Discretion quotes

“I find something fascinating about the quiet man in the background who has no desire to be the center of attention.”
Christian Bale

“- Paul Varjak: [about Holly and Jose] So you're getting married, then?
- Holly Golightly: Well, he hasn't really asked me, not in so many words.
- Paul Varjak: Four you mean?
- Holly Golightly: Huh?
- Paul Varjak: Well that's how many it takes: will you marry me?”
George Peppard - Paul Varjak
Audrey Hepburn - Holly Golightly

“Now I've laid me down to die
I pray my neighbours not to pry
Too deeply into sins that I
Not only cannot here deny 
But much enjoyed — as time flew by. ”

Preston Sturges

“- Cooper: Doctor Brand and Edmonds, they close?
- TARS: I wouldn't know.
- Cooper: Is that a ninety percent wouldn't know, or ten percent wouldn't know?
- TARS: I also have a discretion setting, Cooper.
- Cooper: Ah. But not a poker face, huh?”
Matthew McConaughey - Cooper
Bill Irwin - TARS

“English people are always known to be well mannered and cold but we are not cold - we don't interfere in your situation. If we are heartbroken, we don't scream in your face with tears - we go home and cry on our own.”
Sir Michael Caine

“I'm just not one of those naturally funny, relaxed actors who enjoy the spotlight and are so good at it.”
Heath Ledger

“In Hollywood it's okay to be subtle, as long as you make it obvious.”
Alfred Hitchcock

“- Katie Van Waldenberg: No, I'm not spying for you again.
- Stranz Van Waldenberg: We're just asking you to discreetly tape their practice routines.”

Jenna Fischer - Katie Van Waldenberg
Will Arnett - Stranz Van Waldenberg

“This is my dressing room, and those are my clothes. Now I understand the need to be thorough, but I'd appreciate it if you would keep out of here at all times.”

Mimi Rogers - Claire Gregory

“- Henry Gatewood: What do you do?
- Ringo: I mind my own business. You oughta try it some time.
- Henry Gatewood: Why?
- Ringo: It's not near as dangerous as the way you're livin' now.”
Anthony Franciosa - Henry Gatewood - Tonto Banker
Kris Kristofferson - Ringo

“Remember, scare the shit out of them, but don't damage them. I want them conscious and talkative. And lads, try and be discreet, eh?”

Bob Hoskins - Harold

“Whatever Watson has found out, you'll know inevitably. I have unbounded confidence in his lack of discretion.”
Basil Rathbone - Sherlock Holmes

“Notable talents are not necessarily connected with discretion.”
Mark Boone Junior

“Love me. But don't tell me so.”

Gillian Anderson - Lily Bart

“Quando si tratta della mia vita privata mi piace mantenermi sul vago.”
Thomas Haden Church

“Non sono disposta a parlare della mia vita privata con nessuno.”
Claire Bloom

“- Capt. M. Renard: What are your sympathies?
- Harry Morgan: Minding my own business.”
Dan Seymour - Capt. M. Renard
Humphrey Bogart - Harry Morgan

“Being invisible is the best.”
Ed Begley Jr. - Son of the Invisible Man

“Just because a person doesn't go around blabbing her entire biological history to everyone she meets, doesn't make her a liar.”
Felicity Huffman - Bree

“They all deserve to die. Because in all of the whole human race there are two kinds of men and only two. There's the one staying put in his proper place and one with his foot in the other one's face.”

Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd

“- Connie Milligan: If you expect to get along here, Mr. Dingle, you'll have to learn to mind your own business.
- Benjamin Dingle: These times, Miss Milligan, everybodies' business is everybodies' business. War brings people closer together.”
Jean Arthur - Connie Milligan
Charles Coburn - Benjamin Dingle

“Hello? I'm opening the door, if you want to stop what you're doing and put your clothes on!”

Susan Blanchard - Kelly

“- Kate: Do you think you could urinate with someone standing behind you?
- Mom: I think I could manage it. Are you going to be the someone?”
Meg Ryan - Kate
François Cluzet - Bob

“If there's one thing I don't look for in a maid, it's discretion. Except with my own secrets, of course.”
Maggie Smith - Constance Trentham

“- Marius: A vampire's life is a life of discretion.
- Lestat: Discretion? Why should we hide, Marius? We are the powerful. We are the immortal. We should walk fearless in the open.
- Marius: That cannot be. We are vulnerable during the day. Mortals must never know of us. You must be dead to the world.”
Vincent Perez - Marius
Stuart Townsend - Lestat