Quotes by Eric Ambler

About Eric Ambler:

Eric Clifford Ambler was an influential British author of thrillers, in particular spy novels who introduced a new realism to the genre. He also worked as a screen writer. Ambler also used the pseudonym Eliot Reed for books co-written with Charles Rodda.
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Yet, when these facts are seen side by side with other facts in the case, it is difficult not to become lost in superstitious awe. Their very absurdity seems to prohibit the use of the words 'chance' and 'coincidence.' For the sceptic there remains o...

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I am tempted to find reason and justice in the fact that he died as violently and indecently as he lived. But that is too ingenuous a way out. It does not explain Dimitrios; it only apologizes for him. Special sorts of conditions must exist for the c...

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If such things were not so dangerous one would laugh. But one recognizes the technique. Such propaganda always begins with words, but soon it proceeds to deeds. When there are no facts to support lies, facts must be made.

Eric Ambler

Good' did not triumph. 'Evil' did not triumph. The two resolved, destroyed each other and created new 'evils', new 'goods' which slew each other in their turn.

Eric Ambler

1225International big business has made revolutions before now to safeguard its interests. At one time it made them … in the name of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity. Now, with Socialism to fight, it makes them in the name of Law and Order and Soun...

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In a dying civilization, political prestige is the reward not of the shrewdest diagnostician, but of the man with the best bedside manner.

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Il sistema bancario!" stava dicendo Mathis. "Che cos'è, se non usura? I banchieri sono strozzini; usurai. Ma siccome prestano soldi altrui, o soldi che non esistono, hanno un buon nome. Sono comunque usurai. Una volta, l'usura era un peccato mortale...

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Author Bio

  • NameEric Ambler
  • Descriptionauthor
  • BornJune 28, 1909
  • DiedOctober 23, 1998
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionWriter; Screenwriter
  • AwardsOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire; Edgar Award