Frases de Ian Fleming (50 citas)

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.”

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Ian Fleming libro You Only Live Twice

Fuente: You Only Live Twice (1964), Ch. 11 : Anatomy Class

“People are islands,' she said. 'They don't really touch. However close they are, they're really quite separate. Even if they've been married for fifty years.”

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Ian Fleming libro Casino Royale

Fuente: Casino Royale

“A woman can put up with almost anything; anything but indifference.”

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“A dry martini,' he said. 'One. In a deep champagne goblet.'…
Just a moment. Three measures of Gordon's, 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?”

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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.”

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Ian Fleming libro Thunderball

Fuente: Thunderball

“All women love semi-rape. They love to be taken. It was his sweet brutality against my bruised body that made his act of love so piercingly wonderful.”

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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.”

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Ian Fleming libro Casino Royale

Fuente: Casino Royale

“I am a poet in deeds--not often in words.”

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Ian Fleming libro Goldfinger

Fuente: Goldfinger

“The scent and smoke and sweat of a casino are nauseating at three in the morning.”

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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.”

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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."