Power expands through the distribution of secrecy.

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.

The sea was surging among the pilings like the blithe mindless forces of dissolution.

Only you can determine your choice of attitude. Choose wisely, choose carefully, choose confidently!

One can bear anything. The pain we cannot bear will kill us outright.

A wall is a hell of a lot better than a war.

Resolved, never to lose one moment of time; but improve it the most profitable way I possibly can.

I was a lousy waiter, dealing with people and having people in your face like that.

The Coach does not play in the game, but the Coach helps the players identify areas to improve their game.

If you apply reason and logic to this career of mine, you're not going to get very far. You simply won't.

He who knows things, and in fighting puts his knowledge into practice, will win his battles. He who knows them not, nor practices them, will surely be defeated.