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Favourite Bond One-liner

whisperwhisper
edited August 2011 in General Discussion Posts: 23
Just wondering what everybodys favourite Bond quip is?

Plenty;Hi, I'm Plenty
Bond;But of course you are
Plenty;Plenty O Toole
Bond;Named after your father perhaps?
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  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
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    "I think he got the point" has to be up there with the best of them.
  • do_me_nicelydo_me_nicely Banned
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    Bond to Nataley: "Ill pay you in lip-service" .
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    Bond to Xenia: "No, no, no...no more foreplay. *pulls back hammer* Take me to Janus."
  • do_me_nicelydo_me_nicely Banned
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    Bond had a hammer ?? when
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    The hammer on his Walther? He pulls it back.
  • do_me_nicelydo_me_nicely Banned
    edited August 2011 Posts: 106
    "Names is for tombstone babys" (lald)
    8-X
  • 006006
    Posts: 159
    Good topic ....there are some great one liners but a couple of my favourites would be
    "Shocking ....Positively Shocking"
    "He got the Boot"
    " The things we do for frequent flier miles "
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    Brosnan, casually to himself in the PTS of TND:

    "Backseat driver."
  • LudsLuds MIA
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    Brosnan, casually to himself in the PTS of TND:

    "Backseat driver."
    That could be my least favourite of all Brosnan's typically terribly delivered one liners. Hehe ;)
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    edited August 2011 Posts: 28,694
    Honey:"Are you looking at my shells?"
    Bond:"No, I'm just looking."

    Another Connery: "The things I do for England."

    DAF: Blofeld: "Good shot Bond."
    Bond: "But wrong pussy."

    DN: "I think they were on their way to a funeral."

    CR: "You're a Miss Stephanie Broadchest"....shortly followed by: "I do hate it when religion comes between us."

    At the end: "The bitch is dead."

    Those are it for me. For now that is......
    :-?
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    @Luds, oh, you, haha. Okay, something anti-Brosnan in my eyes: the line he says to Miranda Frost after the swordfight in DAD. Something along the lines of 'Will I have the pleasure of you in Iceland?" to which she replies "You will never have that pleasure." I don't know, something like that, but the wince he gives her after that is just terribly delivered.
  • LudsLuds MIA
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    I find that Brosnan was not sole responsible for all his bad one liners. Part bad delivery, part too much forced facial action, but really really bad writing. It became a joke during his tenure, to just force a bunch of bad and cheap sexual innuendos. Purvis & Wade, or whoever came up with all those should be ashamed.

    Some of my favourites overall would be classic ones like "I think he got the point", "She's just dead", " That's quite a nice little nothing you're almost wearing" :-))
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    edited August 2011 Posts: 41,011
    Indeed. Some of them were very entertaining to see, others were extremely painful to watch.

    400th post already! Nice.
  • KerimKerim Istanbul Not Constantinople
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    "Shocking, positively shocking"
  • 00Beast00Beast
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    Bond: "Weren't you a red head when I came in?"
    Tiffany Case: "Could be."
    Bond: "I tend to notice little things like that, whether a girl is blonde or brunette."

    Bond: "I help people with problems."
    Sanchez: "Ah, sort of a problem solver?"
    Bond: "More of a problem eliminator."

    Tibbett: "We are on a mission."
    Bond: "Sir Godfrey, on a mission, I am expected to sacrifice myself."
  • KlausHergesheimerKlausHergesheimer
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    "Do you mind if my friend sits this one out? She's just dead."
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    More CR:

    M: "Christ I miss the Cold War."

    Bond:"So you want me to be half monk, half hitman?"

    Bond:"You're not my type."
    Vesper:"Smart?"
    Bond:"Single."

    Bond:"If you were just born, wouldn't you be naked?"

    Gunter:"I'll kill her!"
    Bond:"Allow me."

    Bond:"I think I'll call that a Vesper."
    Vesper:"Why? Because of the bitter aftertaste?
    Bond:"Because once you've had it it's all you want to drink."

    Solange:"Why can't most men be more like you?"
    Bond:"Because then they'd be bad."

    M:"You've got a bloody cheek."
    Bond:"Sorry."

    Le Chiffre:"Mr.Beech. Or is it Bond? I'm confused."
    Bond:"Well, we wouldn't want that."

    Tanner:"I have to put you on hold."
    Bond:"I thought you would."
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    @0Brady, I think the turning point of Vesper becoming slightly interested in Bond was the second he said 'Single.' to her. It felt like she was now vying for what she couldn't have, no matter how uninterested she seemed in the casino and hotel room scenes.
  • shutch7shutch7
    Posts: 46
    "That's because you know what I can do with my little finger." in CR is great.

    I also like "Keeping the British end up, Sir" in TSWLM
  • do_me_nicelydo_me_nicely Banned
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    "Your smile, nad your little finger" :-?
  • BennyBenny Shaken not stirredAdministrator, Moderator
    edited August 2011 Posts: 15,173
    "Do you mind if my friend sits this one out? She's just dead."
    Took us long enough to get to the ultimate Bond one liner. How many posts untill we got to this Bondian classic? Honestly.


