He provides a vision. He often reminds countries of their responsibilities in a way that makes it seem not only like a legal obligation but a moral responsibility.

Older women are best because they always think they may be doing it for the last time.

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

...Goldfinger could not have known that high tension was Bond's natural way of life and that pressure and danger relaxed him.

It’s just that I’d rather die of drink than of thirst.

Bond didn't defend the practice. He simply maintained that the more effort and ingenuity you put into gambling, the more you took out.

People are islands,' she said. 'They don't really touch. However close they are, they're really quite separate. Even if they've been married for fifty years.