Dangerous Quote by John le Carre Download Open image “A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world.” — John le Carre ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Dangerous World
“A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world.” —JOHN LE CARRÉ” — Chris Guillebeau Copy Share Image
My desk is more of a place where I set my stuff, and then I move around. If I'm at the office, I'm usually… — Emily Weiss Copy Share Image
I have a beautiful desk. I rarely sit behind it. That's not where my job is. My job is in the community. — Ted Wheeler Copy Share Image
“Dear me, Mr. Day. You really do love to get fucked on desks, don't you? Put you on a desk, and you're begging for… — K.J. Charles Copy Share Image
It seemed to me that I should have a desk, even though I had no real need for a desk. I was afraid that… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
The real desk isn't one with four legs and a filing cabinet. It's the space of time that you stake out every day and… — Josh Ritter Copy Share Image
My desk is an antique with bookshelves built into the side. I've turned the drawer over to hold a keyboard. We live in a… — Jess Walter Copy Share Image
“but the reality of millions of years of adaptation to a ruggedly physical existence will not just go away because desks were invented.” — Mark Rippetoe Copy Share Image
The creation of George Smiley, the retired spy recalled to hunt for just such a high-ranking mole in 'Tinker, Tailor,' was extremely personal. I… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
During the Cold War, we lived in coded times when it wasn't easy and there were shades of grey and ambiguity. — John le Carre Copy Share Image
“You're history, Donohue. You think countries run the fucking world! Go back to fucking Sunday school. It's 'God save our multinational' they're singing these… — John le Carré Copy Share Image
When you're my age and you see a story, you better go for it pretty quickly. I'd just like to get a few more… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
The trouble is, when professional spies go out of their way to make a definitive statement about one of their own, the public tends… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
Ideologies have no heart of their own. They're the whores and angels of our striving selves. — John le Carre Copy Share Image
“Pain observed is journalistic pain. It's diplomatic pain. It's television pain, over as soon as you switch off your beastly set.” — John le Carré Copy Share Image
The greatest threat to mankind comes from the renunciation of individual scruple in favor of institutional denominators. . . . Real heroism lies, as… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
“and the wood smoke will roll out of the fireplace on to the carpet we paid too much for on that rainy afternoon in… — John le Carré Copy Share Image
“Middle children weep longer than their brothers and sisters. Over her mother’s shoulder, stilling her pains and her injured pride, Jackie Lacon watched the… — John le Carré Copy Share Image
So the fool, as distinct from the scoundrel, is completely self- satisfied; in fact, he can easily become dangerous, as it does not take… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Every one knows that the exercise of military power is forever dangerous to civil rights; and we have had recent instances of violences that… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit. My three [great teachers] did not… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
We're not very dangerous animals; we don't have a horn like a rhino or quills like a porcupine. — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
In my youth-team days, I was always a left-winger who would stay close to the byline and put crosses in the box, so I… — Arjen Robben Copy Share Image
The temptations of God were always more dangerous for mankind than those of Satan. — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
When you start talking about elections being rigged, you're pushing people beyond democratic governance. And it's a very, very dangerous thing to do. — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
The Patriot Act is certainly a concern; all of those things are dangerous. I think more important than me preaching is that we as… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
Die gefährlichste Weltanschauung ist die Weltanschauung derer, die die Welt nie angeschaut haben. (The most dangerous worldview is the worldview of those who have not viewed the world) — Alexander von Humboldt Copy Share
The most dangerous creature here would have to be me. So maybe I'm just scared of my own shadow. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
The more people that learn about you, even if you're an underdog, then you can come under fire a lot and the more attention… — Gerard Way Copy Share Image