Espionage Quotes

Indeed, there may well be many who will agree that death by hanging is almost too good for a sailor who will encompass the death of thousands of his shipmates without qualm. - View Quote Details on Indeed, there may well be many who will agree that…
There have been only two kinds of CIA secret operations: the ones that are widely known to have failed—usually because of almost unbelievably crude errors—and the ones that are not yet widely known to have failed. - View Quote Details on There have been only two kinds of CIA secret operations:…
Because something is not what it is said to be, Ma’am, does not mean it is a fake. It may just have been wrongly attributed. - View Quote Details on Because something is not what it is said to be,…
And we did have fun. For five years we bugged and burgled our way across London at the State’s behest, while pompous bowler-hatted civil servants in Whitehall pretended to look the other way. - View Quote Details on And we did have fun. For five years we bugged…
The spies of the underworld are legion. Craven crooks, for the most part, they are prey to blackmail. - View Quote Details on The spies of the underworld are legion. Craven crooks, for…
To MI5, if you steam this open you are dirty buggers. - View Quote Details on To MI5, if you steam this open you are dirty…
what is espionage but the very thing we exercise daily in our lives? - View Quote Details on what is espionage but the very thing we exercise daily…
No spy, however astute, is proof against relentless interrogation. Some unforseen circumstance, some trivial lapse, is pounced upon, exploited by the interrogator, until a break is complete. - View Quote Details on No spy, however astute, is proof against relentless interrogation. Some…
Mrs O’Grady has been sentenced to death. Personally I doubt whether she is guilty of anything more than collecting information. She probably pictured herself as a master spy, and cannot bring herself to say that there was really nothing behind it all. - View Quote Details on Mrs O’Grady has been sentenced to death. Personally I doubt…