“It’s just that I’d rather die of drink than of thirst.”
Ian Fleming
Thunderball (Primary source)
Thunderball is the ninth novel in Ian Fleming’s James Bond series, centering on a high-stakes nuclear blackmail plot by the terrorist organization SPECTRE.
“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 source“It’s never too early to start winning.”
— Ian Fleming Primary source“Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it’s enemy action.”
— Ian Fleming Primary source“A dog starv’d at his master’s gate
Predicts the ruin of the state.”
“We must be our own [friend] before we can be another’s.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“Rationality is something you get slowly and it has a variable result. But it’s better than not having it.”
— Charlie Munger Primary source“If you’d have a servant that you like, serve yourself.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source