“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
“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“It’s never too early to start winning.”
— 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’.”
“Don’t think to hunt two hares with one dog.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“One today is worth two tomorrows.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“If you have time don’t wait for time.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“You know I don’t love any one but you. You shouldn’t mind because some one else loved me.”
— Ernest Hemingway Primary source