Yan Fleming

Quote: A horse is dangerous at both ends and uncomfortable in the middle. [Yan Fleming]

Quote: Older women are best, because they always think they may be doing it for the last time. [Yan Fleming]

Quote: I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time. [Yan Fleming]

Quote: A woman should be an illusion. [Yan Fleming]

Quote: I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. [Yan Fleming]

Quote: Men want a woman whom they can turn on and off like a light switch. [Yan Fleming]

Quote: You only live twice. Once when you are born and once when you look death in the face. [Yan Fleming]

Quote: A medium Vodka dry Martini--with a slice of lemon peel. Shaken
and not stirred.
[Yan Fleming]

Quote: Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is
enemy action.
[Yan Fleming]

Quote: A woman should be an illusion. [Yan Fleming]

Quote: And then one day when you're playing your little game you'll suddenly find yourself pinned down like a butterfly. [Yan Fleming]

Quote: Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action. [Yan Fleming]

Quote: 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. [Yan Fleming]

Quote: Most marriages don't add two people together. They subtract one from the other. [Yan Fleming]

Quote: Bond reflected that good Americans were fine people and that most of them seemed to come from Texas. [Yan Fleming]

Quote: It was the short men that caused all the trouble in the world. [Yan Fleming]

Quote: You only live twice. Once when you are born and once when you look death in the face. [Yan Fleming]

Quote: I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. [Yan Fleming]

Quote: Men want a woman whom they can turn on and off like a light switch. [Yan Fleming]

Quote: Surround yourself with human beings, my dear James. They are easier to fight for than principles. [Yan Fleming]

Quote: He was a secret agent, and still alive thanks to his exact attention to the detail of his profession. [Yan Fleming]

Quote: These blithering women who thought they could do a man's work. Why the hell couldn't they stay at home and mind their pots and pans and stick to their frocks and gossip and leave men's work to the men. [Yan Fleming]

Quote: I'm getting very sorry for the Devil and his disciples such as the good Le Chiffre. The devil has a rotten time and I always like to be on the side of the underdog. We don't give the poor chap a chance...the Devil had no prophets to write his Ten Commandments and no team of authors to write his biography. [Yan Fleming]

Quote: A medium Vodka dry Martini - with a slice of lemon peel. Shaken and not stirred. [Yan Fleming]

Quote: A woman should be an illusion [Yan Fleming]

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