Insane person Quote by David Kahn

“This kind of work, particularly in the early stages of a difficult cryptanalysis, is perhaps the most excruciating, exasperating, agonizing mental process known to…

— David Kahn

An ambassador has no need of spies; his character is always sacred.

— George Washington

I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I tell them the truth and they never believe me.

— Anonymous

From infancy on, we are all spies; the shame is not this but that the secrets to be discovered are so paltry and few.

— John Updike

The real secret about diplomats is that we're trained to say something, when there is nothing to say, and to say nothing when there…

— Jon Huntsman, Jr

“Spies should be able to endure torture and still keep their secrets. I spilled mine out like pennies from a broken piggy bank.”

— Myra McEntire

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 tried all the basic approaches,” he said. “Including the one those teachers used to crack the cipher he sent to the papers. No…

— Christa Faust

“But secret agents, like God, only give signs to their confidants. They are also very cruel and even unhappy at times. At any rate,…

— John Darnielle

I wrote 'The Spy Who Came in from the Cold' at the age of 30 under intense, unshared personal stress and in extreme privacy.…

— John le Carre

“Diplomacy may very well be the art of manipulating secrets. What would any negotiation come to, were not there secrets to either share or…

— Robin Hobb

“Encryption matters, and it is not just for spies and philanderers.”

— Glenn Greenwald