Thomas Fleming quote: "Actors yearn for the perfect director, athletes for the perfect coach, priests for the perfect pope, presidents for the perfect historian. Writers hunger for the perfect reviewer."

These men are not appreciated. They went through a lot. If we had lost the (Revolutionary) war, thes...
THOMAS FLEMING

While there is a lot of focus on children the numbers tell me that the magnitude of the excess risk ...
THOMAS FLEMING

But this is an imperfect world, as actors, athletes, priests and presidents soon discover. Writers h...
THOMAS FLEMING

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

I'm not in the Shakespeare stakes. I have no ambition.
IAN FLEMING

Men want a woman whom they can turn on and off like a light switch.
IAN FLEMING

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

As for sex, well, I mean sex is a perfectly respectable subject as far as Shakespeare is concerned. ...
IAN FLEMING

If I wait for the genius to come, it just doesn't arrive.
IAN FLEMING

This country-right-or-wrong business is getting a little out-of-date.. History is moving pretty quic...
IAN FLEMING

I don't regard James Bond precisely as a hero, but at least he does get on and do his duty, in a...
IAN FLEMING

Writing about 2,000 words in three hours every morning, 'Casino Royale' dutifully produced i...
IAN FLEMING

One of the bibles of my youth was 'Birds of the West Indies,' by James Bond, a well-known or...
IAN FLEMING

As a result of 50 years of emancipation, feminine qualities were dying out or being transferred to t...
IAN FLEMING

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

You only live twice. Once when you are born and once when you look death in the face.
IAN FLEMING

If your child really loves art, get them some good brushes. Get good material and make them feel tha...
DENISE FLEMING

I see a bright, bright future for the Republican Party and conservatism in general.
JOHN FLEMING

We need to restore the Bush tax cuts or actually make them permanent.
JOHN FLEMING

I am a poet in deeds--not often in words.
IAN FLEMING

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

One sometimes finds what one is not looking for.
ALEXANDER FLEMING

A good gulp of hot whiskey at bedtime - it's not very scientific but it helps
ALEXANDER FLEMING

One sometimes finds wehat one is not looking for.
ALEXANDER FLEMING

Somewhere in the world someone is training when you are not. When you race him, he will win.
TOM FLEMING

A horse is dangerous at both ends and uncomfortable in the middle.
IAN FLEMING

The first thing is to love your sport. Never do it to please someone else. It has to be yours.
PEGGY FLEMING

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

A woman should be an illusion.
IAN FLEMING

It is the lone worker who makes the first advance in a subject; the details may be worked out by a t...
ALEXANDER FLEMING

When a human being without amplification makes a sound that is high and loud, it is almost unworldly...
RENEE FLEMING

If members of Congress believe so strongly that government-run health care is the best solution for ...
JOHN FLEMING

We wanted to be achievers, but being an achiever didn't mean that you stopped being a woman.
PEGGY FLEMING

Public servants should always be accountable and responsible for what they are advocating, and I cha...
JOHN FLEMING

Never say 'no' to adventures. Always say 'yes', otherwise you'll lead a very dul...
IAN FLEMING

Then came the choreography... the impact of music and choreography tends to really emphasize an over...
PEGGY FLEMING

Class warfare has never created a job.
JOHN FLEMING

A lot of performers don't want to leave the circuit, the European opera house circuit, partly be...
RENEE FLEMING

We are either going to go down the socialist road and become like Western Europe and create, I guess...
JOHN FLEMING

Smoking I find the most ridiculous of all the varieties of human behavior and practically the only o...
IAN FLEMING

The Freedom Caucus, like many of the members, feel like that we have too much of a top-heavy, power-...
JOHN FLEMING

We need to cut the capital gains tax; we need to take regulations off the backs of business and allo...
JOHN FLEMING

That's what I played my whole career for. But I'm not going to lie, I was a little nervous.
ANNA FLEMING

One of the key differences is we have that faith element there for those parents looking for a faith...
ANNA FLEMING

I knew it'd feel good. I didn't know it would feel this good. I remember how it felt last year and I...
ANNA FLEMING

