The Good Pupils Are Often Brilliant, And

George Smiley: [quoting An Old Letter From Bill Haydon About Jim Prideaux] He Has That Heavy Quiet That Commands. He's My Other Half. Between Us We'd Make One Marvelous Man. He Asks Nothing Better Than To Be In My Company Or That Of My Wicked, Divine Friends, And I'm Vastly Tickled By The Compliment. He's Virgin, About Eight Foot Tall, And Built By The Same Firm That Did Stonehenge

By The Age Of 9 Or 10, I Knew That I Had To Cut My Own Cloth And Make My Own Way.

Everyone Who Is Not Happy Must Be Shot.

Luck's Just Another Word For Destiny... Either You Make Your Own Or You're Screwed.

There Will Be No War, But In The Pursuit Of Principle No Stone Will Be Left Standing.