“Most marriages don’t add two people together. They subtract one from the other.”
Ian Fleming
Diamonds Are Forever (Primary source)
Diamonds Are Forever is the fourth novel in Ian Fleming’s James Bond series, plunging 007 into the illicit diamond trade and the brutal underworld of American organized crime.
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“I [James Bond] expect because I think I can handle life better on my own. Most marriages don’t add two people together. They subtract one from the other.”
Ian Fleming
“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“If you have time don’t wait for time.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“I don’t want to be your friend, baby. I am your friend.”
— Ernest Hemingway Primary source“If you don’t get elementary probability into your repertoire, you go through a long life like a one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest.”
— Charlie Munger Primary source“Don’t misinform your doctor nor your lawyer.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source