This case isn’t ripe yet. Until it is, our policy with Mr Big is “live and let live”.
Ian Fleming
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’.”
Live and Let Die (Primary source)
Live and Let Die is the second novel in Ian Fleming’s James Bond series, plunging the British spy into a dangerous mission against a Harlem-based crime lord and his supernatural reputation.
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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 source“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 Primary source“Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it’s enemy action.”
— Ian Fleming Primary source“Our game is recognize a big idea when it comes along, when one doesn’t come along very often. Opportunity comes to the prepared mind.”
— Charlie Munger Primary source“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 Primary source“It’s common for men to give pretended reasons instead of one real one.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“An hundred thieves cannot strip one naked man, especially if his skin’s off.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source