Spy Quotes · Page 4

That’s the thing about spies. Most of the secrets we keep are from each other.

— Ally Carter

If I was a spy, I would have a watch that would cloak me in invisibility.

— Kyle

“He would be painstaking in his approach, meticulous. For there was nothing more dangerous, he thought, than a patient man.”

— Daniel Silva

Two days after my dad's funeral, my mom went on a mission. I never understood it until then--that sometimes a spy doesn't…

— Ally Carter

She was a Privately funded spy ship owned by the corporation and headed by Juan Cabtillo. The Oregon was his brain child…

— Anonymous

There aren't enough secrets to go round anymore. Some spies are having to invent secrets in order to earn a living.

— Shelagh Delaney

I know not every mom is a secret KGB spy, but every mom has this whole other life. Every dad and every…

— Keri Russell

I think I would have been a hopeless spy. I love telling stories and am almost entirely unable to keep a secret.

— Ben Macintyre

I'd rather live in a world where firms don't have these enormous incentives to spy on individuals.

— Paul Romer

Some people think my father was a spy, because of working for that government agency in Vietnam, but he can't find his…

— Lauren Graham

It was a charming fantasy of romantics that the spies would stop spying, that political conflict would end and politicians would tell…

— John le Carre

“Bearing witness from the sides of the room, ten or more lepers shouted at the bizarre scene, “Diable! Diable!” And then chants…

— Cole Alpaugh

The drug war isn't what purports to be. If you look at the whole operation and the tie-in between the American intelligence…

— Jerry Brown

The end and aim of spying in all its five varieties is knowledge of the enemy; and this knowledge can only be…

— Sun Tzu

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

I was the British spy who had come out of the woodwork and told it how it really was, and anything I…

— John le Carre

People in both parties from the congressional intelligence committees - all these co-opted officials who play cheerleader for spy agencies - go…

— Edward Snowden

My favorite movies are the ones that are different the second time, or where you're constantly discovering new things. It's not just…

— Drew Goddard

“It is said that men condemned to death are subject to sudden moments of elation; as if, like moths in the fire,…

— John le Carré

So in terms of a large part of the job on our show specifically, what makes the show complex and interesting and…

— Brian Baumgartner

Spies cannot be usefully employed without a certain intuitive sagacity; (2) They cannot be properly managed without benevolence and straight forwardness; (3)…

— Sun Tzu

There are many reasons, of course, why someone might snap their fingers and grin. If you heard some pleasing music, for instance,…

— Anonymous

I didn't think that and I didn't verbalize that to myself or within meetings that we ever had, but we wanted to…

— Pierce Brosnan

Dali blinked at me. "Would you mind making coffee while you're dancing? I smell it on the bottom shelf, either first or…

— Ilona Andrews

Werner Herzog, I knew him for so many years, when Fassbinder was at his highest moment. But we had a rule: An…

— Udo Kier

But I, that am not shaped for sportive tricks, Nor made to court an amorous looking-glass; I, that am rudely stamped, and…

— William Shakespeare

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

A good man does not spy around for the black spots in others, but presses unswervingly on towards his mark.

— Marcus Aurelius

They [spies] cannot be properly managed without benevolence and straightforwardness.

— Sun Tzu

“Sam took another sip of the pruno. It went down smoother this time, possibly because he no longer had feeling in his…

— Tod Goldberg

I like lassic British spy thrillers. Seriously. If the cold war was still on, that's something I'd be writing.

— Charles Stross

“The phrasing annoyed Sage. As long as she was pretty and in a good mood, her husband would love her? People needed…

— Erin Beaty

I don't expect people who've enjoyed 'Spy Kids' will enjoy 'Repo! the Genetic Opera!'

— Alexa Vega

Choosing providers is not a choice between surveillance/not; it's just choosing which feudal lord gets to spy on you.

— Bruce Schneier

I'm a spy. It's not really... I worked for the CIA 15 years. The cover was I worked for the insurance business.

— Tom Clancy

He always wants to expand every one's rights: illegal aliens, terrorists, Russian spies, except American citizens.

— Rush Limbaugh

Since real spies are so good, you never really know what actual spying is. But I do think spying is a lot…

— Richard Armitage

I’m really starting to like all this spy work,” Vee said. “When my normal life gets boring, all I have to do…

— Becca Fitzpatrick

You know what? For myself, I kind of like the spy because it takes another guy out of coverage or another guy…

— Marcus Mariota

“The report also said I show great potential as an agent. I figure they must be right, since I successfully broke into…

— Amy McAuley