348 Quotes by John le Carré

Politicians love chaos... it gives them authority, it gives them power.

If you see the world as gloomily as I see it, the only thing to do is laugh or shoot yourself.

It is my considered opinion, that for Britain and Europe, and for liberal democracy across the entire world as a whole, Britain’s departure from the European Union in the time of Donald Trump, and Britain’s consequent unqualified dependence on the United States in an era when the US is heading straight down the road to institutional racism and neo-fascism, is an unmitigated clusterfuck bar none.

Merridew might not have been the slenderest of men or the tallest. But he had grip, he had cunning and like many fat men he had unexpected resources of indignation which he was able to turn on like a flood when they were needed.

In every operation there is an above the line and a below the line. Above the line is what you do by the book. Below the line is how you do the job.

...he looks like a mixture of Humpty-Dumpty and a Cornish elf -- very short and broad -- and I don't think he's anyone's fool.

We're all a bunch of no-good apostates and blasphemers and murderers and fornicators and God-haters, so fuck the lot of us." For those guys, and all the guys we'd like to meet who share their perceptions, it's the Western hemisphere versus Islam, and no stops between.

[Smiley contemplates graffiti:]'Punk is destructive. Society does not need it.' The assertion caused him a moment's indecision. 'Oh, but society does,' he wanted to reply; 'society is an association of minorities.

Para quem tem acesso autorizado à Poeira de Estrelas, o espetáculo começa dentro de cinquenta e cinco minutos. Para quem não tem, há dois funcionários com olhos de águia à porta que terão todo o gosto em fazer-lhe ver o engano.