“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.
“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“Never say ‘no’ to adventures.”
— Ian Fleming Primary source“It’s never too early to start winning.”
— Ian Fleming Primary source“There’s no one thing that’s true. It’s all true.”
— Ernest Hemingway Primary source“Today is yesterday’s pupil.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“If you’d have a servant that you like, serve yourself.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“We must be our own [friend] before we can be another’s.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source