“Oh, I’m not a Berkeleian. I believe my back’s against this wall. I believe there’s a sten gun over there.”

— Graham Greene , book The Quiet American

Pt. II, ch. 2, pg 123
The Quiet American (1955)

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "Oh, I’m not a Berkeleian. I believe my back’s against this wall. I believe there’s a sten gun over there." by Graham Greene?

Graham Greene 164

English writer, playwright and literary critic 1904–1991

Iris Kyle (1974) American bodybuilder

2008-04-08
Iris Kyle, Ms. Olympia
IFBBPRO.com
Internet
http://www.ifbbpro.com/features/iris-kyle-ms-olympia/
Sourced quotes, 2008

“Earth, my dearest, oh believe me, you no longer need your springtimes to win me over… Unspeakably, I have belonged to you, from the flush.”

Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926) Austrian poet and writer

“Without my family I’m nothing, they kept me in the right place, I believe that I’m the luckiest person in the country when I’m with them.”

S. S. Rajamouli (1973) Indian film director

The suspense element isn’t 'Baahubali 2's USP, says Rajamouli http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/ss-rajamouli-interview-without-my-family-im-nothing/article18251500.ece (27 April 2017), The Hindu. Retrieved 8 September 2017.

“I do not believe in taking away the right of the citizen to own guns for sporting, hunting and so forth, or for home defense. But I do believe that an AK-47, a machine gun, is not a sporting weapon.”

Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) American politician, 40th president of the United States (in office from 1981 to 1989)

At the University of Southern California (February 6, 1989) when asked his opinion on gun control after the January 17, 1989 Cleveland Elementary School shooting that killed five schoolchildren in Stockton ([Becklund, Laurie, `Saddled Up' Reagan Vows to Speak on Issues, Los Angeles Times, February 7, 1989, 1]).
Post-presidency (1989–2004)