--- title: "14 Smiley Quotes By John le Carre" description: "14 Smiley quotes by John le Carre. Plus more from John le Carre and more Smiley sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/872/john-le-carre-651_faces_smiley-was-soaked-to-the-skin-and-god-as_1420842.jpg" --- > [Smiley was soaked to the skin and God as a punishment had removed all taxis from the face of London.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-le-carre/smiley-was-soaked-to-the-skin-and-god-as-a-punishment-had-removed-all/) [John le Carre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-le-carre/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/872/john-le-carre-651_faces_smiley-was-soaked-to-the-skin-and-god-as_1420842.jpg) > [Treason is very much a matter of habit, Smiley decided.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-le-carre/treason-is-very-much-a-matter-of-habit-smiley-decided/) [John le Carre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-le-carre/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/746/john-le-carre-651_habit_treason-is-very-much-a-matter-of-habit-s_2748842.jpg) > [“right…What do you do for a living, Smiley?” “After the war I was at Oxford for a bit. Teaching and research. I’m…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-le-carre/right-what-do-you-do-for-a-living-smiley-after-the-war-i-was-at/) [John le Carré](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-le-carre/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07d/john-le-carre-651_education_right-what-do-you-do-for-a-living-smiley_1117961.jpg) > [“George, you won,' said Guillam, as they walked slowly towards the car. 'Did I?' said Smiley. 'Yes. Yes, well I suppose I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-le-carre/george-you-won-said-guillam-as-they-walked-slowly-towards-the-car-did/) [John le Carré](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-le-carre/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c78/john-le-carre-651_cold-war_george-you-won-said-guillam-as-they-walk_1459181.jpg) > [I have a theory which I suspect is rather immoral,' Smiley went on, more lightly. 'Each of us has only a quantum…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-le-carre/i-have-a-theory-which-i-suspect-is-rather-immoral-smiley-went-on-more/) [John le Carre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-le-carre/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6b/john-le-carre-651_cat_i-have-a-theory-which-i-suspect-is-rathe_1722896.jpg) > [“And your wife, she's in the pink and so on?" His expressions were also boyish. "Very bonny, thank you," said Smiley, trying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-le-carre/and-your-wife-she-s-in-the-pink-and-so-on-his-expressions-were-also/) [John le Carré](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-le-carre/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b6/john-le-carre-651_marriage_and-your-wife-she-s-in-the-pink-and-so-o_615657.jpg) > [“Smiley was the oddest. You thought, to look at him, that he couldn't cross the road alone, but you might as well…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-le-carre/smiley-was-the-oddest-you-thought-to-look-at-him-that-he-couldn-t/) [John le Carré](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-le-carre/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e7/john-le-carre-651_character-quote_smiley-was-the-oddest-you-thought-to-loo_1954302.jpg) > [“Martindale had no valid claim on Smiley either professionally or socially. He worked on the fleshy side of the Foreign Office and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-le-carre/martindale-had-no-valid-claim-on-smiley-either-professionally-or/) [John le Carré](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-le-carre/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/810/john-le-carre-651_bachelor_martindale-had-no-valid-claim-on-smiley_855741.jpg) > [“Smiley presented an odd figure to his fellow passengers – a little fat man, rather gloomy, suddenly smiling, ordering a drink. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-le-carre/smiley-presented-an-odd-figure-to-his-fellow-passengers-a-little-fat/) [John le Carré](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-le-carre/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a9/john-le-carre-651_fat-man_smiley-presented-an-odd-figure-to-his-fe_2553285.jpg) > [“Smiley. Short, fat, and of a quiet disposition, he appeared to spend a lot of money on really bad clothes, which hung…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-le-carre/smiley-short-fat-and-of-a-quiet-disposition-he-appeared-to-spend-a/) [John le Carré](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-le-carre/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/627/john-le-carre-651_money_smiley-short-fat-and-of-a-quiet-disposit_2392405.jpg) > [“Walking a short way back along the embankment, almost to where the cross stood, Smiley took another look at the bridge, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-le-carre/walking-a-short-way-back-along-the-embankment-almost-to-where-the/) [John le Carré](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-le-carre/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/514/john-le-carre-651_cold-war_walking-a-short-way-back-along-the-emban_3144475.jpg) > [The creation of George Smiley, the retired spy recalled to hunt for just such a high-ranking mole in 'Tinker, Tailor,' was extremely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-le-carre/the-creation-of-george-smiley-the-retired-spy-recalled-to-hunt-for/) [John le Carre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-le-carre/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/115/john-le-carre-651_admired_the-creation-of-george-smiley-the-retire_15686.jpg) > [ George Smiley: \[quoting an old letter from Bill Haydon about Jim Prideaux\] He has that heavy quiet that commands. He's my other… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-le-carre/george-smiley-quoting-an-old-letter-from-bill-haydon-about-jim/) [John le Carre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-le-carre/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d52/john-le-carre-651_bills_george-smiley-quoting-an-old-letter-from_1812849.jpg) > [“Smiley himself was one of those solitaires who seem to have come into the world fully educated at the age of eighteen.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-le-carre/smiley-himself-was-one-of-those-solitaires-who-seem-to-have-come-into/) [John le Carré](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-le-carre/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4f/john-le-carre-651_espionage_smiley-himself-was-one-of-those-solitair_2932385.jpg) ## More by John le Carre > [The creation of George Smiley, the retired spy recalled to hunt for just such a high-ranking mole in 'Tinker, Tailor,' was extremely personal. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-le-carre/the-creation-of-george-smiley-the-retired-spy-recalled-to-hunt-for/) [John le Carre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-le-carre/) > [All power corrupts but some must govern.