“Una vez es coincidencia, dos es casualidad y tres es la acción del enemigo.”
Ian Fleming libro Goldfinger
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Ian Lancaster Fleming fue un autor y periodista inglés.
Es el creador del héroe de ficción James Bond. Este último debe su nombre al ornitólogo James Bond, como lo explicaba Fleming en una entrevista. Las numerosas novelas que ponen en escena al agente 007 han sido un éxito mundial y han conocido numerosas adaptaciones cinematográficas.

“Una vez es coincidencia, dos es casualidad y tres es la acción del enemigo.”
Ian Fleming libro Goldfinger
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“Sería un placer, que tal si bebemos, pero sobre todo vamos a hablar de los problemas.”
Ian Fleming libro Casino Royale
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Ian Fleming libro Vive y deja morir
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“Never say ‘no’ to adventures. Always say ‘yes’, otherwise you’ll lead a very dull life.”
Ian Fleming libro Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang
Fuente: Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang (1964), Ch. 2
“I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.”
Ian Fleming libro You Only Live Twice
Fuente: You Only Live Twice (1964), Ch. 21 : Orbit. Fleming is quoting Jack London directly.
“Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it’s enemy action.”
Ian Fleming libro Goldfinger
Variante: Mr Bond, they have a saying in Chicago: 'Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it's enemy action'.
Fuente: Auric Goldfinger, Ch. 14 : Things That Go Thump In The Night
“You only live twice:
Once when you are born
And once when you look death in the face.”
Ian Fleming libro You Only Live Twice
Fuente: You Only Live Twice (1964), Ch. 11 : Anatomy Class
Ian Fleming libro Casino Royale
Fuente: Casino Royale (1953), Ch. 7 : Rouge et Noir
Contexto: Bond insisted ordering Leiter's Haig-and-Haig "on the rocks" and then he looked carefully at the barman. "A Dry Martini", he said. "One. In a deep champagne goblet." "Oui, monsieur." "Just a moment. Three measures of Gordons, one of vodka, half a measure of Kina Lillet. Shake it very well until it's ice-cold, then add a large thin slice of lemon peel. Got it?" "Certainly, monsieur." The barman seemed pleased with the idea.
“It’s just that I’d rather die of drink than of thirst.”
Ian Fleming libro Thunderball
Fuente: Thunderball
Ian Fleming libro The Spy Who Loved Me
Fuente: The Spy Who Loved Me
“Like all harsh, cold men, he was easily tipped over into sentiment.”
Ian Fleming libro Casino Royale
Fuente: Casino Royale
“The scent and smoke and sweat of a casino are nauseating at three in the morning.”
Ian Fleming libro Casino Royale
Opening line, Ch. 1 : The Secret Agent
Casino Royale (1953)
Contexto: The scent and smoke and sweat of a casino are nauseating at three in the morning. Then the soul erosion produced by high gambling — a compost of greed and fear and nervous tension — becomes unbearable and the senses awake and revolt from it.
“Surround yourself with human beings, my dear James. They are easier to fight for than principles.”
Ian Fleming libro Casino Royale
Fuente: Casino Royale (1953), Ch. 20 : The Nature Of Evil
Contexto: "Surround yourself with human beings, my dear James. They are easier to fight for than principles."
He laughed. "But don't let me down and become human yourself. We would lose a wonderful machine."
“Never say 'no' to adventures.”
Ian Fleming libro Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang
Fuente: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Ian Fleming libro Casino Royale
Fuente: Casino Royale
Ian Fleming libro Casino Royale
Fuente: Casino Royale
“It was the short men that caused all the trouble in the world.”
Ian Fleming libro Goldfinger
Fuente: Goldfinger
Ian Fleming libro On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Fuente: On Her Majesty's Secret Service
“Everyone has the revolver of resignation in his pocket.”
Ian Fleming libro Casino Royale
Fuente: Casino Royale
“Loneliness becomes a lover, solitude a darling sin.”
Ian Fleming libro The Spy Who Loved Me
Fuente: The Spy Who Loved Me
“History is moving pretty quickly these days, and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts.”
Ian Fleming libro Casino Royale
Variante: History is moving pretty quickly these days and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts.
Fuente: Casino Royale
“Most marriages don't add two people together. They subtract one from the other.”
Ian Fleming libro Diamonds Are Forever
Fuente: Diamonds Are Forever
“Hope makes a good breakfast. Eat plenty of it.”
Ian Fleming libro From Russia, with Love
Fuente: From Russia With Love
“Love of life is born of the awareness of death, of the dread of it.”
Ian Fleming libro The Spy Who Loved Me
Fuente: The Spy Who Loved Me
“The gain to the winner is always less than the loss to the loser.”
Ian Fleming libro Vive y deja morir
Fuente: Live and Let Die
Ian Fleming libro Diamonds Are Forever
Fuente: Diamonds Are Forever
Ian Fleming libro Casino Royale
Fuente: Casino Royale (1953), Ch. 20 : The Nature Of Evil