She's a good leader. We couldn't get the ball up the court without her. She sees holes that I'd neve...
ANNA FLEMING

Last year (a 53-37 loss to Lee Central), we just came in scared. This year there was none of that; w...
ANNA FLEMING

We just know what to expect, with the big crowd and what we're doing this entire week.
ANNA FLEMING

The goal is to give the businesses, our members, the opportunity to showcase themselves to the publi...
BILL FLEMING

In this industry, you try to buy equipment that will do a multitude of stuff. Versatility is the nam...
BILL FLEMING

We work like a surgical team. We think exactly the same. He knows what tool to hand me before I even...
BILL FLEMING

I was always mechanical. In 1978, I started out doing machine work. Now I'm back to my roots.
BILL FLEMING

We put 40,000 gallons of water on it the day before the race. It makes the mud like chocolate puddin...
BILL FLEMING

Domestic vehicles are still real popular, ... The import market is the big, growing thing. Forty per...
BILL FLEMING

I think exercise tests us in so many ways, our skills, our hearts, our ability to bounce back after ...
PEGGY FLEMING

I have been trying to point out that in our lives chance may have an astonishing influence and, if I...
ALEXANDER FLEMING

I was just on the edge of getting married, and I was frenzied at the prospect of this great step in ...
IAN FLEMING

By definition, chaplains minister to the spiritual needs of our men and women in armed services, a v...
JOHN FLEMING

I've spent hours and hours doing research into Appalachian folk music. My grandfather was a fidd...
RENEE FLEMING

People do connect me with James Bond simply because I happen to like scrambled eggs and short-sleeve...
IAN FLEMING

For my own singing, I used to be attracted by the baroque, the flashier the better, but now I prefer...
RENEE FLEMING

At this stage in my career, I don't have to take any big risks. You want to take a calculated ri...
RENEE FLEMING

It was the short men that caused all the trouble in the world.
IAN FLEMING

At any time, somebody can blow themselves up and take Americans with them. They can blow up an airpl...
JOHN FLEMING

Never say 'no' to adventures. Always say 'yes,' otherwise you'll lead a very dull life.
IAN FLEMING

Some of my first teachers were incredibly tough. You could never sing more than three words without ...
RENEE FLEMING

It's possible that in the future, women could be drafted not only into the military... but actua...
JOHN FLEMING

I have had a very difficult time with stage fright; it undermines your well-being and peace of mind,...
RENEE FLEMING

I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them.
IAN FLEMING

I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
IAN FLEMING

A medium Vodka dry Martini--with a slice of lemon peel. Shaken and not stirred.
IAN FLEMING

Through my skating, I've learned so much about myself. My sport taught me what I could do with my ta...
PEGGY FLEMING

Here's the question for my fellow Republicans: Do we want to be the first-ever GOP House majorit...
JOHN FLEMING

Mick is a very good manager. He is great behind the scenes with the players, making sure everything ...
STEPHEN FLEMING

I did it in the last series against Smith because we saw an emotion that we could tap into ... I won...
STEPHEN FLEMING

That we have been here for 10 days is an advantage. This is a place which takes getting used to. The...
STEPHEN FLEMING

That was against Australia. And we didn't have as good a side as we do now.
STEPHEN FLEMING

I am more concerned about how my team is doing rather than worry about the opposition,
STEPHEN FLEMING

The substitute also means that the team that wins the toss starts the match with a distinct advantag...
STEPHEN FLEMING

[Building a dessert on an unlikely flavor can also be risky business.] If it's warm and chocolate it...
CLAUDIA FLEMING

I think always, when you have a candidate promising free stuff, and another promising less stuff or ...
JOHN FLEMING

I really loved what the guys were doing more than anything, how high they jumped, how effortless it ...
PEGGY FLEMING

This campaign corresponds to our overall objective of being more relevant to the broad range of cust...
JOHN FLEMING

The Rule of Sibs: If your sibling gets something you want, you (1) try to take it; (2) break it; or ...
PATRICIA FLEMING

