"Villem Craven: I ask him, "Vladimir, who knows I do this for you?" "Only Mikhel, a very little," he said. "Mikhel is my friend. But even to friends, we cannot trust." "Enemies I do not fear," he said, "but friends, I fear greatly.""

"Well, they like the guy, George. You know how watchers are, it's like or hate all the time. They like him."

"(on Karla's defection) George, all your life! Fantastic!"

"Vladek Sheybal - Otto Leipzig"

"Saul Enderby: (reading) "Karla's signal referred me to several émigré families who might be persuaded by pressure to adopt such an agent as their own child, since blackmail is considered preferable to bribery." Damn right it is. Cheers. At the present rate of inflation, blackmail's about the only thing that keeps its value."

"Rebecca Schull - Fay Cochran"

"(on Guillam's Porsche) What a perfectly revolting little car! How ever will we all fit in?"

"You remember the first rule of retirement, George? No moonlighting, no fooling with loose ends, no private enterprise, ever. You remember who preaches this rule, at Sarratt, in the corridors? George Smiley did. Quote, "When it's over, it's over. Pull down the shutters, go home," unquote. We're over, George. We've got no license. They don't want us anymore."

"Eileen Atkins - Maria Ostrakova"

"He's so conspicuous he's embarrassing."

"Grigorieva got herself a driving license two months ago. And she's terrible! Terrible, like lousy. You know what Pauli Skordeno says to me? He says, "Toby, I need danger money just to follow that woman.""

"Michael Lonsdale - Grigoriev"

"Ian Richardson - Bill Haydon"

"Terence Rigby - Roy Bland"

"Bernard Hepton - Toby Esterhase"

"Michael Aldridge - Percy Alleline"

"Sian Phillips - Ann Smiley"

"Ian Bannen - Jim Prideaux"

"Hywel Bennett - Ricki Tarr"

"Anthony Bate - Oliver Lacon"

"As a good socialist, I'm going where the money is, and as a good capitalist, I'm sticking with the revolution, because if you can't beat it spy on it."

"Roy Bland is not "red brick." He was at St Antony's College, Oxford."

"Don't look like that, George; it's the name of the game these days—you scratch my conscience, I'll drive your Jag."

"Alec Guiness - George Smiley"