vries Quotes

“In intelligence work, there are limits to the amount of information one can share. Confidentiality is essential.”

“I was thinking that we all learn by experience, but some of us have to go to summer school.”

“Who of us is mature enough for offspring before the offspring themselves arrive? The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.”

“The difficulty with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality, but must live with a character.”

“A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after.”

“I remain optimistic. What we've seen in Europe and the rest of the world is that freedom has a much stronger attraction than radical fundamentalism.”

“You can't get closer to the heart of national sovereignty than national security and intelligence services.”

“The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds - they mature slowly.”

“Murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums.”

“Murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums.”