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Ian Fleming quotes: The difference between a good golf shot and a bad one is the same as the difference between a beautiful and a plain woman a matter of millimetres. The difference between a good golf shot and a bad one is the same as the difference between a beautiful and a plain woman
a matter of millimetres.
Ian Fleming quotes: AS, TWO weeks later, James Bond awoke in his room at the Hotel Splendide, some of this history passed through his mind. AS, TWO weeks later, James Bond awoke in his room at the Hotel Splendide, some of this history passed through his mind.
Ian Fleming quotes: In his particular line of business, peace had reigned for nearly a year. And peace was killing him. In his particular line of business, peace had reigned for nearly a year. And peace was killing him.
Ian Fleming quotes: The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success
Ian Fleming quotes: Don't lose faith in your stars. Don't lose faith in your stars.
Ian Fleming quotes: Tears of forlornness and self-pity welled out of his eyes. Tears of forlornness and self-pity welled out of his eyes.
Ian Fleming quotes: 'Those who deserve to die, he paused, 'die the death they deserve' - Mr Big 'Those who deserve to die, he paused, 'die the death they deserve' - Mr Big
Ian Fleming quotes: A few hundred yards ahead a Michelin post showed where a small parochial road crossed with the highway. A few hundred yards ahead a Michelin post showed where a small parochial road crossed with the highway.
Ian Fleming quotes: He could not just wear a watch. It had to be a Rolex. He could not just wear a watch. It had to be a Rolex.
Ian Fleming quotes: Hm,' said Bond. 'Bogeyman stuff. Hm,' said Bond. 'Bogeyman stuff.
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: 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: Loneliness becomes a lover, solitude a darling sin. Loneliness becomes a lover, solitude a darling sin.
Ian Fleming quotes: A scar had been beaten into his mind which would only heal by experience. A scar had been beaten into his mind which would only heal by experience.
Ian Fleming quotes: Bond awoke in his own room at dawn and for a time he lay and stroked his memories. Bond awoke in his own room at dawn and for a time he lay and stroked his memories.
Ian Fleming quotes: The naked man who lay splayed out on his face beside the swimming pool might have been dead. The naked man who lay splayed out on his face beside the swimming pool might have been dead.
Ian Fleming quotes: the deep voice held a hint of the deep voice held a hint of
Ian Fleming quotes: For the first time since his capture, fear came to Bond and crawled up his spine. For the first time since his capture, fear came to Bond and crawled up his spine.
Ian Fleming quotes: Those who deserve to die, die the death they deserve. Those who deserve to die, die the death they deserve.
Ian Fleming quotes: must say that I think we can accept must say that I think we can accept
Ian Fleming quotes: The bitch is dead now. The bitch is dead now.
Ian Fleming quotes: Diamonds are forever. Diamonds are forever.
Ian Fleming quotes: I should spend the money quickly, Commander Bond. I should spend the money quickly, Commander Bond.
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: ALTHOUGH HE had not got to bed until two, Bond walked into his headquarters punctually at ten the next morning. ALTHOUGH HE had not got to bed until two, Bond walked into his headquarters punctually at ten the next morning.
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: A horse is dangerous at both ends and uncomfortable in the middle. A horse is dangerous at both ends and uncomfortable in the middle.
Ian Fleming quotes: The World Is Not Enough The World Is Not Enough
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: Bond smelt the smell of danger. Bond smelt the smell of danger.
Ian Fleming quotes: Once a King, always a King. But once a Knight is enough! Once a King, always a King. But once a Knight is enough!
Ian Fleming quotes: me. They found me. The me. They found me. The
Ian Fleming quotes: Mania, my dear Mister Bond, is as priceless as genius. Dissipation Mania, my dear Mister Bond, is as priceless as genius. Dissipation
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: Prohibition is the trigger of crime. Prohibition is the trigger of crime.
Ian Fleming quotes: Head of S., thought Bond. They're certainly giving me the red carpet treatment. Head of S., thought Bond. They're certainly giving me the red carpet treatment.
