154 Quotes About Espionage

What kind of spy network would the Shinobi be if we only accepted Japanese people? It would be easy to spot us anywhere.

Intelligence shortcomings have a thousand fathers; secret intelligence triumphs are orphans.

It's the kind of job that, a few months down the line, if things go badly, could end with you standing in a darkened room, in front of a row of men whose faces you cannot see, being asked questions to which there are no right answers.

Two things about the NSA stunned me right off the bat: how technologically sophisticated it was compared with the CIA, and how much less vigilant it was about security in its every iteration, from the compartmentalization of information to data encryption.

The secret twitched on my lips even as they heartily agreed to my offer and I slipped away to retrieve the cakes, but I could already taste victory on my tongue.

كلُّ شيءٍ يتجسّسُ على كلِّ شيء؛ الواطي على العالي وهذا على الأعلى. القديمُ على الجديد. والآلهة لا تمدُّ يد المساعدة قَطّ لبني البشر، وبابُ الخروجِ هو بابُ الدخول

Back in 1944 when people were normal and there was a world war on,' says Paul to his son, 'it was a serious thing to be a spy.

Good intelligence work, Control had always preached, was gradual and rested on a kind of gentleness.

The Intelligence Services of East and West have given Europe over fifty years of peace - the longest the Continent has ever known. They did so by keeping their leaders from being surprised.