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-le-carre/all-power-corrupts-but-some-must-govern/) [John le Carre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-le-carre/) > [During the Cold War, we lived in coded times when it wasn't easy and there were shades of grey and ambiguity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-le-carre/during-the-cold-war-we-lived-in-coded-times-when-it-wasn-t-easy-and/) [John le Carre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-le-carre/) > [“You're history, Donohue. You think countries run the fucking world! Go back to fucking Sunday school. It's 'God save our multinational' they're singing these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-le-carre/you-re-history-donohue-you-think-countries-run-the-fucking-world-go/) [John le Carré](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-le-carre/) > [When you're my age and you see a story, you better go for it pretty quickly. I'd just like to get a few more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-le-carre/when-you-re-my-age-and-you-see-a-story-you-better-go-for-it-pretty/) [John le Carre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-le-carre/) > [The trouble is, when professional spies go out of their way to make a definitive statement about one of their own, the public tends…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-le-carre/the-trouble-is-when-professional-spies-go-out-of-their-way-to-make-a/) [John le Carre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-le-carre/) > [Ideologies have no heart of their own. They're the whores and angels of our striving selves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-le-carre/ideologies-have-no-heart-of-their-own-they-re-the-whores-and-angels/) [John le Carre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-le-carre/) > [Home's where you go when you run out of homes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-le-carre/home-s-where-you-go-when-you-run-out-of-homes/) [John le Carre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-le-carre/) > [“Pain observed is journalistic pain. It's diplomatic pain. It's television pain, over as soon as you switch off your beastly set.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-le-carre/pain-observed-is-journalistic-pain-it-s-diplomatic-pain-it-s/) [John le Carré](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-le-carre/) > [The greatest threat to mankind comes from the renunciation of individual scruple in favor of institutional denominators. . . . Real heroism lies, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-le-carre/the-greatest-threat-to-mankind-comes-from-the-renunciation-of/) [John le Carre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-le-carre/) > [“and the wood smoke will roll out of the fireplace on to the carpet we paid too much for on that rainy afternoon in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-le-carre/and-the-wood-smoke-will-roll-out-of-the-fireplace-on-to-the-carpet-we/) [John le Carré](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-le-carre/) > [“Middle children weep longer than their brothers and sisters. Over her mother’s shoulder, stilling her pains and her injured pride, Jackie Lacon watched the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-le-carre/middle-children-weep-longer-than-their-brothers-and-sisters-over-her/) [John le Carré](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-le-carre/) > [For decades to come the spy world will continue to be the collective couch where the subconscious of each nation is confessed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-le-carre/for-decades-to-come-the-spy-world-will-continue-to-be-the-collective/) [John le Carre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-le-carre/) > [I happen to write by hand. I don't even type. John Le Carre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-le-carre/i-happen-to-write-by-hand-i-don-t-even-type-john-le-carre/) [John Le Carre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-le-carre/) > [The more identities a man has, the more they express the person they conceal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-le-carre/the-more-identities-a-man-has-the-more-they-express-the-person-they/) [John le Carre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-le-carre/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/smiley/john-le-carre/#itemlist", "name": "14 Smiley Quotes By John le Carre", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Smiley was soaked to the skin and God as a punishment had removed all taxis from the face of London.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John le Carre" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-le-carre/smiley-was-soaked-to-the-skin-and-god-as-a-punishment-had-removed-all/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/872/john-le-carre-651_faces_smiley-was-soaked-to-the-skin-and-god-as_1420842.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/872/john-le-carre-651_faces_smiley-was-soaked-to-the-skin-and-god-as_1420842.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/872/john-le-carre-651_faces_smiley-was-soaked-to-the-skin-and-god-as_1420842.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Smiley was soaked to the skin and God as a punishment had removed all taxis from the face of London.” — John le Carre", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Treason is very much a matter of habit, Smiley decided.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John le Carre" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-le-carre/treason-is-very-much-a-matter-of-habit-smiley-decided/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/746/john-le-carre-651_habit_treason-is-very-much-a-matter-of-habit-s_2748842.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/746/john-le-carre-651_habit_treason-is-very-much-a-matter-of-habit-s_2748842.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/746/john-le-carre-651_habit_treason-is-very-much-a-matter-of-habit-s_2748842.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Treason is very much a matter of habit, Smiley decided.” — John le Carre", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“right…What do you do for a living, Smiley?” “After the war I was at Oxford for a bit. 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I borrowed elements of people I admired and invested them in this mythical character. I'm such a fluent, specious person now, but I was an extremely awkward fellow in those days.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John le Carre" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-le-carre/the-creation-of-george-smiley-the-retired-spy-recalled-to-hunt-for/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/115/john-le-carre-651_admired_the-creation-of-george-smiley-the-retire_15686.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/115/john-le-carre-651_admired_the-creation-of-george-smiley-the-retire_15686.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/115/john-le-carre-651_admired_the-creation-of-george-smiley-the-retire_15686.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The creation of George Smiley, the retired spy recalled to hunt for just such a high-ranking mole in…” — John le Carre", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "George Smiley: [quoting an old letter from Bill Haydon about Jim Prideaux] He has that heavy quiet that commands. He's my other half. Between us we'd make one marvelous man. He asks nothing better than to be in my company or that of my wicked, divine friends, and I'm vastly tickled by the compliment. 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