"The fact that you can only do a……" — John le Carre

"The fact that you can only do a little is no excuse for doing nothing."

— 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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Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of… — Hannah Arendt
A Boss in Heaven is the best excuse for a boss on earth, therefore If God did exist, he would… — Mikhail Bakunin
Excuse the mess but we live here. — Roseanne Barr
Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself. — Henry Ward Beecher
The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself. — Henry Ward Beecher
Destiny: A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure. — Ambrose Bierce
Bacchus, n.: A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for getting drunk. — Ambrose Bierce
Christ's crucifix shall be made an excuse for executing criminals. — William Blake
Any excuse will serve a tyrant. — Aesop
The politics of partisanship and the resulting inaction and excuses have paralyzed decision-making, primarily at the federal level, and the… — Michael Bloomberg
I learnt to stop fantasising about the perfect job or the perfect relationship because that can actually be an excuse… — Alain de Botton
The financial crisis should not become an excuse to raise taxes, which would only undermine the economic growth required to… — George W. Bush

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