Charles McCarry is the best modern writer on the subject of intrigue - by the breadth of Alan Furst, by the fathom of Eric Ambler, by any measure.
I'd rather be David Ladd's father than Alan Ladd any day.
My head was full of tidying tips, and I had complete, albeit misguided, confidence that I could tidy any place.
Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions established by law.
When any practice is proposed and enforced as a binding duty, we have a right to examine the grounds of the alleged obligation.
I really don't feel any strong allegiance to any country.
Automobile companies are always allergic to any kind of environmental movement.
I don't take any of the medications I took when I was younger: antibiotics, antacids, aspirin, asthma inhalers, ulcer medication, allergy shots.
I refuse to allow any man-made differences to separate me from any other human beings.
Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books that nobody reads.
I don't see any possibility of Britain and the U.S. allowing a sovereign independent Iraq; that's almost inconceivable.
Amazon didn't create any jobs. Amazon probably destroyed a million jobs in our economy.
Any known attempt at proselyting would be instantly amenable at a criminal tribunal and would probably be punished by the death of the proselyte and the banishment of the missionary. All efforts must be conducted in private and are therefore very limited.
I don't watch 'American Idol.' I don't watch any of that stuff.
I'm not an anarchist any longer, because I've concluded that anarchism is an impractical ideal.
The majority of people in Angola were not provided with any kind of schooling and were completely illiterate, very badly paid, and treated almost as slaves.
The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater than that of any other animal.
I have no animosity against any living soul.
The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds - they mature slowly.
One in four corporations doesn't pay any taxes.
