297 Quotes by Ian Fleming

Head of S., thought Bond. They’re certainly giving me the red carpet treatment.

I expect because I think I can handle life better on my own. Most marriages don’t add two people together. They subtract one from the other.

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.

Never send a man where you can send a bullet.

I decided on moustaches.

Bond always mistrusted short men. They grew up from childhood with an inferiority complex. All their lives they would strive to be big – bigger than the others who had teased them as a child. Napoleon had been short, and Hitler. It was the short men that caused all the trouble in the world.

Oh, it’s all been such a lark.

Vesper smiled at him. ‘I like it,’ she said. ‘I like doing everything fully, getting the most out of everything one does. I think that’s the way to live. But it sounds rather schoolgirlish when one says it,’ she added apologetically.

Don’t lose faith in your stars.