Covert Quotes

Covert Quote of the day

Please, a definition: A hibernation is a covert preparation for a more overt action.

I am still profoundly troubled by the war in Nicaragua. The United States launched a covert war against another nation in violation of international law, a war that was wrong and immoral.

I wouldn't even know - and I spent three years in the CIA - I wouldn't even know how you'd start a covert action program in a place like Iran. It would be extraordinarily difficult.

In reality the workings of your governing system are opaque and covert, while hiding in the chattering spotlight of an ostensible transparency, even though the ultimate objective is clear.

The leader works in the open and the boss in covert. The leader leads, and the boss drives.

See, here's a shadow found; the human nature Is made th' umbrella to the Deity, To catch the sunbeams of thy just Creator; Beneath this covert thou may'st safely lie.

I speak of peace, while covert enmity under the smile of safety wounds the world

For me to write I have to be, a, alone, and b, know that nobody is going to question me. I write the way a thief steals; it's a little covert.

The Congress has historically played covert communal politics in order to create what in India we call vote banks where you pit one community against another and so on in order to secure votes.

Young people wonder how the adult world can be so boring. The secret is that it is not boring to adults because they have learnt to enjoy simple things like covert malice at one another's expense.

Magick comes in many forms, and there are many covert master magicians who are so covert that they don't even know they are magicians.

The science of systematics has long been affected by profound philosophical preconceptions, which have been all the more influential for being usually covert, even subconscious.

In an unconstitutional partnership with the state, the church can impose the most irresistible, if covert, controls conceivable.

Sam: You know what I wish? Cassel: What? Sam: That someone would covert my bed into a robot that would fight other bed robots to the death for me.

We should keep a careful diary of our moments of envy: they are our covert guides to what we should try to do next.

Covert action should not be confused with missionary work.

Disinformation is a large part of its[CIA] covert action responsibility, and the American people are the primary target of its lies.

Every responsible chief in the CIA knows that the more covert the action, the greater the need for a clear policy and a defined target.

Our plans for 'Superman?' I can't say. This is the most super secret thing ever. It's like working for the government, like I'm on a covert mission.

So, 'reaper' is really just a nice word for 'covert pervert?' Is that what you're saying?

Technology at present is covert philosophy; the point is to make it overtly philosophical.

I haven't made art about Israel. There's a covert subtext of Jewish identity in my artwork.

When you're dealing with espionage and covert affairs, sometimes the secret is more exciting than the knowledge.

The educated man had throughout the ages found a way to covert passionate activity into silent and motionless pleasure. He can sit still in a room and not perish.

Americans should not expect one battle, but a lengthy campaign, unlike any other we have ever seen. It may include dramatic strikes, visible on TV, and covert operations, secret even in success.

You are about as covert as a sledgehammer.

What I really found was that the one similarity between Covert Affairs and Fair Game is a deep love and admiration and fascination with the home life of a spy.

Uncontrolled or covert napping, however, is still probably very common. One need only move through a building surreptitiously and peek at people to find some subset of sleep at any given time.

The liberals' present furor over the CIA's covert operations against al-Qaida suggests that they harbor a death wish not only for themselves but also for the whole country.

Macey couldn't decide whether to be intrigued that Hale was walking around with a state-of-the-art covert communications device or be jealous because she'd been caught without one of her own.

The ecological movement is concerned about this, and this is in here, where everything is public. In Iran, where everything is covert, we have no firsthand information.

COVERT CONVERTIf you don't believe in God, then believe in the hidden camera