“He would be painstaking in his approach, meticulous. For there was nothing more dangerous, he thought, than a patient man.” — Daniel Silva Copy Share Image
This is the wonderful thing about espionage, nothing exists any more. — William Stephenson Copy Share Image
They [spies] cannot be properly managed without benevolence and straightforwardness. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
For decades to come the spy world will continue to be the collective couch where the subconscious of each nation is confessed. — John le Carre Copy Share Image
“We're going to have a woman lodger.’ ‘Cripes,’ said Jenno. ‘That'll cramp yer style a bit.” — Peter St. John Copy Share Image
“The fatal conceit of most spies is to believe they are loved, in a relationship between equals, and not merely manipulated.” — Ben Macintyre Copy Share Image
“They are the Emperor's spies, his eyes and ears. And occasionally his assassins.” — Jonathan Moeller Copy Share Image
There aren't enough secrets to go round anymore. Some spies are having to invent secrets in order to earn a living. — Shelagh Delaney Copy Share Image
“To achieve its New World Order plans, the Omega Agency needed people who could make use of their primordial instincts, who wouldn’t… — James Morcan Copy Share Image
“There's no marker on the entrance to this entire complex, or on many of the buildings, but if there was I would… — Andrea Portes Copy Share Image
The ultimate in disposing one's troops is to be without ascertainable shape. Then the most penetrating spies cannot pry in nor can… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
The end and aim of spying in all its five varieties is knowledge of the enemy; and this knowledge can only be… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
I served 10 years on the U.S. House Intelligence Committee, and I had the distinct privilege of meeting with real U.S. spies… — Pete Hoekstra Copy Share Image
Female spies typically represented one of two extremes: the seductress who employed her wiles to manipulate men, and the cross-dresser who blended… — Karen Abbott Copy Share Image
I hate newspapermen. They come into camp and pick up their camp rumors and print them as facts. I regard them as… — William Tecumseh Sherman Copy Share Image
It's about these people who are inextricably together for whatever reasons, and they happen to be in the spy world. It's about… — Victor Garber Copy Share Image
“When the spies got inside Jericho’s wall, they made a beeline past the apartments and the wall-marts to the whorehouse, where they… — Mark Russell Copy Share Image
The enemy's spies who have come to spy on us must be sought out, tempted with bribes, led away and comfortably housed.… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Instead of inventing imaginary friends, I invented whole imaginary worlds. They were elaborate scenarios about spies and adventurers and top secret missions.… — Robin Wasserman Copy Share Image
“Dario, What you do or do not want applies to you, not me. I didn't ask your permission, and I don't seek… — Rachel Caine Copy Share Image
“Some people are agents from birth, Monsignors -- he told them -- appointed to the work by the period of history, the… — John le Carré Copy Share Image
“If you want, you can make him seem erratic and unreliable so they get rid of him. You can manufacture crises that… — Cory Doctorow Copy Share Image
“That’s not necessary,” Mr. Bradshaw said, “although you are all perfectly welcome in the guest rooms upstairs, I won’t ask you to… — Maya Bode Copy Share Image
“A big part of becoming a spy is learning all the secrets that are used to keep things under wraps. A spy… — P.D. Adler Copy Share Image
“I should have been honored to have been part of the best pickpocket incident of the century, but instead I was just… — Maya Bode Copy Share Image
“Espionage is not supposed to be sporting, otherwise it would not be clandestine.” — Khalid Muhammad Copy Share Image
From infancy on, we are all spies; the shame is not this but that the secrets to be discovered are so paltry… — John Updike Copy Share Image
“It’s the oldest question of all, George. Who can spy on the spies? Who can smell out the fox without running with… — John le Carré Copy Share Image
“That wasn't like spying. Any fool can spy. A spy has a clean, exciting life. But try and spend ten years in… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
“But intelligence officers never really retire, they just slip into the shadows.” — Stieg Larsson Copy Share Image
“Encryption matters, and it is not just for spies and philanderers.” — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
That’s the thing about spies. Most of the secrets we keep are from each other. — Ally Carter Copy Share Image
Generally speaking, espionage offers each spy an opportunity to go crazy in a way he finds irresistible. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
But first, my friends, I need you to do something for me. We have two spies in the back of the auditorium. — James Dashner Copy Share Image
Spies go to bars for the same reason people go to libraries: full of information if you know where to ask. — Michael Weston Copy Share Image
“Cats make brilliant spies. If they had thumbs, humans would be screwed.” — Louise Nicks Copy Share Image
“Jabir listened but was not convinced. “Iraq and Iran haven’t gotten along for many centuries. Why should we now?” — Karl Braungart Copy Share Image
Writing about magic is harder than writing about spies because you're dealing with something that doesn't really exist. — Anthony Horowitz Copy Share Image
“The spies of Parshuram, high in the trees, were watching attentively.” — Amish Tripathi Copy Share Image
“A lot of childhood effort, worry, and whispering goes into cracking the codes of adult life. Children have to be accomplished spies.” — Vera B. Williams Copy Share Image
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