Quotes About Stealth

They looked so dangerous, like alligators. Really fast alligators wearing black. Ninja alligators. I decided not to use that one on Megan.

We got there without being spotted. I pulled her in, then shut the door, pressing my back to it and exhaling like an epileptic pilot who'd just landed a cargo plane full of dynamite.

The difference between a successful thief and a dead thief is knowing when to escape with your takings.

I genuinely believe that I'm an advanced, well-armed, stealth-capable ship because it will help me harvest fungi better. This is not at all irrational.

I'm not a hallucination," J.C. snapped. "I have state-of-the-art stealthing equipment.

The stealth intention is a self-protection need that lurks beneath the surface and often drives behavior outside our values. Closely related is the stealth expectation—a desire or expectation that exists outside our awareness and typically includes a dangerous combination of fear and magical thinking. Stealth expectations almost always lead to disappointment, resentment, and more fear.

A cat determined not to be found can fold itself up like a pocket handkerchief if it wants to.

The SAS is the most elite of the special forces in the world. They are not people who go out and advertise; they keep it inside. They don't want anybody to know about them.

Our primary adversary is easy to kill," he added. "He's just very hard to find."31

I seem to be able to just sort of sink and slide under the radar, which is nice.

Being invisible would be pretty great. You could watch everybody, sneak into places and know what people were saying.

I always want to lead with comedy but hopefully be able to sneak my message through at the same time.

Never let them see you run.

I'd love to be able to be invisible, because I like to eavesdrop.

I was deep behind enemy lines, in the very heart of the enemy camp.

But if intelligence is our only edge, we must learn to use it better, to sharpen it, to understand its limitations and deficiencies—to use it as cats use stealth, as walking sticks use camouflage, to make it the tool of our survival.

Richard looked around, but didn't see any. He knew that didn't mean anything. If a boundary warden didn't want to be seen, he could be standing on your foot and you wouldn't be able to find him.

Modesty is only arrogance by stealth.

Quick, someone's coming! Look real!

The Assassin moved quietly from roof to roof until he was well away from the excitement around the Watch House. His movements could be called cat-like, except that he did not stop to spray urine up against things.

He'd forgotten the ancient wisdom: take care, when you are closely observing, that you are not closely observed.

They come quietly—like a silent but deadly fart—and they get you before you can pinch your nose.

It is not just a question of blowing up a building or shooting a prime minister. Such bourgeois horseplay is not contemplated. Our operation must be delicate, refined and aimed at the heart of the Intelligence apparat of the West.

The first law for a secret agent is to get his geography right, his means of access and exit, and assure his communications with the outside world.