You can get far in North America with laconic grunts. "Huh," "hun," and "hi!" in their various modul...
IAN FLEMING

I'm looking for Commander James Bond, not an overgrown stunt man. [on meeting Sean Connery]
IAN FLEMING

School is no place for kids.
ANDREA FLEMING

I've always been inspired by artists who have shown musical and intellectual curiosity and the c...
RENEE FLEMING

The White House has a secular, humanistic agenda.
JOHN FLEMING

Although the reasons for the rise in deaths when a parent sleeps with their infant on a sofa are unc...
PETER FLEMING

Our data clearly show that SIDS is now largely confined to deprived families, and if we exclude deat...
PETER FLEMING

The first thing we need is for President Obama to finally enforce current immigration law and streng...
JOHN FLEMING

To celebrate the centenary of Ian Fleming's birth in 2008 we are looking at a wide range of differen...
IAN FLEMING

There's going to be a very large number of people in Bundaberg who are going to be terribly upset to...
IAN FLEMING

He asked if he could submit power-outage information through SMS. It was a customer's idea, and it w...
IAN FLEMING

As the judge pointed out, loathsome and inexplicable for various reasons.
TIM FLEMING

Most bizarre factual pattern I've seen in the nine years that I have been a prosecutor.
TIM FLEMING

He is one of the world's quickest and most dangerous bowlers at the moment,
STEPHEN FLEMING

I think opera has gained a kind of glamorous appeal. It's a live performance that aligns all of ...
RENEE FLEMING

We would like to make this an annual event, and we hope that more language departments will join wit...
BARBARA FLEMING

Learning operatic roles is ongoing, and I find that I can learn on the train or subway, during a man...
RENEE FLEMING

Do you want sixth-graders with 12th-graders?
RAY FLEMING

That was a really special day. It was a chance for me to go back to my college and get a big honor, ...
RYAN FLEMING

They've got good spacing on their offense. They dribble-drive really well. They shoot the ball well....
BRIAN FLEMING

We're just being gracious and really enjoying it. We're not like the big schools. We've never had th...
CHRIS FLEMING

He was a secret agent, and still alive thanks to his exact attention to the detail of his profession...
IAN FLEMING

You only live twice:
Once when you are born
And once when you look death in the face
IAN FLEMING

We're going to scour through this document word for word, and we're going to check it against declar...
MELISSA FLEMING

The sense of satisfaction -- you don't really get it. But when you see convoys go up and down the hi...
ANDREW FLEMING

The sense of satisfaction - you don't really get it. But when you see convoys go up and down the hig...
ANDREW FLEMING

I've sat in my house and heard shotgun pellets rain down the side.
ANDREW FLEMING

Engler really set the tone early. I think she's the best player in the Mid-Penn) conference, because...
MICK FLEMING

It is foolish for Republicans to continue opening the door to job-killing tax hikes while Democrats ...
JOHN FLEMING

On every high-rise building over 13 floors, there's a 13th floor, whether you like it or not. Why tr...
JOHN FLEMING

Having to travel so much plays havoc with your personal life.
RENEE FLEMING

Just as, at least in one religion, accidia is the first of the cardinal sins, so bordom, and particu...
IAN FLEMING

...Goldfinger could not have known that high tension was Bond's natural way of life and that pressur...
IAN FLEMING

Bond always mistrusted short men. They grew up from childhood with an inferiority complex. All their...
IAN FLEMING

I'm concerned that Speaker Boehner is getting ahead of House Republicans when he commits to gett...
JOHN FLEMING

It used to be you were the last one to get equipment, you were low man on the totem pole.
CLAUDIA FLEMING

He picked out 14 clubs, put them in a bag, and we drove out to Bay Hill.
ROGER FLEMING

As far as I know, we've never recovered a car that has been missing almost four decades. The odds ag...
MIKE FLEMING

Children in the local national school are deprived of what most others take for granted, and the def...
CLLR FLEMING

Yeah, there were (defensive) breakdowns but there were also variables into having those breakdowns. ...
GERRY FLEMING

