
“Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1979 TV series)”
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Source: The Autobiography of Francis Place: 1771-1854, 1972, p. 216
Watchman. Somewhere here, there is the question of "seeing clearly". Seeing what? According to what?
Book A (sketchbook), c 1965: as quoted in Jasper Johns, Writings, sketchbook Notes, Interviews, ed. Kirk Varnedoe, Moma New York, 1996, p. 60
1960s
“Elegance should be left to shoemakers and tailors”
Eleganz sei die Sache der Schuster und Schneider
reported by [Arnold Berliner, Curt Thesing, Die Naturwissenschaften, Springer-Verlag, 1946, 36]
also reported by [Albert Einstein, translation by Robert W. Lawson, Relativity, Plain Label Books, 1921, 1-603-03164-2, preface]
Attributed
“We can't spy on them if they aren't spying on us, now can we?" Warped logic, but okay.”
Source: Alice in Zombieland
“I got nothing. Even the spies I’m spying on who are spying on other spies got nothing.”
Source: Shadow's Claim
Source: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
“4301. Tailors and Writers must mind the Fashion.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.”
Misattributed