I have often noticed that a bribe has that effect - it changes a relation. The man who offers a bribe gives away a little of his own importance; the bribe once accepted, he becomes the inferior, like a man…

Quote by Graham Greene

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Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector. It encourages...

Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector. It encourages...

The world doesn't make any heroes anymore.

The world doesn't make any heroes anymore.

We are all of us resigned to death: it's life we aren't resigned to.

We are all of us resigned to death: it's life we aren't resigned to.

Success is more dangerous than failure, the ripples break over a wider coastline.

Success is more dangerous than failure, the ripples break over a wider coastline.

One of the things which danger does to you after a time is -, well,...

One of the things which danger does to you after a time is -, well,...

The world is not black and white. More like black and grey.

The world is not black and white. More like black and grey.

Unhappiness in a child accumulates because he sees no end to the dark tunnel. The...

Unhappiness in a child accumulates because he sees no end to the dark tunnel. The...

The truth has never been of any real value to any human being - it...

The truth has never been of any real value to any human being - it...

The economy of a novelist is a little like that of a careful housewife who...

The economy of a novelist is a little like that of a careful housewife who...

Point me out the happy man and I will point you out either egotism, selfishness,...

Point me out the happy man and I will point you out either egotism, selfishness,...

Nobody thinks in terms of human beings. Governments don't, why should we? They talk about...

Nobody thinks in terms of human beings. Governments don't, why should we? They talk about...

Behind the complicated details of the world stand the simplicities: God is good, the grown-up...

Behind the complicated details of the world stand the simplicities: God is good, the grown-up...

Thrillers are like life, more like life than you are.

Thrillers are like life, more like life than you are.

Heresy is another word for freedom of thought.

Heresy is another word for freedom of thought.

Media is a word that has come to mean bad journalism

Media is a word that has come to mean bad journalism

Despair is the price one pays for setting oneself an impossible aim. It is, one...

Despair is the price one pays for setting oneself an impossible aim. It is, one...

No human being can really understand another, and no one can arrange another's happiness.

No human being can really understand another, and no one can arrange another's happiness.

If you have abandoned one faith, do not abandon all faith. There is always an...

If you have abandoned one faith, do not abandon all faith. There is always an...

Reality in our century is not something to be faced.

Reality in our century is not something to be faced.

A petty reason perhaps why novelists more and more try to keep a distance from...

A petty reason perhaps why novelists more and more try to keep a distance from...