Fools, most linguists. Damn all to say in one language, so they learn another and say damn all in that.

Blackmail is more effective than bribery.

To possess another language is to possess another soul.

I can't think of anybody worse to live with.

Treason is very much a matter of habit, Smiley decided.

I mean, I'm in the business of storytelling, not message making.

There is a big difference between fighting the cold war and fighting radical Islam. The rules have changed and we haven't.