“The ISI is above all a paramilitary organization. It doesn't do all that much collection of intelligence. It's not a very good spy agency, but it's good at running covert action.”

“Journalists couldn't do their jobs overseas without taking risks, and the same is true for diplomats and intelligence officers.”

“Sometimes James Bond movies drive me crazy. They're fun to watch, but they don't have anything to do at all with what intelligence officers really do.”

“Intelligence services exist to do things that are illegal abroad. They exist to tell lies.”

“We have a complicated intelligence relationship with France. We have a complicated intelligence relationship with other - with other allies.”

“Enter the candidates on horseback: While military leaders can sometimes be dangerous in politics, our best generals and admirals embody the democratic values and leadership skills for which the cou...”

“If quick, I survive.If not quick, I am lost.This is "death.”

“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.”

“A spy, like a writer, lives outside the mainstream population. He steals his experience through bribes and reconstructs it.”

“Talk like an ambassador (Eph 4:29-30). 1)Consider the person ("only what is helpful for building others up")2) Consider the problem ("according to their needs")3) Consider the process ("that it may...”

“Talk is cheap when your words have no value.”

“My biggest failure is I have too many to talk about.”

“You like me not because I like you. I like you just because I like me.”

“Maybe the truth is I really want to like you instead.”

“If somebody likes me, I want them to like the real me, not what they think I am.”