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Ian Fleming Quotes: "I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them."

I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them.



Ian Fleming Quotes: "You can get far in North America with laconic grunts. "Huh," "hun," and "hi!" in their various modulations, together with "sure," "guess so," "that so?" and "nuts!" will meet almost any contingency."

You can get far in North America with laconic grunts. "Huh," "hun," and "hi!" in their various modulations, together with "sure," "guess so," "that so?" and "nuts!" will meet almost any contingency.




Ian Fleming Quotes: "Hope makes a good breakfast. Eat plenty of it."

Hope makes a good breakfast. Eat plenty of it.



Ian Fleming Quotes: "A gentleman's choice of timepiece says as much about him as does his Saville Row suit."

A gentleman's choice of timepiece says as much about him as does his Saville Row suit.




Ian Fleming Quotes: "You only live twice. Once when you are born and once when you look death in the face."

You only live twice. Once when you are born and once when you look death in the face.



Ian Fleming Quotes: "History is moving pretty quickly these days, and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts."

History is moving pretty quickly these days, and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts.



Ian Fleming Quotes: "Loneliness becomes a lover, solitude a darling sin."

Loneliness becomes a lover, solitude a darling sin.




Ian Fleming Quotes: "Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action."

Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.



Ian Fleming Quotes: "Everyone has the revolver of resignation in his pocket."

Everyone has the revolver of resignation in his pocket.



Ian Fleming Quotes: "Worry is a dividend paid to disaster before it is due"

Worry is a dividend paid to disaster before it is due



Ian Fleming Quotes: "Unfortunately most ways of making big money take a long time. By the time one has made the money one is too old to enjoy it."

Unfortunately most ways of making big money take a long time. By the time one has made the money one is too old to enjoy it.



Ian Fleming Quotes: "He was a secret agent, and still alive thanks to his exact attention to the detail of his profession."

He was a secret agent, and still alive thanks to his exact attention to the detail of his profession.




Ian Fleming Quotes: "Love of life is born of the awareness of death, of the dread of it."

Love of life is born of the awareness of death, of the dread of it.



Ian Fleming Quotes: "I always make it a rule never to look back. Otherwise, I'd ask myself how I could write such piffle and live with myself, day after day."

I always make it a rule never to look back. Otherwise, I'd ask myself how I could write such piffle and live with myself, day after day.



Ian Fleming Quotes: "A medium Vodka dry Martini - with a slice of lemon peel. Shaken and not stirred."

A medium Vodka dry Martini - with a slice of lemon peel. Shaken and not stirred.



Ian Fleming Quotes: "People are islands,' she said. 'They don't really touch. However close they are, they're really quite separate. Even if they've been married for fifty years."

People are islands,' she said. 'They don't really touch. However close they are, they're really quite separate. Even if they've been married for fifty years.



Ian Fleming Quotes: "Bond didn't defend the practice. He simply maintained that the more effort and ingenuity you put into gambling, the more you took out."

Bond didn't defend the practice. He simply maintained that the more effort and ingenuity you put into gambling, the more you took out.



Ian Fleming Quotes: "The gain to the winner is always less than the loss to the loser."

The gain to the winner is always less than the loss to the loser.



Ian Fleming Quotes: "Surround yourself with human beings, my dear James. They are easier to fight for than principles."

Surround yourself with human beings, my dear James. They are easier to fight for than principles.



Ian Fleming Quotes: "If I wait for the genius to come, it just doesn't arrive."

If I wait for the genius to come, it just doesn't arrive.



Ian Fleming Quotes: "Against the background of this luminous and sparkling stage Bond stood in the sunshine and felt his mission to be incongruous and remote and his dark profession an affront to his fellow actors."

Against the background of this luminous and sparkling stage Bond stood in the sunshine and felt his mission to be incongruous and remote and his dark profession an affront to his fellow actors.



Ian Fleming Quotes: "I am a poet in deeds--not often in words."

I am a poet in deeds--not often in words.



Ian Fleming Quotes: "It’s just that I’d rather die of drink than of thirst."

It’s just that I’d rather die of drink than of thirst.



Ian Fleming Quotes: "Never job backwards. What might have been was a waste of time."

