“Some secrets stayed secrets because nobody knew them. Some because nobody told.”
Daniel Abraham (1969) speculative fiction writer from the United States
Source: Cibola Burn (2014), Chapter 5 (p. 55)
Claimed about the coronavirus, as quoted in * 2020-09-16
Fact check: Trump made at least 22 false or misleading claims at ABC town hall
Daniel Dale
CNN
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/09/16/politics/fact-check-trump-abc-town-hall/index.html
2020, September 2020
“Some secrets stayed secrets because nobody knew them. Some because nobody told.”
Daniel Abraham (1969) speculative fiction writer from the United States
Source: Cibola Burn (2014), Chapter 5 (p. 55)
Angus King (1944) United States Senator from Maine
As quoted in "Angus may be a king-maker" by Deborah McDermott in Seacoast Online (11 March 2012) http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120311/NEWS/203110325/-1/NEWSMAP <br class="br">Context: I think I can honestly say that if Olympia had announced her retirement because of ill health or to spend more time with Jock I probably wouldn't have run. … What perked me up is why she is leaving. Olympia has 30 years of seniority, she's likable, she works very hard, and if she can't make it work, nobody in either party is going to make it work. … I don't have any illusions it will be easy, but I do think particularly if the two parties are closely divided, I will have an influence … I might have a chance of starting a movement toward change in this broken system. This country has serious problems, but you can't address them if the institution set up to address the problems is broken.
“Nobody quite knew what to make of the moon any more.”
Tom Robbins book Still Life with Woodpecker
Source: Still Life with Woodpecker
“Nobody knew the Iron Man had fallen.
Night passed.”
Ted Hughes book The Iron Man
Source: The Iron Man (1968), Ch. 1 : The Coming of the Iron Man
“I wanted to be where nobody I knew could ever come.”
Sylvia Plath book The Bell Jar
Source: The Bell Jar
“It's an unbelievably complex subject. Nobody knew healthcare could be so complicated.”
Donald J. Trump (1946) 45th President of the United States of America
Speaking at the National Governors Association meeting at the White House https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2017/feb/27/trump-healthcare-complicated-budget-video (27 February 2017) <br class="br">2010s, 2017, February
“(The unsatisfying thing about practicing restraint was that nobody knew you were practicing it.)”
Anne Tyler (1941) American novelist
Source: Vinegar Girl
“Cause up until that day, I was an idiot, but nobody else knew, you know?”
Brian Regan (comedian) (1957) American comedian
Brian Regan Live (1997)
Obert Skye book Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo
Source: Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo