At gambling, the deadly sin is to mistake bad play for bad luck.

Mine’s Bond – James Bond.

Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.

Most marriages don't add two people together. They subtract one from the other.

He shrugged his shoulders to shift the pain of failure---the pain that is so much greater than the pleasure of success.

All the greatest men are maniacs. They are possessed by a mania which drives them forward towards thier goal. The great scientists, the philosophers, the religious leaders - all maniacs. What else but a blind singlenee of purpose could have given focus to thier genius, would have kept them in the groove of purpose. Mania... is as priceless as genius.

And people with obsessions, reflected Bond, were blind to danger.