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

— Ian Fleming

Just as, at least in one religion, acidic is the first of the cardinal sins, so boredom, and particularly the incredible circumstance of waking up bored, was the only vice Bond utterly condemned.

— Ian Fleming

My dear boy', Le Chiffon spoke like a father, 'the game of Red Indians is over, quite over. You have stumbled by mischance into a game for grown-ups, and you have already found it a painful experience. You are not equipped, my dear boy, to play games with adults and it is very foolish of your nanny in London to have sent you out here with your spade and bucket. Very foolish indeed and most unfortunate for you.'' But we must stop joking, my dear fellow, although I am sure you would like to follow me in developing this amusing little cautionary tale.

— Ian Fleming

Your on the planet too. Why should James Bond have all the action, fun, money, and resort hotel living.

— Paul Kyriazi