Our favourite lines from the Bond films - LICENCE TO KILL

BennyBenny Shaken not stirredAdministrator, Moderator
edited March 2019 in Bond Movies Posts: 15,138
It's Friday and it gave me an idea to start a favourite lines thread. But unlike the previous ones it will be a week to week thing.
That being the case we'll start with out favourite lines from Doctor No.

A few of mine include :

<i> "Bond...James Bond."</i>

<i> "Second time nothings come out, give her her arm back." </i>

<i> "That's a Smith and Wesson. And you've had your six." </i>

<i> "No, I'm just looking." </i>

<i> "Where were you fitted for this bud?" </i>
<i> "My tailor. Savile Row." </i>
<i> "Mine's a guy in Washington. Felix Leiter CIA." </i>

<i> "I never fail Mister Bond." </i>

<i> "Sergeant, make sure he doesn't get away." </i> Concerning the recently deseased Mr.Jones.

That's a few to be getting on with.
Be sure to include any of the above, and hopefully a few more of your own. Look forward to seeing what members come up with.
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  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    Posts: 24,187
    "That's a Smith and Wesson. And you've had your six."

    That's my favourite line for sure. Connery oozes 'cool' when he says it. One of the true jewels.
  • HASEROTHASEROT has returned like the tedious inevitability of an unloved season---
    edited March 2011 Posts: 4,399
    i also gotta say "That's a Smith and Wesson... and you've had your six."

    I remember first watching the movie, and when he says that, and then just coldly kills the man, while puffing on his cigarette - i was like "DAMN!".. :) ... but it's the whole scene, he never panics - he's in complete control, he's like a cat batting around a mouse.. and just when Dent thinks he's got Bond dead, he realizes just how screwed he is.... if there was one definitive Bond moment, that defines what the character is - at least to me, it's this moment..

    i also like, "Does the toppling of American missiles really compensate for having no hands?"
  • NicNacNicNac Administrator, Moderator
    edited March 2011 Posts: 7,582
    "So tell me, does the toppling of American missiles really compensate for having no hands?"

    I do love the way Connery provokes his enamies with these choice titbits.

    Just noticed haserot picked that one as well. Great minds....
  • edited March 2011 Posts: 19,339
    "Our asylums are full of people who think they're Napoleon....or God."
  • edited March 2011 Posts: 107
    "No, I'm just looking." —James Bond

    "Because I'm hungry; we don't know when we'll have the chance to eat again." —James Bond

    "Unfortunately I misjudged you, you are just a stupid policeman." —Dr. No

    Oh, and I'd be remiss if I didn't mention that line from Dr. No that gets me every time: "We'll be back! We'll be back with the dogs! …FULL SPEED AHEAD." For anyone whose memory of the scene in question is spotty, the henchman on the boat—I call him MEGAPHONE MAN—attempts to intimidate Bond, Honey, and Quarrel into the open while his buddies attempt to do the same with machine guns. When it fails, they give up for the time being, and MEGAPHONE MAN tells them to move on without his megaphone (after all, the driver's right there). But his voice is still amplified. Where you may see careless sound editing, I see a henchman with a peculiar quirk who reveals his malady in something of a twist moment. I love it.
  • Posts: 19,339
    haha i love that scene with the amplified voice - i absolutely curl up with laughter when he says that.
  • HASEROTHASEROT has returned like the tedious inevitability of an unloved season---
    edited March 2011 Posts: 4,399
    he obviously has the power of projecting his voice (and altering his voice - come on, there is no way that is that guy's real voice ;) ..) without the megaphone - that was just a ruse..
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    edited March 2011 Posts: 13,355
    "Up slowly and face the wall!" Not a bad line either.
  • HASEROTHASEROT has returned like the tedious inevitability of an unloved season---
    Posts: 4,399
    "Both hands on the wheel, Mr. Jones, I'm a very nervous passenger!"
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    Posts: 13,355
    Quoting haserot:
    "Both hands on the wheel, Mr. Jones, I'm a very nervous
    passenger!"


    My line is now positively awful. ;)
  • NicNacNicNac Administrator, Moderator
    Posts: 7,582
    Quoting haserot:
    "Both hands on the wheel, Mr. Jones, I'm a very nervous
    passenger!"


    He never sounded so Scottish as he does when delivering this line :)
  • HASEROTHASEROT has returned like the tedious inevitability of an unloved season---
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    @Samuel

    lol.. sorry...

    almost any line in this movie is great - they don't even need to come from Bond...

    "You'll be sorry! You'll all be sorry, you RATS!"
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    Posts: 13,355
    @NicNac

    Though that's a great idea for a "when did the actor portraying Bond accent slip"? I fear it may become a Brosnan bashing zone.
  • BennyBenny Shaken not stirredAdministrator, Moderator
    edited March 2011 Posts: 15,138
    Glad to see some more wonderful lines from DN. And some of the ones, I think we all love, but they're maybe not so well known, or famous.

    Quoting Samuel001: "Up slowly and face the wall!"

    Quoting JobeGDG: "We'll be back! We'll be back with the dogs! …FULL SPEED AHEAD."

    Keep it up folks. I love reading these.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    Posts: 24,187
    Terrific screenwriting and wonderful line reading here:

    Clumsy effort, Mr. Bond. You disappoint me. I'm not a fool, so please do not treat me as one. And that table knife, please put it back.

    Little gal, I does. I tell you, Mr. Bond -- let's get the hell outta here!

