“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
Octopussy and The Living Daylights (Primary source)
Octopussy and The Living Daylights is a posthumous collection of short stories by Ian Fleming. The original publication contained two stories, with The Property of a Lady and 007 in New York added in later editions, bringing the total to four.
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“Surround yourself with human beings, my dear James. They are easier to fight for than principles.”
— Ian Fleming Primary source“When the odds are hopeless, when all seems to be lost, then is the time to be calm, to make a show of authority—at least of indifference.”
— Ian Fleming Primary sourceThis case isn’t ripe yet. Until it is, our policy with Mr Big is “live and let live”.
Bond looked quizzically at Captain Dexter.
“In my job,” he said, “when I come up against a man like this one, I have another motto. It’s ‘live and let die’.”
“It’s never too early to start winning.”
— Ian Fleming Primary source“Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it. He who doesn’t, pays it.”
— Albert Einstein Disputed“Do what you feel in your heart to be right—for you’ll be criticized anyway. You’ll be damned if you do, and damned if you don’t.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt Disputed“Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.”
— Bill Gates Primary source“Where should we go? I don’t care. Anywhere you want. Anywhere we don’t know people.”
— Ernest Hemingway Primary source