Never job backwards. What might have been was a waste of time.



Ian Fleming Quotes: "Never say 'no' to adventures."

Never say 'no' to adventures.



Ian Fleming Quotes: "Bond reflected that good Americans were fine people and that most of them seemed to come from Texas."

Bond reflected that good Americans were fine people and that most of them seemed to come from Texas.



Ian Fleming Quotes: "Like all harsh, cold men, he was easily tipped over into sentiment."

Like all harsh, cold men, he was easily tipped over into sentiment.



Ian Fleming Quotes: "Diamonds are forever."

Diamonds are forever.



Ian Fleming Quotes: "There is only one recipe for a best seller and it is a very simple one. You have to get the reader to turn over the page."

There is only one recipe for a best seller and it is a very simple one. You have to get the reader to turn over the page.



Ian Fleming Quotes: "It was the short men that caused all the trouble in the world."

It was the short men that caused all the trouble in the world.



Ian Fleming Quotes: "Most marriages don't add two people together. They subtract one from the other."

Most marriages don't add two people together. They subtract one from the other.



Ian Fleming Quotes: "I have always smoked and drunk and loved too much. In fact I have lived not too long but too much. One day the Iron Crab will get me. Then I shall have died of living too much."

I have always smoked and drunk and loved too much. In fact I have lived not too long but too much. One day the Iron Crab will get me. Then I shall have died of living too much.



Ian Fleming Quotes: "The World Is Not Enough"

The World Is Not Enough



Ian Fleming Quotes: "At gambling, the deadly sin is to mistake bad play for bad luck."

At gambling, the deadly sin is to mistake bad play for bad luck.



Ian Fleming Quotes: "They want us dead,' said Bond calmly. 'So we have to stay alive."

They want us dead,' said Bond calmly. 'So we have to stay alive.



Ian Fleming Quotes: "Men want a woman whom they can turn on and off like a light switch."

Men want a woman whom they can turn on and off like a light switch.



Ian Fleming Quotes: "The scent and smoke and sweat of a casino are nauseating at three in the morning."

The scent and smoke and sweat of a casino are nauseating at three in the morning.



Ian Fleming Quotes: "It reads better than it lives"

It reads better than it lives



Ian Fleming Quotes: "He shrugged his shoulders to shift the pain of failure---the pain that is so much greater than the pleasure of success."

He shrugged his shoulders to shift the pain of failure---the pain that is so much greater than the pleasure of success.



Ian Fleming Quotes: "Luck in all its moods had to be loved and not feared. Bond saw luck as a woman, to be softly wooed or brutally ravaged, never pandered to or pursued."

Luck in all its moods had to be loved and not feared. Bond saw luck as a woman, to be softly wooed or brutally ravaged, never pandered to or pursued.



Ian Fleming Quotes: "Our prisons are full of people who think they're Napoleon..or God."

Our prisons are full of people who think they're Napoleon..or God.



Ian Fleming Quotes: "All women love semi-rape. They love to be taken.It was his sweet brutality against my bruised body that made his act of love so piercingly wonderful."

All women love semi-rape. They love to be taken.It was his sweet brutality against my bruised body that made his act of love so piercingly wonderful.



Ian Fleming Quotes: "My mental hands were empty, and I felt I must do something as a counterirritant or antibody to my hysterical alarm at getting married at the age of 43."

My mental hands were empty, and I felt I must do something as a counterirritant or antibody to my hysterical alarm at getting married at the age of 43.



Ian Fleming Quotes: "Mine’s Bond – James Bond."

Mine’s Bond – James Bond.



Ian Fleming Quotes: "A woman can put up with almost anything; anything but indifference."

A woman can put up with almost anything; anything but indifference.



Ian Fleming Quotes: "Shaken and not stirred."

Shaken and not stirred.



Ian Fleming Quotes: "A woman should be an illusion"

A woman should be an illusion



Ian Fleming Quotes: "Everything I write has a precedent in truth."

Everything I write has a precedent in truth.



Ian Fleming Quotes: "And people with obsessions, reflected Bond, were blind to danger."

And people with obsessions, reflected Bond, were blind to danger.