Covert Activity Quotes

It is necessary - secretly and urgently to prepare the terror.

People would meet in darkness behind closed doors. It was almost that they seemed ashamed at what they were doing.

I don't like the idea of being surrounded by hidden things; people you can't see in buildings and cars.

“Covert Activity” in the United States is defined by law…. “Covert” and “Clandestine” don’t mean the same thing. That which is clandestine is secret but attributable. That which is covert is secret but not attributable. We define this kind of activity in legislation. I love this country

All right," Spook said. He reached to the ground, scooping up a pile of ash. "Let's just rub this into your clothing and on your face...." Breeze froze. "I'll meet you back ath the lair," he finally said.

Bones, what is everyone doing in here? Spade, cover up. Frigging vampires think everyone wants to see what they've got." ~Cat

At a pool party, with everybody around, a guy and I had sex in the pool, but nobody knew it.

You know, sitting in the car when they got back in and - first of all, it was relief. I was not - there were two get away cars or switch cars they were called. And, you know, the group tended to include everyone.

We cannot come to honour under Coverlet.

I recall my first foreign agent meeting was on a dark, moonless night with an agent I'd never met before. When I picked him up, he passed me the intelligence and I passed him extra money for the men he led. It was the beginning of an adventure I had only dreamed of.

Though you see nothing, he is acting.

Secondly, I thought it was ridiculous to have two undercover policemen driving around in a striped tomato.

The conspiracies that I've researched and encountered, they seem to happen very ad hoc: they become conspiracies when it's necessary to have a conspiracy.

I'm not going to let anybody come down at night like Nicodemus and whisper something in my ear that no one else can hear. That's not executive privilege; it is poppycock.

I'd listen to the radio, especially when my parents were out on house calls to pray for people - you know, shut-ins. Sometimes, if we were incredibly sneaky, we could do it at night when everyone was asleep.

I rarely carried a gun undercover.