--- title: "20 James bond Quotes By Ian Fleming" description: "20 James bond quotes by Ian Fleming. Plus more from Ian Fleming and more James bond sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a93/ian-fleming-1862_quote_mine-s-bond-james-bond-1842766_1842766.jpg" --- > [Mine’s Bond – James Bond.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-fleming/mine-s-bond-james-bond/) [Ian Fleming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-fleming/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a93/ian-fleming-1862_quote_mine-s-bond-james-bond-1842766_1842766.jpg) > [“Hm,' said Bond. 'Bogeyman stuff.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-fleming/hm-said-bond-bogeyman-stuff/) [Ian Fleming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-fleming/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/822/ian-fleming-1862_james-bond_hm-said-bond-bogeyman-stuff-1615769_1615769.jpg) > [“The naked man who lay splayed out on his face beside the swimming pool might have been dead.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-fleming/the-naked-man-who-lay-splayed-out-on-his-face-beside-the-swimming/) [Ian Fleming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-fleming/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b4/ian-fleming-1862_dead_the-naked-man-who-lay-splayed-out-on-his_875713.jpg) > [ I'm looking for Commander James Bond, not an overgrown stunt man. \[on meeting Sean Connery\] ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-fleming/i-m-looking-for-commander-james-bond-not-an-overgrown-stunt-man-on/) [Ian Fleming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-fleming/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8e/ian-fleming-1862_bond_i-m-looking-for-commander-james-bond-not_2897452.jpg) > [“Bond looked at the beautiful day and smiled. And no man, not even Mr. Big, would have liked the expression on his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-fleming/bond-looked-at-the-beautiful-day-and-smiled-and-no-man-not-even-mr/) [Ian Fleming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-fleming/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afb/ian-fleming-1862_beautiful-day_bond-looked-at-the-beautiful-day-and-smi_318578.jpg) > [“James Bond, with two double bourbons inside him, sat in the final departure lounge of Miami Airport and thought about life and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-fleming/james-bond-with-two-double-bourbons-inside-him-sat-in-the-final/) [Ian Fleming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-fleming/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a87/ian-fleming-1862_life_james-bond-with-two-double-bourbons-insi_2251849.jpg) > [I don't regard James Bond precisely as a hero, but at least he does get on and do his duty, in an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-fleming/i-don-t-regard-james-bond-precisely-as-a-hero-but-at-least-he-does/) [Ian Fleming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-fleming/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d13/ian-fleming-1862_bond_i-don-t-regard-james-bond-precisely-as-a_3097888.jpg) > [“Mr Bond, they have a saying in Chicago: 'Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it's enemy action'.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-fleming/mr-bond-they-have-a-saying-in-chicago-once-is-happenstance-twice-is/) [Ian Fleming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-fleming/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d39/ian-fleming-1862_coincidence_mr-bond-they-have-a-saying-in-chicago-on_157022.jpg) > [“What's your name?" "Bond. James Bond. What's yours?" She reflected "Rider." "What Rider?" "Honeychile." Bond smiled.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-fleming/what-s-your-name-bond-james-bond-what-s-yours-she-reflected-rider/) [Ian Fleming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-fleming/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26d/ian-fleming-1862_bond_what-s-your-name-bond-james-bond-what-s_2578595.jpg) > [“Who is this man?' 'Chinaman, or rather half Chinese and half German. Got a daft name. Calls himself Doctor No - Doctor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-fleming/who-is-this-man-chinaman-or-rather-half-chinese-and-half-german-got-a/) [Ian Fleming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-fleming/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ad/ian-fleming-1862_action_who-is-this-man-chinaman-or-rather-half_1756848.jpg) > [“Her breasts were showing and Mr. Player, who was a very strong Quaker, didn't think that was quite proper.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-fleming/her-breasts-were-showing-and-mr-player-who-was-a-very-strong-quaker/) [Ian Fleming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-fleming/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/019/ian-fleming-1862_animals_her-breasts-were-showing-and-mr-player-w_1830723.jpg) > [People do connect me with James Bond simply because I happen to like scrambled eggs and short-sleeved shirts and some of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-fleming/people-do-connect-me-with-james-bond-simply-because-i-happen-to-like/) [Ian Fleming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-fleming/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ff/ian-fleming-1862_appetite_people-do-connect-me-with-james-bond-sim_2788294.jpg) > [I'm getting very sorry for the Devil and his disciples such as the good Le Chiffre. The devil has a rotten time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-fleming/i-m-getting-very-sorry-for-the-devil-and-his-disciples-such-as-the-2/) [Ian Fleming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-fleming/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ef/ian-fleming-1862_007_i-m-getting-very-sorry-for-the-devil-and_1938216.jpg) > [“It is not just a question of blowing up a building or shooting a prime minister. Such bourgeois horseplay is not contemplated.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-fleming/it-is-not-just-a-question-of-blowing-up-a-building-or-shooting-a/) [Ian Fleming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-fleming/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f6/ian-fleming-1862_assassination_it-is-not-just-a-question-of-blowing-up_1410530.jpg) > [ When I wrote the first \[Bond novel\] in 1953, I wanted Bond to be an extremely dull, uninteresting man to whom things… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-fleming/when-i-wrote-the-first-bond-novel-in-1953-i-wanted-bond-to-be-an/) [Ian Fleming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-fleming/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/197/ian-fleming-1862_bond_when-i-wrote-the-first-bond-novel-in-195_326281.jpg) > [“I was just running away from the person I'd been for the past five years. I wasn't particularly pleased with the person…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-fleming/i-was-just-running-away-from-the-person-i-d-been-for-the-past-five/) [Ian Fleming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-fleming/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/250/ian-fleming-1862_five-years_i-was-just-running-away-from-the-person_2728323.jpg) > [“I've found that one must try and teach people that there's no top limit to disaster-that, so long as breath remains in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-fleming/i-ve-found-that-one-must-try-and-teach-people-that-there-s-no-top/) [Ian Fleming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-fleming/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/162/ian-fleming-1862_human-condition_i-ve-found-that-one-must-try-and-teach-p_1368346.jpg) > [“They had a table near the rail round the huge floor. Bond was spellbound. He found many of the girls very beautiful.