Dwayne Johnson Quotes

In intelligence work, there are limits to the amount of information one can share. Confidentiality is essential.

I'd be a terrible secret agent. I can't keep a secret and I'm not sneaky.

Secrecy is as essential to Intelligence as vestments to a Mass, or darkness to a spiritualist seance, and must at all costs be maintained, quite irrespective of whether or not it serves any purpose.

You can probably forgive the top spy for lying about spying. Lying is part of the job description. It’s what spies do.

I could have been a top notch spy. People confess the most amazing secrets to me, even when I am not fishing for those nuggets. I must look trustworthy because I sit there with a video camera or a tape recorder while the stories pour out.

I really wanted to be a spy. I guess it's a bit like acting, where you play a role.

The life of spies is to know, not bee known.

We all have secrets. We've all kept secrets. We've had secrets kept from us, and we know how that feels.

In my head, I think I'd make a perfect spy, but in reality, I don't think I'd fare very well.

I've always wanted to play a spy, because it is the ultimate acting exercise. You are never what you seem.

There is only one law of espionage—there are always going to be spies.

Of all those in the army close to the commander, none is more intimate than the secret agent.

That’s the thing about spies. Most of the secrets we keep are from each other.

Most of the secrets the CIA has are about people, not machines and systems, so I didn't feel comfortable with disclosures that I thought could endanger anyone.

I've been a spy for almost all of my adult life - I don't like being in the spotlight.

Of course, a secret is no good if it doesn't need to be a secret.

I always liked spy stories.

The only thing I ever withheld from the KGB were the names of two agents whom I personally had known and handled and had a particular feeling for.

I wasn't a spy. I'd have been spotted in five seconds. Yes, I was in intelligence, but that covered a multitude of things.

I've always wanted to be a spy, and frankly I'm a little surprised that British intelligence has never approached me.

Anyone who tells you he deals with the CIA is either a fool (for admitting it) or a braggart.

There are few archbishops in espionage. He's on our side and that's all that matters. Besides, one needn't ask him to one's club.

This town leaks like a sieve. Sometimes I think that the easiest thing on the world would be to be a spy against the United States of America

They keep their own secrets alike from foe and friends

Intelligence is about lies. If something is legal and above board, you would not need the CIA to do it.