A woman should be an illusion

A gentleman's choice of timepiece says as much about him as does his Saville Row suit.

Bond reflected that good Americans were fine people and that most of them seemed to come from Texas.

Worry is a dividend paid to disaster before it is due

History is moving pretty quickly these days, and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts.

They want us dead,' said Bond calmly. 'So we have to stay alive.

Above all, he liked it that everything was one's own fault. There was only oneself to praise or blame. Luck was a servant and not a master. Luck had to be accepted with a shrug or taken advantage of up to the hilt. But it had to be understood and recognized for what it was and not confused with a faulty appreciation of the odds, for, at gambling, the deadly sin is to mistake bad play for bad luck. And luck in all its moods had to be loved and not feared