"They hardly seem like much of a threat to the Empire," Pias remarked privately to Yvette.

Some Democrats remark privately that when the governor admonishes them to kill or push through a bill, it is like being scolded by their mother.

"They will try to run in any case," the officer privately remarked to Shabbir.

Ross remarked privately, while the clerk wrote up the order, "In most stories about space travel, they just eat pills of concentrated food.

Stannall, Harlan remarked privately to me, would have delayed until he 'had given the matter mature consideration'.

He remarked privately on how perfect it was and called the event fantastic.

One of McCain's aides privately remarked via an American football metaphor during the announcement: "We just threw long."

Nixon remarked privately afterwards, "[Romney] talks big but folds under pressure."

Baldur privately remarked that it was fortunate that they would be able to go most of the way to gnome's territory, downstream by water.

As one U.S. official remarked to me privately, "That was the week we made 450,000 enemies on the ground in Iraq."