QuoteFilter: what did Fleming's Bond think about self-doubt?
September 14, 2015 12:45 PM Subscribe
I remember it was something about how self-doubt is the deadliest emotion, and most secret agents were young men because old men worry too much. I can't find it via Google and I forget which Bond novel it was from. Anyone remember this? Thanks!
Response by poster: Thanks for the detailed search!
I have not read any non-Fleming Bond novels, or any Fleming short stories. Wish I remembered more clearly.
posted by sninctown at 3:44 PM on September 14, 2015
I have not read any non-Fleming Bond novels, or any Fleming short stories. Wish I remembered more clearly.
posted by sninctown at 3:44 PM on September 14, 2015
MeMail me if you think of any other keywords that might be worth a search.
I've read about half of these books 6-8 years ago when they were re-issued in softcover.
It appears from IanFleming.com's book list that For Your Eyes Only is the first volume of short stories, and Octopussy & The Living Daylights is the second. That second would also be a decent, if potentially trademark infringing, band name. I think I read the first one-- Fleming started to write episodes for a Bond TV series that never came about, and he converted them into shorts, as I recall.
I also just learned he wrote the original children's book Chitty Chitty Bang Bang; who'd've guessed?
Also, are you sure it was Fleming/Bond? Could it have been John LeCarre? I don't recall any specifics, but that kind of cynicism wouldn't be out of his character the way it would in, say, Ludlum.
posted by Sunburnt at 5:03 PM on September 14, 2015 [2 favorites]
I've read about half of these books 6-8 years ago when they were re-issued in softcover.
It appears from IanFleming.com's book list that For Your Eyes Only is the first volume of short stories, and Octopussy & The Living Daylights is the second. That second would also be a decent, if potentially trademark infringing, band name. I think I read the first one-- Fleming started to write episodes for a Bond TV series that never came about, and he converted them into shorts, as I recall.
I also just learned he wrote the original children's book Chitty Chitty Bang Bang; who'd've guessed?
Also, are you sure it was Fleming/Bond? Could it have been John LeCarre? I don't recall any specifics, but that kind of cynicism wouldn't be out of his character the way it would in, say, Ludlum.
posted by Sunburnt at 5:03 PM on September 14, 2015 [2 favorites]
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deadliest 1
deadliest emotion 0
self-doubt 0
self doubt 0
worry too much 2
emotion (several dozen, nothing saying what you mean, and mostly badguys saying things unemotionally)
old men 5
young men 12
_doubt (too numerous -- I used a space before the word to get rid of hits on "undoubted")
Of the things I checked, I didn't see any statement that resembles what you recall.
So, how many, if any, of the non-Fleming Bond novels have you read? Or maybe it's from Fleming's short stories?
posted by Sunburnt at 3:27 PM on September 14, 2015 [2 favorites]