Cases Quote by John le Carre

In the old days, spies had done they'd done because they loved their country, because they believed in what they were doing. But he'd…

— Anthony Horowitz

I romanticized about it in my twenties, but I don't think I would have enjoyed being a spy. I worry too much.

— Mark Ivanir

I have no spy stories to tell, because I saw no spies. Nor did I understand, at that time, any opposition between American and…

— Elia Kazan

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

Spying has always gone on since ancient times.

— Vladimir Putin

Anyone with a cursory knowledge of American history knows that unchecked spying undermines democracy and public trust.

— Ari Melber

Since real spies are so good, you never really know what actual spying is. But I do think spying is a lot more dangerous…

— Richard Armitage

We have learned in recent years to translate almost all of political life in terms of conspiracy. And the spy novel, as never before,…

— John le Carre

'The Spy Who Came in from the Cold' was the work of a wayward imagination brought to the end of its tether by political…

— John le Carre

I love the idea of spies in love. How would it work between two people who were so programmed to lie and be suspicious,…

— Tony Gilroy

Spies cannot be usefully employed without a certain intuitive sagacity; They cannot be properly managed without benevolence and straightforwardness; Without subtle ingenuity of mind,…

— Sun Tzu

In the United States and some of the other countries involved it's sort of a "five eyes" global spying alliance. That's the US, UK,…

— Edward Snowden