Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
Diamonds are forever.
The World Is Not Enough
Shaken and not stirred.
Mine’s Bond – James Bond.
It reads better than it lives
A woman should be an illusion
Never say 'no' to adventures.
A woman should be an illusion.
I am a poet in deeds--not often in words.
Everything I write has a precedent in truth.
Hope makes a good breakfast. Eat plenty of it.
Loneliness becomes a lover, solitude a darling sin.
I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them.
He could not just wear a watch. It had to be a Rolex.
Worry is a dividend paid to disaster before it is due
I'm not in the Shakespeare stakes. I have no ambition.
It’s just that I’d rather die of drink than of thirst.
Everyone has the revolver of resignation in his pocket.
If I wait for the genius to come, it just doesn't arrive.
It was the short men that caused all the trouble in the world.
Never job backwards. What might have been was a waste of time.
At gambling, the deadly sin is to mistake bad play for bad luck.
They want us dead,' said Bond calmly. 'So we have to stay alive.
And people with obsessions, reflected Bond, were blind to danger.
The gain to the winner is always less than the loss to the loser.
Our prisons are full of people who think they're Napoleon..or God.
A horse is dangerous at both ends and uncomfortable in the middle.
Love of life is born of the awareness of death, of the dread of it.
A woman can put up with almost anything; anything but indifference.
Like all harsh, cold men, he was easily tipped over into sentiment.
Men want a woman whom they can turn on and off like a light switch.
Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.
Most marriages don't add two people together. They subtract one from the other.
A medium Vodka dry Martini - with a slice of lemon peel. Shaken and not stirred.
The scent and smoke and sweat of a casino are nauseating at three in the morning.
You only live twice. Once when you are 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 gentleman's choice of timepiece says as much about him as does his Saville Row suit.
Never say 'no' to adventures. Always say 'yes', otherwise you'll lead a very dull life.
Older women are best, because they always think they may be doing it for the last time.
I'm looking for Commander James Bond, not an overgrown stunt man. [on meeting Sean Connery]
History is moving pretty quickly these days, and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts.
Surround yourself with human beings, my dear James. They are easier to fight for than principles.
Bond reflected that good Americans were fine people and that most of them seemed to come from Texas.
He was a secret agent, and still alive thanks to his exact attention to the detail of his profession.
And then one day when you're playing your little game you'll suddenly find yourself pinned down like a butterfly.
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.
He shrugged his shoulders to shift the pain of failure---the pain that is so much greater than the pleasure of success.
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.
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.