    A few faves of mine.
    Hood 1 - "The stiff ehhmmm, the deceased back there. Your brother Mr.Franks?"
    Bond - "Yes it was."
    Hood 2 - "I got a brudda."
    Bond - "Small world."

    M - "Remember OO7, you're on your own."
    Bond - "Oh, thank-you Sir. That's a great comfort."

    Bond -"Why didn't you learn the violin?"

    Kara - "You were fantastic. We're free!"
    Bond - "Kara were inside a Russian airbase in the middle of Afghanistan."

    There are of course many, many more, but those ones spring to mind.

  • barryt007barryt007
    edited August 2011 Posts: 19,339
    Sir Roger,LALD :

    "It's just a hat darling,belonging to a small headed man of limited means,who lost a fight with a chicken."

    An absolute gem.
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
    edited August 2011 Posts: 15,723
    "I sure am, boy !!"
    "Well, neither have I actually"

    "That's what I call trouble."

    "All those feathers and he still can't fly !!"

    "Let's try reverse, that's backwards"

  • BAIN123BAIN123
    edited August 2011 Posts: 11,189
    I find that Brosnan was not sole responsible for all his bad one liners. Part bad delivery, part too much forced facial action, but really really bad writing. It became a joke during his tenure, to just force a bunch of bad and cheap sexual innuendos. Purvis & Wade, or whoever came up with all those should be ashamed.

    Some of my favourites overall would be classic ones like "I think he got the point", "She's just dead", " That's quite a nice little nothing you're almost wearing" :-))
    I thought Brosnan was very good at one-liners, much better than Dalton's occasional "I-don't-want-to-say-it-but-I-have-to" approach. If you're going to have one-liners have an actor that looks like he enjoys saying them (ala, Connery, Moore, Brosnan). Agreed though that the writing of the lines was VERY bad ("I'm Mr Kil, that's a name to die for").

    (NOTE: I know Brosnan wasn't that keen on the lines either but he at least looked like he enjoyed saying them).

    It's not really a one-liner but I like:
    "Trick is to quit while you're still ahead...
    that's one trick I've never learned". It's just summs up Bond perfectly.

    Other mentions:

    "What sharp little eyes you've got
    "Wait 'till you get to my teeth"

    "I think he got the point"

    "She's had her kicks"

    "What are you doing...looking for shells?
    "No, I'm just looking"

    "What a handsome craft, such fine lines"
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
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    Brosnan may have enjoyed saying them, but I didn't enjoy hearng them. Though I guess that's to be expected when the lines are written by half witted chimps (chumps?) banging their hand aross a keyboard. Not helped by Brosnans delivery.

    Short and to the point:
    Bond "He got the.. boot." - TLD

    Some other favourites:

    Bond: "Let's go fishing." - LTK

    Bond: "Good morning gentlemen. Acme pollution inspection company, we're cleaning up the world and though this was a suitable starting point." - DAF

    Brandt: "Would you like to know what this is?"
    Bond: "I'd rather not." - YOLT
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    Bond to Nataley: "Ill pay you in lip-service" .
    He never said that.

    Who's 'Nateley'?
    "Your smile, nad your little finger" :-?
    That's not even half a quote.


    @do_me_nicely, if you can't get your quotes right, please don't contribute to this thread.

  • BAIN123BAIN123
    edited August 2011 Posts: 11,189
    Brosnan may have enjoyed saying them, but I didn't enjoy hearng them. Though I guess that's to be expected when the lines are written by half witted chimps (chumps?) banging their hand aross a keyboard. Not helped by Brosnans delivery.

    Short and to the point:
    Bond "He got the.. boot." - TLD

    Some other favourites:

    Bond: "Let's go fishing." - LTK

    Bond: "Good morning gentlemen. Acme pollution inspection company, we're cleaning up the world and though this was a suitable starting point." - DAF

    Brandt: "Would you like to know what this is?"
    Bond: "I'd rather not." - YOLT
    One line I didnt like much from Dalton was the "dead end" line in LTK. It felt out of place in the film and coming from him. I doubt Dalton himself would have enjoyed saying it.
  • LudsLuds MIA
    edited August 2011 Posts: 1,986
    Brosnan may have enjoyed saying them, but I didn't enjoy hearng them. Though I guess that's to be expected when the lines are written by half witted chimps (chumps?) banging their hand aross a keyboard. Not helped by Brosnans delivery.
    And to me in most cases it makes them even worse. Can't blame Brosnan for trying to salvage bad pun, but they felt more than forced, they were so bad that they felt un-natural coming from Bond.

    Now similar to quotes, some of my favourite moments are when Bond doesn't say anything at a moment when you'd expect him to have a one liner...

    - Lazenby's look in OHMSS when Blofeld's man throws the acid which burns some transparent door/wall
    - Connery snatching a grape in TB after checking into the room of the fighter pilot

    Classic stuff.
  • barryt007barryt007
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    Blofeld doesn't throw that Luds,it's just one of his scientists who gets shot for his troubles !!
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    @DarthDimi, I think he's talking about GE with Natalya. She says something like:

    "Are there any other standard operating procedures I should know about?"

    Bond: "Thousands. But I only pay them lip service."
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