Agent Quotes

You’re not a field agent, you’re undercover. You don’t get to jump in and out. We watch, we position, we learn, we vanish. There but not there. Engaging but forgettable. Too far out, you never get what you need. Too close in, you become the target.[to Danny]

We don’t need more agents. We need better ones.

The thing about being an agent is that you cannot always think that you’re right.

The CIA sends us out into the world to behave in entirely unhealthy, deviant, dangerous ways.

Lie to everyone. Pretend to be someone you’re not. Risk your life on a daily basis. No glamour, no exploding watch. I believe there’s one type of agent, the insane.

Being a good agent, it doesn’t mean you’re a good man.

A good agent never puts emotions before logic.