We need to establish the framework.
DAVID FLEMING

It's unreal. It's really incredible. I came here as a freshman to make the NCAA Tournament. That's t...
CHRIS FLEMING

Without conditions is a key phrase that we've been looking for. Without conditions means that our in...
MELISSA FLEMING

When the hiring manager asks for references, it's a signal the firm is interested in pursuing you as...
GEORGE FLEMING

I am the parent of Steven, a mentally [challenged] kid. I moved here from Cleveland five years ago b...
STEVE FLEMING

There must be trust involved, ... To take the problem and move it out of the office is not the best ...
DAVID FLEMING

My mental hands were empty, and I felt I must do something as a counterirritant or antibody to my hy...
IAN FLEMING

It has been demonstrated that a species of penicillium produces in culture a very powerful antibacte...
ALEXANDER FLEMING

I don't know where he's at, but he's arguably one of the world's best ever and to not have him avail...
STEPHEN FLEMING

It should have been the Arabian Nights, but to Bond, seeing it first above the tops of trams and abo...
IAN FLEMING

Darwin said if you made a list of eminent men, next of a list of eminent women, it was obvious that ...
JACKY FLEMING

As Darwin said by keeping women at home their achievements were paltry compared to men's which prove...
JACKY FLEMING

It's funny, I've decided 'Hallelujah' is a kind of Rorschach test for people, because everyone has a...
RENéE FLEMING

We will be looking to sell the business and are confident this will be achieved, as the Hunter brand...
RICHARD FLEMING

They're having eye jobs and forehead lifts so they don't get traded in for a new model.
RICHARD FLEMING

Barclays brought their ECB rate forecast forward to May rather than June, and it's definitely given ...
RICHARD FLEMING

The lady he was working for didn't know what diseases he might have, so in we go and clean it all up...
RICHARD FLEMING

The perception in the marketplace has a tremendous impact.
RICHARD FLEMING

The (X Prize) positioned St. Louis as being right in the center of innovation and entrepreneurial ac...
RICHARD FLEMING

creative in imagining this and imagining that.
RICHARD FLEMING

This is a real massive quantity of explosives that could have reached the hands of insurgents and co...
MELISSA FLEMING

It's big. I was shocked when I ran out there. It's kind of breathtaking, but it was a lot of fun.
CHRIS FLEMING

In practice in high school, it definitely wasn't easy ... The competition day-to-day [at Mason] is i...
CHRIS FLEMING

The testosterone that flows through the hot line in the kitchen is unbelievable. Women are considere...
CLAUDIA FLEMING

We are looking for what is best for Kingsport and most of our plans for annexation are for areas eas...
JEFF FLEMING

Everybody thinks next year is the year we go to state. But I wouldn't be surprised if we sneak up on...
JADA FLEMING

Let them know who may be contacting them, and briefly outline the key elements you would like them t...
GEORGE FLEMING

There were some boos and jeers about what we did. But it did not only mean we got the result we need...
STEPHEN FLEMING

A medium Vodka dry Martini - with a slice of lemon peel. Shaken and not stirred.
IAN FLEMING

I think sellers are being unrealistic. The house I'm looking at down the street, the (recent compara...
RICHARD FLEMING

I was constantly being pushed toward a European ideal of what it means to be a classical or opera si...
RENEE FLEMING

In my view, Obamacare is the most existential threat to our economy than anything we've ever had...
JOHN FLEMING

What happens is, in my own case - my own LLCs - the income flows to my personal tax return, whatever...
JOHN FLEMING

My sport taught me what I could do with my talents, whether in the rink or in the rest of my life.
PEGGY FLEMING

I would stay away from him and leave him to go his own road where there would be other women, countl...
IAN FLEMING

Without conditions is a key phrase that we've been looking for,
MELISSA FLEMING

One would have to assume it's been stolen by someone who has some sort of nefarious purpose for it.
MELISSA FLEMING

It was very clear from our analysis that they were forgeries. We found 20 to 30 anomalies within a d...
MELISSA FLEMING

Once this resolution is passed, a tougher stage will begin and we will see what effect the board of ...
MELISSA FLEMING

