76 Quotes About Spies

The fatal conceit of most spies is to believe they are loved, in a relationship between equals, and not merely manipulated.

Suddenly, Blaze appears, alone. “She’s in the middle of something really important. What do I tell her?”Jen groans. “Tell her she gets to hack into the CIA’s system. She won’t be able to pass that up.

For a once renowned woman who loved telling tales of dodging bullets, wielding grenades and subverting dogs trained to kill, Christine's story is, surprisingly, little known today.

When he came he first covered me with his revolver', Christine write in her official report, but it was not long before Waem put the gun down on the table between them.

No one is worse at keeping secrets than the secret services

Spies are, by nature and necessity, pathological liars who strive to make their endgames justify their meanness.

Yew? Not roight in the 'ead? Jus' let me tell yew somefink yew cockeyed idiot. Oi moight call yew daft sometimes, but that don't mean yew're crazy. If'n yew're not roight in the head, then Oi'm Mussolini's fairy godmother.

If you knew when your last day of life was going to be, it was the best place to spend your last night on earth, because in Russia people party like tomorrow will never come.

Nobody understood why opposites attracted, and anybody who said they did was probably selling a book.