“I don’t drink tea. I hate it. It’s mud. Moreover it’s one of the main reasons for the downfall of the British Empire. Be a good girl and make me some coffee.”
Ian Fleming
Goldfinger (Primary source)
Goldfinger is the seventh novel in Ian Fleming’s James Bond series, featuring one of the most infamous villains in spy fiction.
“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“Sometimes life’s gonna hit you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith.”
— Steve Jobs Primary source“By honest I don’t mean that you only tell what’s true. But you make clear the entire situation. You make clear all the information that is required for somebody else who is intelligent to make up their mind.”
— Richard Feynman Primary source“It’s common for men to give pretended reasons instead of one real one.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“There’s no one thing that’s true. It’s all true.”
— Ernest Hemingway Primary sourceCoffee Tea British Empire Downfall