They don’t care what we do, they care what we get photographed doing.
Sometimes we’re so focused on our enemies, we forget to watch our friends.
Some things are best kept underground.
Refreshing to hear there’s one subject you’re not an expert on.[James Bond: Well, hardest substance found in nature, they cut glass, suggests marriage, I suppose it replaced the dog as the girl’s best friend. That’s about it.]
Perhaps. But the advantage is, I don’t have to think with them all the time.[Admiral Roebuck: With all due respect, M, sometimes I don’t think you have the balls for this job.]
Orphans always make the best recruits.
Oh, to hell with dignity. I’ll leave when the job’s done.[Gareth Mallory: M, you’ve had a great run. You should leave with dignity.]
Knowing who to trust is everything in this business.
Jealous husbands, outraged chefs, humiliated tailors. The list is endless.[James Bond: I mean, sir, who would pay a million dollars to have me killed?]
If you carry a double-0 number, it means you’re licensed to kill, not get killed.
If there’s even the slightest chance, Bond will succeed. He’s the best we have, though I’d never tell him.
I think you’re a sexist, misogynist dinosaur. A relic of the Cold War, whose boyish charms, though wasted on me, obviously appealed to that young woman I sent out to evaluate you.[to James]