The resolution on Iran was just adopted without a vote by consensus, full consensus. All 35 members ...
MELISSA FLEMING

It's obviously a unilateral decision on Iran's part, taken despite repeated requests from the board ...
MELISSA FLEMING

We've answered that request by saying it would take us more than a week to put our surveillance equi...
MELISSA FLEMING

This should (in) no way be seen as an endorsement.
MELISSA FLEMING

The agency calls on Iran again not to start any activities in Isfahan before the IAEA inspection sys...
MELISSA FLEMING

We had a layoff between Dec. 30 and Jan. 18, where we played like two games. Every game we played in...
BRIAN FLEMING

We certainly are at a place now where we enjoy our independence, but we also enjoy working for Sony....
BRIAN FLEMING

(The Gwinnett series) is going to be just like the Greenville series. It's going to be tough. It's n...
GERRY FLEMING

Picture books are the distillation of an idea, and you have to use just the right words. I love that...
DENISE FLEMING

My mother was the worst kind of stage mother. She would make me and my younger sister and brother li...
RENEE FLEMING

John obviously put on a clinic tonight. We gave him a couple of good looks. But he knocked down two ...
DOUG FLEMING

He's got senior guards and I've got junior guards. We played really well, but our guards have got to...
DOUG FLEMING

We played 29 minutes of the best basketball I think I've seen at East Lansing. Unfortunately it's a ...
DOUG FLEMING

That drop in lung cancer is linked to the fact that cigarette consumption in California has dropped ...
DAVID FLEMING

People are islands,' she said. 'They don't really touch. However close they are, they're really quit...
IAN FLEMING

Surround yourself with human beings, my dear James. They are easier to fight for than principles.
IAN FLEMING

As a young child, I played the violin. I think that that started the spark.
PEGGY FLEMING

We finished 26-5 and you can feel bad about losing, but you can't be disappointed in this team.
EDWARD FLEMING

The shots just didn't go in. The inside game wasn't getting open so we decided to shoot it. I didn't...
EDWARD FLEMING

The better team won. Their guards score most of their points and we don't have the speed to match up...
EDWARD FLEMING

We kept the shooters from hitting our shots. They are a great three-point shooting team. We extended...
EDWARD FLEMING

Our goal right now is Central. It's nice to host (Sub-Region), but we want to win the area so we can...
EDWARD FLEMING

It means a lot because it's Central. Maybe it will get us some recognition.
EDWARD FLEMING

Well, any time I'm preparing for a performance or even a rehearsal, it's as if in a way, lik...
RENEE FLEMING

four or five underlying injuries which may surface at some time, so we have to be careful.
STEPHEN FLEMING

Louisiana wants a leader that will take their values to D.C. and will fight for them without waverin...
JOHN FLEMING

Last year, I went with my sister and it really made me want to be in high school rodeo. There's such...
ERIC FLEMING

Free throws have actually gone well the last couple of weeks. Tonight, I don't know what it was at a...
ERIC FLEMING

The whole fourth quarter and third, we just kind of fought in the paint and it was wide open for the...
ERIC FLEMING

The first time we weren't really prepared. We definitely underestimated them as a team, and we shoul...
BRITTNEY FLEMING

It's a team thing. It wasn't like I had to work for it ? when I was open they got me the ball. Witho...
BRITTNEY FLEMING

They're the same rims as any other gym we've played in. If you just concentrate on the rims, and not...
BRITTNEY FLEMING

Bingo. It popped up as being stolen out of Long Beach in 1971.
MIKE FLEMING

Once we got accustomed to it and slowed down.
EDWARD FLEMING

Let's be clear: raising taxes during a very slow recovery is likely to lead to another recession...
JOHN FLEMING

I listen to archival and historic recordings. I love watching singers. I learned a lot from watching...
RENEE FLEMING

Republicans must stop putting tax increases on the fiscal cliff negotiating table and start demandin...
JOHN FLEMING

Actors yearn for the perfect director, athletes for the perfect coach, priests for the perfect pope, presidents for the perfect historian. Writers hunger for the perfect reviewer.

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