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-fleming/they-had-a-table-near-the-rail-round-the-huge-floor-bond-was/) [Ian Fleming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-fleming/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/759/ian-fleming-1862_james-bond_they-had-a-table-near-the-rail-round-the_1023145.jpg) > [ “He had seen how the spirit, the reserves in \[Bond\], could pull him out of badly damaged conditions that would have broken… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-fleming/he-had-seen-how-the-spirit-the-reserves-in-bond-could-pull-him-out-of/) [Ian Fleming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-fleming/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb0/ian-fleming-1862_james-bond_he-had-seen-how-the-spirit-the-reserves_477828.jpg) > [“Women are often meticulous and safe drivers, but they are very seldom first-class. In general, Bond regarded them as a mild hazard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-fleming/women-are-often-meticulous-and-safe-drivers-but-they-are-very-seldom/) [Ian Fleming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-fleming/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77e/ian-fleming-1862_007_women-are-often-meticulous-and-safe-driv_2683223.jpg) ## Other authors on James bond ## More by Ian Fleming > [Most marriages don't add two people together. They subtract one from the other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-fleming/most-marriages-don-t-add-two-people-together-they-subtract-one-from/) [Ian Fleming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-fleming/) > [All women love semi-rape. They love to be taken.It was his sweet brutality against my bruised body that made his act of love so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-fleming/all-women-love-semi-rape-they-love-to-be-taken-it-was-his-sweet/) [Ian Fleming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-fleming/) > [“Shooting hell out of a piece of cardboard doesn't prove anything' was his single-line introduction to the Small-arms Defence Manual.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-fleming/shooting-hell-out-of-a-piece-of-cardboard-doesn-t-prove-anything-was/) [Ian Fleming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-fleming/) > [“Danger, like a third man, was standing in the room.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-fleming/danger-like-a-third-man-was-standing-in-the-room/) [Ian Fleming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-fleming/) > [“Those who deserve to die, die the death they deserve.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-fleming/those-who-deserve-to-die-die-the-death-they-deserve/) [Ian Fleming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-fleming/) > [“Mr Bond, they have a saying in Chicago: 'Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it's enemy action'.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-fleming/mr-bond-they-have-a-saying-in-chicago-once-is-happenstance-twice-is/) [Ian Fleming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-fleming/) > [“There was no sign of life round the domed emplacement of the Moonraker, and the concrete, already beginning to shimmer in the early morning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-fleming/there-was-no-sign-of-life-round-the-domed-emplacement-of-the/) [Ian Fleming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-fleming/) > [The World Is Not Enough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-fleming/the-world-is-not-enough/) [Ian Fleming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-fleming/) > [“Somebody said that to become very rich you have to be helped by a combination of remarkable circumstances and an unbroken run of luck.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-fleming/somebody-said-that-to-become-very-rich-you-have-to-be-helped-by-a/) [Ian Fleming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-fleming/) > [Worry is a dividend paid to disaster before it is due](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-fleming/worry-is-a-dividend-paid-to-disaster-before-it-is-due/) [Ian Fleming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-fleming/) > [“Bond smelt the smell of danger.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-fleming/bond-smelt-the-smell-of-danger/) [Ian Fleming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-fleming/) > [All the greatest men are maniacs. They are possessed by a mania which drives them forward towards thier goal. The great scientists, the philosophers,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-fleming/all-the-greatest-men-are-maniacs-they-are-possessed-by-a-mania-which/) [Ian Fleming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-fleming/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-fleming/surround-yourself-with-human-beings-my-dear-james-they-are-easier-to/) [Ian Fleming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-fleming/) > [The scent and smoke and sweat of a casino are nauseating at three in the morning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-fleming/the-scent-and-smoke-and-sweat-of-a-casino-are-nauseating-at-three-in/) [Ian Fleming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-fleming/) > [“Was it true what The Big Man had said, that she would have nothing to do with men? He doubted it. She seemed open…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-fleming/was-it-true-what-the-big-man-had-said-that-she-would-have-nothing-to/) [Ian Fleming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-fleming/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/james-bond/ian-fleming/#itemlist", "name": "20 James bond Quotes By Ian Fleming", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Mine’s Bond – James Bond.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ian Fleming" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-fleming/mine-s-bond-james-bond/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a93/ian-fleming-1862_quote_mine-s-bond-james-bond-1842766_1842766.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a93/ian-fleming-1862_quote_mine-s-bond-james-bond-1842766_1842766.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a93/ian-fleming-1862_quote_mine-s-bond-james-bond-1842766_1842766.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Mine’s Bond – James Bond.” — Ian Fleming", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Hm,' said Bond. 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