Quote by John le Carre

The Secret Intelligence Service I knew occupied dusky suites of little rooms opposite St James's Park Tube station in London.

The Secret Intelligence Service I knew occupied dusky suites

Summary

This quote refers to the Secret Intelligence Service, also known as MI6, as described by the author. The mention of "dusky suites of little rooms" suggests that the author perceives the physical location of the organization as somewhat dim and mysterious. The reference to the rooms being located opposite St James's Park Tube station in London adds to the secretive atmosphere, as if the organization operates in a discrete and inconspicuous manner. This description evokes a sense of intrigue and suggests that the nature of the work conducted by MI6 is secretive and hidden from the public eye.

Topics

Intelligence

By John le Carre

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, riv

Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

Habits

The United States have fulfilled in good faith all their tre

The United States have fulfilled in good faith all their treaty stipulations with the Indian tribes, and have in every other instance insisted upon a like performance of their obligations.

Martin Van Buren

Faith

What I'm trying to do is find either existing properties or

What I'm trying to do is find either existing properties or come up with properties or angles or stories which will create music drama. It's my obsession and most of all I would like to remain working in theatre. I think it's very much alive.

Music

A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keep

A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires.

Art

That was cool and that sucked all at the same time.

That was cool and that sucked all at the same time.

Cool

Ann Romney makes all women proud by the way she has conducte

Ann Romney makes all women proud by the way she has conducted her life as a strong woman of faith, as a mother, as a wife and as a true patriot.

Faith

Man dies of cold, not of darkness.

Man dies of cold, not of darkness.

Miguel de Unamuno

Despair

I did stand-up comedy for 18 years. Ten of those years were

I did stand-up comedy for 18 years. Ten of those years were spent learning, four years were spent refining, and four years were spent in wild success. I was seeking comic originality, and fame fell on me as a byproduct. The course was more plodding than heroic.

Learning

Philosophy is the product of wonder.

Philosophy is the product of wonder.

Alfred North Whitehead

Philosophy

If there is anything in us, it is not our own; it is a gift

If there is anything in us, it is not our own; it is a gift of God. But if it is a gift of God, then it is entirely a debt one owes to love, that is, to the law of Christ. And if it is a debt owed to love, then I must serve others with it, not myself.Thus my learning is not my own; it belongs to the unlearned and is the debt I owe them...My wisdom belongs to the foolish, my power to the oppressed. Thus my wealth belongs to the poor, my righteousness to the sinners...It is with all these qualities that we must stand before God and intervene on behalf of those who do not have them, as though clothed with someone else's garment...But even before men we must, with the same love, render them service against their detractors and those who are violent toward them; for this is what Christ did for us.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Love Service Gifts

Sometimes you have to go on when you don't feel like it, and

Sometimes you have to go on when you don't feel like it, and sometimes you're doing good work when if feels like all you're managing is to shovel shit from a sitting position.

Writing Advice Writing

I watched a lot of silent directors who were absolutely grea

I watched a lot of silent directors who were absolutely great like John Ford and Fritz Lang, Tod Browning, and also some very modern directors like The Coen Brothers. The directors take the freedom within their own movies to be melodramatic or funny when they chose to be. They do whatever they want and they don't care about the genre.

Michel Hazanavicius

Funny