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Quotes About Loyalty

Because people are very careful with the secrets of their own business doesn't mean that they'll be careful with the secrets of yours.
~ Ian Fleming
Mathis had been unable to enlighten him. 'Unless you have bought him yourself,' he had said, 'you must assume that he has been bought by the other side. All concierges are venal. It is not their fault. They are trained to regard all hotel guests except maharajahs as potential cheats and thieves. They have as much concern for your comfort or well-being as crocodiles.
~ Ian Fleming
Bond sat down and looked across into the tranquil, lined sailor's face that he loved, honoured and obeyed.
~ Ian Fleming
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 such a wonderful machine.' With a wave of the hand he shut the door. 'Hey,' shouted Bond. But the footsteps went quickly off down the passage.
~ Ian Fleming
Mistress Agatha Brown, she was Church of England, but she just done gone to the Catholics. And it seems they don't hold with places like 3½, not even when they're decently run.
~ Ian Fleming
Think I like this job? Having a Double-O number and so on? I'd be quite happy for you to get me sacked from the Double-O Section. Then I could settle down and make a snug nest of papers as an ordinary Staffer. Right?
~ Ian Fleming
Some of his girls will dance for you. I will not suggest that they should entertain you more intimately. You must keep your sword sharp. There is a saying ``Once a King, always a King. But once a Knight is enough!
~ Ian Fleming
It was the reason he had survived. It was the ordinary way of saying she would refuse all other men. Only you. Come back.
~ Ian Mcewan
When she found a place of her own and packed her bags he asked her to marry him. She kissed him, and quoted in his ear, He married a woman to stop her getting away, Now she's there all day.
~ Ian Mcewan
This, as they used to say, was the side on which her bread was buttered.
~ Ian Mcewan
He married a woman to stop her getting away/Now she's there all day
~ Ian Mcewan
They were always there for you, books, like a small pet dog that doesn't die.
~ Ian Sansom
As between an ethical professional requirement that a journalist hold nothing back and a patriotic duty not to shoot one's own soldiers in the back, we have found no difficulty in making a choice. Freedom of the press does not carry with it a general license to reveal our secret strengths and weaknesses to the enemy.
~ Ian W. Toll
The stricken vessel started getting deeper in the water, slowly going down, as if she too were reluctant to give up the battle. With her colors proudly flying and the last signal flags, reading 'I am abandoning ship,' still waving at the yardarm, she went under on an even keel, like the lady she always was.
~ Ian W. Toll
Both men had remarkable success in holding a tenuous grasp on the loyalty of native villages. Though their presence was known by hundreds of people in dozens of villages, none betrayed them to the Japanese.
~ Ian W. Toll
they realized that a man like this was somebody you could storm hell itself with.
~ Ibrahim Nasrallah
Are you out of your mind? It's not polite to lie to your best friend. It's a possibility.
~ Ilona Andrews
What's that? That's my attack poodle.
~ Ilona Andrews
Fuck the pack. I gave them fifteen years of my life. I fought for them, bled for them, and the moment my back was turned, they attacked my wife. I owe them nothing.
~ Ilona Andrews
If I fought for them and was crippled, they would all say nice things,and then they would replace me and forget I was ever there. You would stay with me. You would take care of me, because you love me. I love you too, Kate. If you ever became hurt, I would not leave you. I'll be there. Wherever you want'there' to be. -Curran to Kate
~ Ilona Andrews
Quick, Derek, it's your chance to shine, Ascanio said. Derek gave him a withering look. Desandra is a mother, Robert is married, Kate's affianced, and I'm an old soul. You're the closest thing to a virgin we've got. Get on with growing some flowing locks.
~ Ilona Andrews
Curran shrugged and pulled me back to him. 'You don't pick the family you're born into. You pick the one you make. I already chose my mate and glued her ass to the chair to make sure she knew it.
~ Ilona Andrews
It's not your job to die for your Pack! It's your job to make the other bastards die for theirs.
~ Ilona Andrews
Curran's whore comes to visit us, Jarek said in accented English. The three men laughed as if on cue. I glanced at Mahon. You really shouldn't let him talk to you like that.
~ Ilona Andrews