Fools, most linguists. Damn all to say in one language, so they learn another and say damn all in that.

It's the oldest question of all, George. Who can spy on the spies?

During the Cold War, we lived in coded times when it wasn't easy and there were shades of grey and ambiguity.

A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world.

The only reward for love is the experience of loving.

Let's all pretend to be someone else, and then perhaps we'll find out who we are.

I think the greatest single enemy is the misuse of information, the perversion of truth in the hands of terribly skillful people.

The cat sat on the mat is not a story. The cat sat on the other cat’s mat is a story.

I used to think it was clever to confuse comedy with tragedy. Now I wish I could distinguish them.

Blackmail is more effective than bribery.

A spy, like a writer, lives outside the mainstream population. He steals his experience through bribes and reconstructs it.

We spend all our time and energy pampering our bodies and minds, but if we ignore our souls, we will end up spiritually starved and malnourished.

Only a few have learned to savor the significance of solitude. Those who can glory in being alone on occasion are the saint or poet or explorer.

You cannot run away from a weakness. You must sometimes fight it out or perish and if that be so why not now and where you stand?

If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good, I am satisfied.

If I didnt do something perfectly, I had to do it again. I grew up with a glue gun pointed at my head.

We must get going. Tomorrow, tomorrow.

Backward is just not a natural direction for Americans to look - historical ignorance remains a national characteristic.

As a young child, I played the violin. I think that that started the spark

Interdependence is a choice only independent people can make

Honor your father and mother (this is the first commandment with a promise),.4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.