Best John le Carre Words
- Jesus Christ only had twelve, you know, and one of them was a double. Christ
- Look... we're getting to be old men, and we've spent our lives looking for the weaknesses in one another's systems. I can see through Eastern… Ad
- A dead man is the worst enemy alive, I thought. You can't alter his power over you. You can't alter what you love or owe.… Absolution
- Wives?" she asked, interrupting him. For a moment, he had assumed she was tuning to the novel. Then he saw her waiting, suspicious eyes, so… Active
- What else has a journalist to do these days, after all, but report life's miseries? All
- We've had enough." He took back the report and jammed it under his arm. "We've had a bellyful, in fact." "And like everyone who's had… Arm
- A lot of people see doubt as legitimate philosophical posture. They think of themselves in the middle, whereas of course really, they're nowhere. Course
- If you see the world as gloomily as I see it, the only thing to do is laugh or shoot yourself. Gloomily
- ...in the hands of politicians grand designs achieve nothing but new forms of the old misery... Achieve
- Smiley was soaked to the skin and God as a punishment had removed all taxis from the face of London. All
- It is also the pardonable vanity of lonely people everywhere to assume that they have no counterparts. Assume
- It's the oldest question of all, George. Who can spy on the spies? All
- Writers are two-home men - they want a place outside and a place within. Home
- I write and walk and swim and drink. Drink
- It is my writing dilemma. The world of spying is my genre. My struggle is to demystify, to de-romanticise the spook world, but at the… De Romanticise
- I began writing when I was still in the British Foreign Service, and it was then understood that even if you wrote about butterfly collecting,… Another Name
- SIS, the Secret Intelligence Service, also known as MI6, also has no executive powers and operates abroad on CIA lines, but with a tiny percentage… Abroad
- I remain terrified of the capacity of the media, the capacity of spin doctors, here and abroad, particularly the United States media, to perpetuate false… Abroad
- I suffer from the same frustration that every decent American suffers from. That is, that you begin to wonder whether decent liberal instincts, decent humanitarian… American
- I want to be like Ford Madox Ford. I want to be talking to somebody across a fire, and I want him to join me… Across
- I think, increasingly, despite what we are being told is an ever more open world of communication, there is a terrible alienation in the ordinary… Alienation
- To give the best of the day to your work is most important. Best
- I think bankers will always get away with whatever they can get away with. Always Get
- Betrayal can only happen if you love Betrayal
- I happen to write by hand. I don't even type. John Le Carre Carre
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