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: Slowly the red dawn broke over the endless plain of black grass that gradually turned to the famous Kentucky blue as the sun ironed out the shadows. Slowly the red dawn broke over the endless plain of black grass that gradually turned to the famous Kentucky blue as the sun ironed out the shadows.
Ian Fleming quotes: And people with obsessions, reflected Bond, were blind to danger. And people with obsessions, reflected Bond, were blind to danger.
Ian Fleming quotes: Look my friend, I've got to commit a murder tonight. Not you. Me. So be a good chap and stuff it, would you? Look my friend, I've got to commit a murder tonight. Not you. Me. So be a good chap and stuff it, would you?
Ian Fleming quotes: Never say 'no' to adventures. Never say 'no' to adventures.
Ian Fleming quotes: In angry protest the red telephone splintered the silence. In angry protest the red telephone splintered the silence.
Ian Fleming quotes: Garch a har?" -Oddjob, Goldfinger Garch a har?" -Oddjob, Goldfinger
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: Where am I?' he asked and was surprised that his voice sounded firm and clear. Where am I?' he asked and was surprised that his voice sounded firm and clear.
Ian Fleming quotes: He asked nothing better than to kill an Englishman. He had accounts to settle with the bastards. He asked nothing better than to kill an Englishman. He had accounts to settle with the bastards.
Ian Fleming quotes: Bond mistrusted anyone who tied his tie with a Windsor knot. It showed too much vanity. It was often the mark of a cad. Bond Bond mistrusted anyone who tied his tie with a Windsor knot. It showed too much vanity. It was often the mark of a cad. Bond
Ian Fleming quotes: It reads better than it lives It reads better than it lives
Ian Fleming quotes: Even the highest tree has an axe waiting at its foot. Even the highest tree has an axe waiting at its foot.
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: Put that in your pipe and smoke it. Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
Ian Fleming quotes: She has black hair, blue eyes, and splendid ... er ... protuberances. Back and front,' he added. She has black hair, blue eyes, and splendid ... er ... protuberances. Back and front,' he added.
Ian Fleming quotes: Why not make it for always? Why not make it for always?
Ian Fleming quotes: Clean-shaven and dressed in the conventional disguise with which Brooks Brothers cover the shame of American millionaires. Clean-shaven and dressed in the conventional disguise with which Brooks Brothers cover the shame of American millionaires.
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: Each dark conjecture came and for a moment settled like a vulture on Bond's shoulder and croaked into his ear that he had been a blind fool. Each dark conjecture came and for a moment settled like a vulture on Bond's shoulder and croaked into his ear that he had been a blind fool.
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: Everyone has the revolver of resignation in his pocket. Everyone has the revolver of resignation in his pocket.
Ian Fleming quotes: Darling, the bath's absolutely right. Will you marry me?'She snorted. 'You need a slave, not a wife. Darling, the bath's absolutely right. Will you marry me?'
She snorted. 'You need a slave, not a wife.
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: 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: Everything I write has a precedent in truth. Everything I write has a precedent in truth.
Ian Fleming quotes: A woman should be an illusion. A woman should be an illusion.
Ian Fleming quotes: Outside the bus the smell of sulphur hit Bond with sickening force. It was a horrible smell, from somewhere down in the stomach of the world. Outside the bus the smell of sulphur hit Bond with sickening force. It was a horrible smell, from somewhere down in the stomach of the world.
Ian Fleming quotes: Oh, it's all been such a lark. Oh, it's all been such a lark.
Ian Fleming quotes: Mr Bond, they have a saying in Chicago: 'Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it's enemy action'. Mr Bond, they have a saying in Chicago: 'Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it's enemy action'.
Ian Fleming quotes: I'm not in the Shakespeare stakes. I have no ambition. I'm not in the Shakespeare stakes. I have no ambition.
Ian Fleming quotes: He suddenly dropped his bantering tone and looked at Bond sharply and venomously. He suddenly dropped his bantering tone and looked at Bond sharply and venomously.
Ian Fleming quotes: The stars winked down their cryptic morse and he had no key to their cipher. The stars winked down their cryptic morse and he had no key to their cipher.
