“Bond mistrusted anyone who tied his tie with a Windsor knot. It showed too much vanity. It was often the mark of a cad. Bond decided to forget his prejudice.”
Ian Fleming
From Russia, with Love (Primary source)
From Russia, with Love is the fifth novel in Ian Fleming’s James Bond series, often regarded as one of the most meticulously plotted and psychologically intense entries in the franchise.
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“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 source“Surround yourself with human beings, my dear James. They are easier to fight for than principles.”
— Ian Fleming Primary source“Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it’s enemy action.”
— Ian Fleming Primary source“It’s never too early to start winning.”
— Ian Fleming Primary source“He that never eats too much, will never be lazy.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“Wine is a grand thing,” I said. “It makes you forget all the bad.”
— Ernest Hemingway Primary source“Wish not so much to live long as to live well.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“War is a matter not so much of arms as of money.”
— Thucydides Primary source