What an extraordinary difference there was between a body full of a person and a body that was empty! Now there is someone, now there is no one.
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?
The double 0 numerals signify an agent who has killed and who is privileged to kill on active service.
Shooting hell out of a piece of cardboard doesn't prove anything' was his single-line introduction to the Small-arms Defence Manual.
She answered perfunctorily. She said that, of course, they had picked out the two gunmen, but had thought nothing of it when the man with the stick had gone to stand behind Bond’s chair. They could no...
It’s wonderful,’ said Bond, deciding to relieve her mind, though irritated with her obvious guilt over this childish mystery. ‘You must go in and we’ll have breakfast on the terrace. I’m ravenous. I’m...
I should spend the money quickly, Commander Bond.
I hate small portions of anything, particularly when they taste bad.
I don’t care the hell what other people eat so long as they enjoy it. I can’t stand sad eaters and sad drinkers.
Older women are best, because they always think they may be doing it for the last time.
The World Is Not Enough
Tears of forlornness and self-pity welled out of his eyes.
Surround yourself with human beings, my dear James. They are easier to fight for than principles.
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 such a wonderful machine.
Only law firm out there’s called Smith and Wesson.
Never say 'no' to adventures.
Everyone has the revolver of resignation in his pocket.
Bond reflected that good Americans were fine people and that most of them seemed to come from Texas.
Bond again walked round the room. This time he carefully inspected the walls and the neighbourhood of the bed and the telephone. Why not take the room? Why would there be microphones or secret doors?...
Unless she married soon, Bond thought for the hundredth time, or had a lover, her cool air of authority might easily become spinsterish and she would join the army of women who had married a career.