy in Inside The Mind of an Introvert