Top Spy Quotes Collection

Discover a curated collection of Spy quotes. Find inspiration, motivation, and wisdom from the best quotes in this category.

Image of Howard Tayler
Spy' is such a short ugly word. I prefer 'espionage.' Those extra three syllables really say something.
- Howard Tayler
Collection: Spy
Image of Jehane Noujaim
Being a filmmaker is kind of like being a glorified spy.
- Jehane Noujaim
Collection: Spy
Image of Kresley Cole
I got nothing. Even the spies I'm spying on who are spying on other spies got nothing.
- Kresley Cole
Collection: Spy
Image of Alexis De Veaux
Writers are spies. Outsiders. Believers in the turning pages.
- Alexis De Veaux
Collection: Spy
Image of Nathan Hale
I should probably bequeath the copyrights to my screenplay for Spies Like Us, just in case.
- Nathan Hale
Collection: Spy
Image of Matt Nix
Spies have the same kinds of needs and desires that everybody does, which is funny. The best kind of comedy derives from that kind of truth.
- Matt Nix
Collection: Spy
Image of Lee Ranaldo
In a certain way, we felt almost like spies in the major label world. We were coming from some other world, and we somehow got our foot in the door and crept in and were prowling around, checking things out and taking back reports from the front.
- Lee Ranaldo
Collection: Spy
Image of Gena Showalter
We can't spy on them if they aren't spying on us, now can we?" Warped logic, but okay.
- Gena Showalter
Collection: Spy
Image of Stendhal
Signs cannot be represented, in a spy's report, so damningly as words.
- Stendhal
Collection: Spy
Image of Friedrich Schiller
Yet have I ever heard it said that spies and tale-bearers have done more mischief in this world than poisoned bowl or the assassin's dagger.
- Friedrich Schiller
Collection: Spy
Image of Barack Obama
We reject the use of national security letters to spy on citizens who are not suspected of a crime.
- Barack Obama
Collection: Spy
Image of Ally Carter
Hello, ladies," Joe Solomon said, but not before I snatched the piece of paper and crammed it in my mouth, which ordinarily would have been really great spy maneuvering except that Josh didn't use Evapopaper. "How's the lasagna?" Mr. Solomon asked, and I started to say something before I remembered that my mouth was...well...otherwise engaged.
- Ally Carter
Collection: Spy
Image of John le Carre
Treason is very much a matter of habit, Smiley decided.
- John le Carre
Collection: Spy
Image of George Carlin
How can it be a spy satellite if they announce on television that it's a spy satellite?
- George Carlin
Collection: Spy
Image of John le Carre
For decades to come the spy world will continue to be the collective couch where the subconscious of each nation is confessed.
- John le Carre
Collection: Spy
Image of John le Carre
It's the oldest question of all, George. Who can spy on the spies?
- John le Carre
Collection: Spy
Image of Pierce Brosnan
There's no question about it. Beaumarie St. Claire and I, we created Irish DreamTime after GoldenEye hit. We made movies like Thomas Crown and The Matador. And in between my stints as James Bond, I'd go off and I'd do something like The Matador or Tailor of Panama, which was spy related, just so I could shake it up. It's a genre which really appeals to me.
- Pierce Brosnan
Collection: Spy
Image of Becca Fitzpatrick
I’m really starting to like all this spy work,” Vee said. “When my normal life gets boring, all I have to do is sidle up next to you.
- Becca Fitzpatrick
Collection: Spy
Image of Henry Giroux
It is important to note that Edward Snowden was labeled as a spy not a whistle-blower - even though he exposed the reach of the spy services into the lives of most Americans. More importantly, he was denounced as being part of a generation that unfortunately combined being educated with a distrust of authority.
- Henry Giroux
Collection: Spy
Image of Malcolm Gladwell
Now I basically just read spy stories because they're about solving a puzzle within the constraints of history. It's the tick tock, the clockwork that I'm interested in.
- Malcolm Gladwell
Collection: Spy
Image of Thomas Hobbes
Thoughts are to the Desires as Scouts and Spies, to range abroad, and find the way to the things Desired.
- Thomas Hobbes
Collection: Spy
Image of George Herbert
The life of spies is to know, not bee known.
- George Herbert
Collection: Spy