Quotes from Ian Fleming

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

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

I'm not in the Shakespeare stakes. I have no ambition.

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

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.

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

Older women are best because they always think they may be doing it for the last time.

A woman should be an illusion.

I would like a medium Vodka dry Martini—with a slice of lemon peel. Shaken and not stirred, please.

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

But I am greedy for life. I do too much of everything all the time. Suddenly one day my heart will fail. The Iron Crab will get me as it got my father. But I am not afraid of The Crab. At least I shall have died from an honourable disease. Perhaps they will put on my tombstone "This Man Died from Living Too Much."

Bond. James Bond.

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

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

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.

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

The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success

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

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

Today we are fighting Communism. Okay. If I'd been alive fifty years ago, the brand of Conservatism we have today would have been damn near called Communism and we should have been told to go and fight that. History is moving pretty quickly these days and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts.

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

Smoking I find the most ridiculous of all the varieties of human behavior and practically the only one that is entirely against nature. Can you imagine a cow or any animal taking a mouthful of smoldering straw then breathing in the smoke and blowing it out through its nostrils?

Mine's Bond – James Bond.

Never say 'no' to adventures.