"The cat sat on the mat is not……" — John le Carre

"The cat sat on the mat is not a story. The cat sat on the other cat’s mat is a story."

— John le Carre

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126 Quotes by John le Carre

John le Carre has 126 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Love is whatever you can still betray. Betrayal can only happen if you love.
A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world.
It's part of a writer's profession, as it's part of a spy's profession, to prey on the community to which…
Until we have a better relationship between private performance and the public truth, as was demonstrated with Watergate, we as…
But I think the real tension lies in the relationship between what you might call the pursuer and his quarry,…
My definition of a decent society is one that first of all takes care of its losers, and protects its…
History keeps her secrets longer than most of us. But she has one secret that I will reveal to you…
A spy, like a writer, lives outside the mainstream population. He steals his experience through bribes and reconstructs it.
A committee is an animal with four back legs.
The longing we have to communicate cleanly and directly with people is always obstructed by qualifications and often with concern…
The monsters of our childhood do not fade away, neither are they ever wholly monstrous. But neither, in my experience,…
Americans believe that if you know something, you should do something about it.

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More Cat Quotes

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Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat… — Sri Aurobindo
Where do we say that a cell became a blade of grass, which became a starfish, which became a cat,… — Michele Bachmann
Cats are very independent animals. They're very sexy, if you want. Dogs are different. They're familiar. They're obedient. You call… — Antonio Banderas
If you call a cat, he may not come. Which doesn't happen with dogs. They're different types of animals. Cats… — Antonio Banderas
I love Wagner, but the music I prefer is that of a cat hung up by its tail outside a… — Charles Baudelaire
There's kind of a toll you have to pay with a cat; if you don't pet her for 10 minutes… — Scott Adams
I have always been an animal lover. I had a hard time disassociating the animals I cuddled with - dogs… — Kristen Bell
I have my favorite cat, who is my paperweight, on my desk while I am writing. — Ray Bradbury
I never minded flying cheap. I always said to myself, 'Taking this flight saves enough money to rescue four dogs,… — Elayne Boosler
My house is run, essentially, by an adopted, fully clawed cat with a mean nature. — Anthony Bourdain
I try to very hard to avoid a situation where I would be eating cat or dog; I've managed to… — Anthony Bourdain
I'm not Ted Nugent. My house is run, essentially, by an adopted, fully clawed cat with a mean nature. I… — Anthony Bourdain

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