Jodi Picoult Quotes

Someone who knows too much finds it hard not to lie.

While all deception requires secrecy, all secrecy is not meant to deceive.

Nobody can hide their birthdays anymore, so there's no point in lying.

Hide nothing. It always gets found out.

It's really hard not to be paranoid when you find out that you've been spied on.

There's no good that can come out of secrecy.

Spying on people by magic is the same as spying on them in any other way.

Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no lies.

The only way to keep your secrets safe is to have none at all.

Ask no questions, and you'll be told no lies.

I should say if anybody wants to tape my conversations, go right ahead, feel free to do it. I appreciate anybody who wants to tape me openly and notoriously, and those who feel like they want to sneakily, and wear taping devices, I would remind them that it kind of smells like Nixon and Watergate.

A woman telling her true age is like a buyer confiding his final price to an Armenian rug dealer.

I'm a really good eavesdropper. I listen to what people say and remember all the buzzwords.

It is often wise to reveal that which cannot be concealed for long.

Secrets don't stay secrets very long, even when journalists decide to censor themselves.

If you wish to preserve your secret, wrap it up in frankness.

Any place is good for eavesdropping, if you know how to eavesdrop.

No one ever tells us the truth, even those we love.

Unless people can be kept in the dark, it is best for those who love the truth to give them the full light.

The CIA claims that secrecy is necessary to hide what it's doing from enemies of the United States ... the real reason for secrecy is to hide what the CIA is doing from the American people.

[Wiretapping is] a dirty business…. [Espionage] has been employed by every tribe and state since the beginning of history.

Keep an eye on him who enters announcing that what he asks is secret

We spy on our friends and they spy on us. That is an open secret.

As an actor, you want to know if you're keeping a secret or telling the truth.

Oh, I can keep many secrets, so I would be a phenomenal secret agent. I love secrets.