What did John le Carre mean by: Give a man a car of his own and he leaves humility and common sense behind him in the garage. - John le Carre Author Copy
+ Ideologies have no heart of their own. They’re the whores and angels of our striving selves. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John le Carre, Angel, Heart, Self, 0 - John le Carre Author
+ A committee is an animal with four back legs. Feraz Zeid, June 25, 2023December 12, 2023, John le Carre, Animal, Four, Legs, 0 - John le Carre Author
+ The monsters of our childhood do not fade away, neither are they ever wholly monstrous. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John le Carre, Childhood, Detachment, Monsters, 0 - John le Carre Author
+ To possess another language is to possess another soul. Feraz Zeid, July 15, 2023December 12, 2023, John le Carre, Language, Soul, 0 - John le Carre Author
+ Writing is like walking in a deserted street. Out of the dust in the street you make a mud pie. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John le Carre, Dust, Pie, Writing, 0 - John le Carre Author
+ It’s the oldest question of all, George. Who can spy on the spies? Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John le Carre, Spy, 0 - John le Carre Author
+ If you see the world as gloomily as I see it, the only thing to do is laugh or shoot yourself. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John le Carre, Laughing, Things To Do, 0 - John le Carre Author
+ America has entered one of its periods of historic madness, but this is the worst I can remember. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John le Carre, America, Literature, Madness, 0 - John le Carre Author
A writer must refuse to allow himself to be transformed into an institution. Explain - Jean-Paul Sartre Philosopher · France
Oh, that we fully understood how very opposite our self-righteousness is to the designs of God! - Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon Mystic and writer · France
There is no disease more conducive to clinical humility than aneurysm of the aorta. - William Osler Physician · Canada
You cannot produce trust just like you cannot ‘do’ humility. It either is or is not. - William P. Young Author · Canada
Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire. - William Penn Founder of the Province of Pennsylvania · England
The wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of common sense. - William Ralph Inge Theologian and Anglican priest · England
If common sense has not the brilliancy of the sun, it has the fixity of the stars - Francisco Largo Caballero Politician
