The best Quotes from Bridge of Spies

Donovan: "You don't seem alarmed."
Abel: "Would it help?"

We have to have the conversations our governments can't.

The boss isn't always right, but he's still the boss.

Donovan: "You have been charged with three 3 counts and 19 overt acts: Conspiracy to transmit United States defense and atomic secrets to the Soviet Union, conspiracy to gather secrets and failing to register as a foreign agent."
Abel: "Do many foreign agents register?"

Every accident, properly viewed, is an opportunity.

But sometimes people think wrong. People are people.

Donovan: "I think they have snipers."
Hoffman: "Well, I'm sure they do."
Donovan: "How are you sure they do?"
Hoffman: "Because we have snipers."

Is there any outcome here where I'm not either detained or shot?

We are engaged in a war. This war does not for the moment involve men at arms; it involves information. You will be collecting information.

What's the move when you don’t know what the game is?

Everyone deserves a defense. Every person matters.

In a world on the brink the difference between war and peace was one honest man.