Ian Fleming Quotes

One of the bibles of my youth was 'Birds of the West Indies,' by James Bond, a well-known ornithologist, and when I was casting about for a name for my protagonist I thought, 'My God, that's the dullest name I've ever heard,' so I appropriated it. Now the dullest name in the world has become an exciting one.

Ian Fleming

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: May 28, 1908 - August 12, 1964

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I think that all actors find they go down and then they come back up if you work on your craft. They come back up to the top and then they go back down and they come back up and they go back down.

Johnathon Schaech

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The excitement level for me working on projects is really not a bit different from when I was 26.

Amar Bose

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I try not to think about negative thoughts and possibilities and disaster and things like that.

Rory Cochrane

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I'm not a quick wit. I'm only funny on paper. I mean, I'm not totally humorless! It's just that in person, I'm not quite the way I am on paper.

Mary Roach

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You can sit down with Reason or Ableton and literally in a couple of hours make a very good-sounding record. But then a lot of people become contented with that, rather than pushing themselves to making something that sounds great.

Moby

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I just enjoy playing in wind, grew up in it, and it makes the golf a bit more fun.

Louis Oosthuizen

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It didn't get into Sundance although I showed a rough cut which is a mistake to all filmmakers out there.

Donal Logue

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Well, I don't think anyone now would say that they're painting the state of the culture of America. I think that's too grand and pompous a thing for anybody to claim.

Donald Judd

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You play shows all over the country and hope that radio gets a chance to get out to see you, but that doesn't always happen like that.

Cole Swindell

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There are some people who cannot watch every film because of age. They might watch only three films in a year.

Arjun Kapoor

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Spend the afternoon. You can't take it with you.

Annie Dillard

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'Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding.

Alice Walker

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