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Ian Fleming Quotes

1908–1964 England

Ian Lancaster Fleming (28 May 1908 – 12 August 1964) was a British author and journalist who created the character of James Bond and chronicled his adventures in twelve novels and two short story collections. The children's story Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang and two non-fiction books are among his other works.

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Also known as: Casino Royale

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22 quotes

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

You Only Live Twice (1964)

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

You Only Live Twice (1964)

Never say ‘no’ to adventures. Always say ‘yes’, otherwise you’ll lead a very dull life.

Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang (1964)

Those whom the Gods wish to destroy, they first make bored.

He disagreed with something that ate him.

Live and Let Die (1954)

"Surround yourself with human beings, my dear James. They are easier to fight for than principles."
He laughed. "But don't let me down and become human yourself. We would lose a wonderful machine."

Casino Royale (1953)

A horse is dangerous at both ends and uncomfortable in the middle.

The Sunday Times (1966)

Mr. Bond, they have a saying in Chicago: Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it’s enemy action.

Goldfinger (1959)

The difference between a good golf shot and a bad one is the same difference between a beautiful and a plain woman — a matter of millimetres.

Goldfinger (1959)

The stars winked down their cryptic morse, and he had no key to their cipher.

Live and Let Die (1954)

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.

Casino Royale (1953)

Just as, in at least one religion, accidie is the first of the cardinal sins, so boredom, and particularly the incredible circumstance of waking up bored, was the only vice Bond utterly condemned.

All he learned — from the clothes — was that the Count was a much-traveled man— shirts from Charvet...

Thunderball (1961)

And I would like a medium Vodka dry Martini — with a slice of lemon peel. Shaken and not stirred, please. I would prefer Russian or Polish vodka.

Dr. No (1958)

He sat down next door in the seat she had left and watched the grim suburbs of Philadelphia showing their sores, like beggars, to the rich train.

Live and Let Die (1954)

Some motorcars …are different. If you get to like them and understand them … you MAY find, that they become almost like persons — MORE than just ordinary persons — MAGICAL PERSONS!!!

1 put down his night glasses, took a Charvet handkerchief out of the breast pocket of his white sharkskin jacket and dabbed gently at his forehead and temples.

Thunderball (1961)

The scent and smoke and sweat of a casino are nauseating at three in the morning. Then the soul erosion produced by high gambling — a compost of greed and fear and nervous tension — becomes unbearable and the senses awake and revolt from it.

Casino Royale (1953)

It was the same with the whole Russian machine. Fear was the impulse. For them it was always safer to advance than retreat. Advance against the enemy and the bullet might miss you. Retreat, evade, betray and the bullet would never miss.

Casino Royale (1953)

[In Goldfinger, Pussy Galore] only needed the right man to come along and perform the laying on of hands in order to cure her psycho-pathological malady.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Ian Fleming (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.