41 Movie Quotes about Espionage (+ Sound Clips) - page 4

Updated: May 6, 2026

Memorable quotes about espionage, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

31 How many agents did the KGB put aboard my boat?

Sean Connery as Marko Ramius in The Hunt for Red October

32 So why'd you quit the CIA? -I never worked for the CIA. -Of course you didn't. But if you had worked for the CIA, why would you quit? -Because they're a loveless bunch of sons of bitches. -And you're not. -And I'm not. -Glad to hear it.

Laura Linney as Karen Ross; Ernie Hudson as Captain Monroe Kelly in Congo (1995)

33 Because all the other chocolate makers in the world were sending in spies dressed as workers to steal Mr. Wonka's secret recipes.

Quote from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

34 Oh, no. No, I'm not with the CIA. I was, but that was a long time ago. I don't like to talk about it, really.

Quote from Vacation (1983)

35 That's all spying is, acting. And they say you're the best.

Quote from Team America: World Police

36 Sometimes a story is a mask for a covert operation.

Quote from True Lies

37 By the personal command of the Fuhrer. Secrecy essential to success. Eliminate the American conspirators.

Quote from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

38 It's a clear case of industrial espionage.

Quote from Batman (1966)

39 Shall we proceed with our standard operation? -What's that? -Microphone, tape recorder, 8-millimeter camera, daytime coverage.

Quote from The Fortune Cookie (1966)

40 Sure, with a box like that they could read the FBl's mail. -Or the CIA's. Or the White House's.

Quote from Sneakers (1992)