Ian Fleming Quotes & Sayings
21 most famous Ian Fleming quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He was an Australian author who passed away on 1 January, 1969.
“I was just on the edge of getting married, and I was frenzied at the prospect of this great step in my life after having been a bachelor for so long. And I really wanted to take my mind off of the agony, and so I decided to sit down and write a book.”
“Never say 'no' to adventures. Always say 'yes', otherwise you'll lead a very dull life.”
“One of the bibles of my youth was 'Birds of the West Indies,' by James Bond, a well-known ornithologist, and when I was casting about for a name for my protagonist I thought, 'My God, that's the dullest name I've ever heard,' so I appropriated it. Now the dullest name in the world has become an exciting one.”
“Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.”
“As a result of 50 years of emancipation, feminine qualities were dying out or being transferred to the males. Pansies of both sexes were everywhere, not yet completely homosexual, but confused not knowing what they were. The result was a herd of unhappy sexual misfits... the women wanting to dominate and the men to be nannied.”
“As for sex, well, I mean sex is a perfectly respectable subject as far as Shakespeare is concerned. I mean, all history is love and violence.”
“You only live twice. Once when you are born and once when you look death in the face.”
“A woman should be an illusion.”
“I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them.”
“Men want a woman whom they can turn on and off like a light switch.”
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