Quotes About Security

Shabeeha were the only ones armed at that time, apart from the security forces and the army. They were civilian, most likely Alawites, working for somebody connected to the Assad family or other influential families. They did whatever they wanted and nobody dared to stop them.

Once Thorne woke with his hand on Kris's hip, his fingers caressing up and down the curve at the top of his buttock. He cupped it protectively and fell back to sleep.

You have to learn to protect your house before the thief enters, after he has entered, you have to know how to pray."

I understood the importance in principle of public key cryptography but it's all moved much faster than I expected. I did not expect it to be a mainstay of advanced communications technology.

But those set to guard a treasure, are too often those who loot it.

Deixava os meus manuscritos permanecerem na gaveta do meu escritório durante anos, antes de me sentir suficientemente seguro para publicá-los. Ser esperto era algo que eu podia deixar para os outros.

Silence is safe.

Even in countries that have been targets of intensive terror campaigns, such as Israel, the weekly number of casualties almost never came close to the number of traffic deaths.

However, we are not all rational, and some of us may need the security of distorted estimates to avoid paralysis.

Some of us may need the security of distorted estimates to avoid paralysis. If you choose to delude yourself by accepting extreme predictions...you will do well to remain aware of your self-indulgence.

Remember you don't really own anything you can't carry at a dead run.

God created us with an urge for the infinite. We need to embrace it and never surrender to the seditious and spurious summons of contentment cowering in the sanctuary of security.

Your job next year will not resemble your job this year. If it does, either your employer is not thriving or your position in the company is not secure.

In the West, military intelligence (MI) analysts have long followed a simple premise: Assess enemy capabilities, not intentions.

America's innate uneasiness with death from above. It ill accords with the values of a democratic republic.

The U.S. collected information superbly and everywhere, from space to dirt. They tracked all kinds of events and things and people. For long-lead-time matters, like the order of battle for the Chinese fleet, that sufficed. For short-fuse needs, it got much, much more excruciating. Of the mass of data gathered, only a small percentage (50 percent? 10 percent? 5 percent?) ever got analyzed. Only a tiny fraction of that produced the specificity to allow action.

The MI folks could usually tell you the make, model, year, paint color, and license plate of the semitrailer truck that just ran over you.

In the era of security clearances, to be an Irish Catholic became prima facie evidence of loyalty. Harvard men were to be checked; Fordham men would do the checking.

I don't know what to do with it. I'm very fortunate to have it, and it gives you room to maneuver. But the main thing about having money is it means you don't have to worry about it. And that for me is a lovely thing. It's not for fast cars and hookers.

America could leave the Middle East, thought Gabriel, but the Middle East would follow it home.

Islamic extremism is just the latest virus to thrive in Europe's nurturing environment. - Gabriel Allon

The European Community makes the life of the international terrorist much easier because, once inside a member nation, travel to the others is almost free of risk.

A veces un terrorista vivo es más útil que un terrorista muerto.

When counterterrorism officers feel optimism, innocent people usually end up dead. - Gabriel Allon