Ian Fleming quotes: You only live twice:Once when you are bornAnd 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: The safe, empty room sneered at him. The safe, empty room sneered at him.
Ian Fleming quotes: His headache was still sitting over his right eye as if it had been nailed there. His headache was still sitting over his right eye as if it had been nailed there.
Ian Fleming quotes: And then one day when you're playing your little game you'll suddenly find yourself pinned down like a butterfly. And then one day when you're playing your little game you'll suddenly find yourself pinned down like a butterfly.
Ian Fleming quotes: I don't regard James Bond precisely as a hero, but at least he does get on and do his duty, in an extremely corny way. I don't regard James Bond precisely as a hero, but at least he does get on and do his duty, in an extremely corny way.
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: James Bond, with two double bourbons inside him, sat in the final departure lounge of Miami Airport and thought about life and death. James Bond, with two double bourbons inside him, sat in the final departure lounge of Miami Airport and thought about life and death.
Ian Fleming quotes: He's not a bad guy really, except he's so crooked, you shake hands with him you better count your fingers afterwards. He's not a bad guy really, except he's so crooked, you shake hands with him you better count your fingers afterwards.
Ian Fleming quotes: I do believe I'm tight,' she said, 'how disgraceful. Please, James, don't be ashamed of me. I did so want to be gay. And I am gay. I do believe I'm tight,' she said, 'how disgraceful. Please, James, don't be ashamed of me. I did so want to be gay. And I am gay.
Ian Fleming quotes: Benzedrine,' he said. 'I rang up my secretary before dinner and asked her to wangle some out of the surgery at Headquarters. Benzedrine,' he said. 'I rang up my secretary before dinner and asked her to wangle some out of the surgery at Headquarters.
Ian Fleming quotes: Shooting hell out of a piece of cardboard doesn't prove anything' was his single-line introduction to the Small-arms Defence Manual. Shooting hell out of a piece of cardboard doesn't prove anything' was his single-line introduction to the Small-arms Defence Manual.
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: Champagne and Benzedrine! Never again. Champagne and Benzedrine! Never again.
Ian Fleming quotes: Bond looked at the beautiful day and smiled. And no man, not even Mr. Big, would have liked the expression on his face. Bond looked at the beautiful day and smiled. And no man, not even Mr. Big, would have liked the expression on his face.
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: Miss Moneypenny would have been desirable but for eyes which were cool and direct and quizzical. Miss Moneypenny would have been desirable but for eyes which were cool and direct and quizzical.
Ian Fleming quotes: You are about to awake when you dream that you are dreaming. You are about to awake when you dream that you are dreaming.
Ian Fleming quotes: Never send a man where you can send a bullet. Never send a man where you can send a bullet.
Ian Fleming quotes: power is the goal of all ambition, power is the goal of all ambition,
Ian Fleming quotes: If one could be right every hand, none of us would be here,' he said philosophically. If one could be right every hand, none of us would be here,' he said philosophically.
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: Bond sat down and looked across into the tranquil, lined sailor's face that he loved, honoured and obeyed. Bond sat down and looked across into the tranquil, lined sailor's face that he loved, honoured and obeyed.
Ian Fleming quotes: Danger, like a third man, was standing in the room. Danger, like a third man, was standing in the room.
Ian Fleming quotes: Never say 'no' to adventures. Always say 'yes,' otherwise you'll lead a very dull life. Never say 'no' to adventures. Always say 'yes,' otherwise you'll lead a very dull life.
Ian Fleming quotes: In his mind he fingered the necklace of the days to come. In his mind he fingered the necklace of the days to come.
Ian Fleming quotes: I'm looking for Commander James Bond, not an overgrown stunt man. [on meeting Sean Connery] I'm looking for Commander James Bond, not an overgrown stunt man. [on meeting Sean Connery]
Ian Fleming quotes: The double The double 0 numerals signify an agent who has killed and who is privileged to kill on active service.
Ian Fleming quotes: Older women are best, because they always think they may be doing it for the last time. Older women are best, because they always think they may be doing it for the last time.
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: 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: He says that courage is a capital sum reduced by expenditure. He says that courage is a capital sum reduced by expenditure.

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