    And the one that gets so many people upset can't remain unmentioned:

    Fetch my shoes.
  • HASEROTHASEROT has returned like the tedious inevitability of an unloved season---
    edited March 2011 Posts: 4,399
    @darth

    LMAO! I complete forgot about the "Fetch my shoes" line..... I'm shocked Bond didn't scold him and tell him to get back in dem fields!!! ;-) :-))

    Civil Rights Movement... what Civil Rights Movement??.. Bond just told them to take all their "so called" civil liberties and stick it, with one tiny little quote..

    James Bond - on the cutting edge of oppression!
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    Posts: 13,355
    "You're just a stupid policeman whose luck has run out".

    Boy, can Joseph Wiseman deliver a good line. Still arguably the best villain of the series.
  • Posts: 4,762
    I was just sifting through the older threads as I typically like to do, and I found this great quotes thread started by @Benny. If he agrees to continue this one, perhaps we can get this ship sailing again!

    Most of the good Dr. No lines have already been covered, so here's probably some overlooked ones:

    Quarrel: "I like people who's friends of people."

    Dr. No: "One million dollars, Mr. Bond. You were wondering what it costs."
    007: "As a matter of fact, I was."

    007: "Book her, Superintendant, and be careful of her nail varnish."

    Dent: "Very clever, Mr. Bond. But you're up against more than you know. Shoot me, and you'll end up like Strangaways."
    007: "Then you killed him?"
    Dent: "He was killed, but nevermind how."

    007: "Who sent you?"
    The Photographer: "Uh, eh...the Daily Gleaner."
    007: "Pussfella! Pussfella! Phone the Gleaner and see if they had a reporter sent here tonight."
    The Photographer: "They didn't send me, uh...I work freelance."
    007: "Ah, freelance, really? For whom?"
  • Posts: 1,492
    "I was an unwanted child of a German missionary and a Chinese girl of good family.."

    Lines straight from the novel. The dinner scene with old Julius is full of good dialogue.
  • Posts: 4,762
    actonsteve wrote:
    "I was an unwanted child of a German missionary and a Chinese girl of good family.."

    Lines straight from the novel. The dinner scene with old Julius is full of good dialogue.

    Agreed, it's one of my favorite scenes in all of Bond. I love how Bond tricks the guards into taking Honey away from the table so that Bond can use the distraction to grab the table knife.
  • Posts: 1,492
    Also straight from the novel.

    "One million dollars, Mr Bond.."

    Dr No glides across the carpet like a worm according to Fleming.

    "You were wondering about the cost of my aquarium - my guests generally do after a few minutes."
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    edited April 2012 Posts: 28,694
    I can't believe I haven't seen this one yet:

    Road Worker: "What happened?"
    Bond: "I think they were on their way to a funeral."


    Definitely one of my favorites beside the Smith and Wesson quote.
  • Posts: 4,762
    Miss Taro: "What should I say to an invitation from a strange gentleman?"
    007: " You should say yes."
    Miss Taro: "I should say maybe."

    Other than Sylvia Trench, the first time a woman plays hard to get with Bond- and FAILS!
  • DB5DB5
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    Bond- "I admire your courage, Miss..."
    Sylvia- "Trench, Sylvia Trench. I admire your luck Mr.."
    Bond- (lights cigarette, cue music) "Bond, James Bond."
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    Posts: 28,694
    Bond: I hope he cooks better than he fights
    Puss Feller: Nobody's died from my cookin', yet.


    Dr. No: I'm a member of SPECTRE
    James Bond: SPECTRE?
    Dr. No: SPECTRE. Special Executive for Counter Intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge, Extortion. The four great cornerstones of power headed by the greatest brains in the world.
    James Bond: Correction. Criminal brains!
    Dr. No: The successful criminal brain is always superior. It has to be!
  • KerimKerim Istanbul Not Constantinople
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    Bond...James Bond
  • doubleoegodoubleoego #LightWork
    Posts: 11,139
    Bond: I hope he cooks better than he fights
    Puss Feller: Nobody's died from my cookin', yet.


    Dr. No: I'm a member of SPECTRE
    James Bond: SPECTRE?
    Dr. No: SPECTRE. Special Executive for Counter Intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge, Extortion. The four great cornerstones of power headed by the greatest brains in the world.
    James Bond: Correction. Criminal brains!
    Dr. No: The successful criminal brain is always superior. It has to be!

    Bond: Then why become criminal?

    Connery was king of the windups.

    The Chinese nurses at Dr. No's lair escorting Bond and Hobey to their room.

    Nurse: we have everything you need (paraphrased)

    Bond: such as 2 air tickets to London?

  • M_BaljeM_Balje Amsterdam, Netherlands
    edited April 2012 Posts: 4,521
    Benny wrote:
    "No, I'm just looking."

    "I never fail Mister Bond."
    DB5 wrote:
    Bond- "I admire your courage, Miss..."
    Sylvia- "Trench, Sylvia Trench. I admire your luck Mr.."
    Bond- (lights cigarette, cue music) "Bond, James Bond."

    James Bond: Good evening, sir.
    M: It happens to be 3 a.m. When do you sleep, 007?
    James Bond: Never on the firm's time, sir.

    Three blind mice in a row
    Three blind mice
    there they go
    Marching down the street single file
    To a calypso beat all the while
    They're looking for the cat
    The cat that swallowed the rat
    They want to show that cat the attitude
    of three blind mice

    Three blind mice here and there
    Three blind mice everywhere
    Searching all around for the cat
    All over Kingston town pitter pat
    They got the carving knife
    To cut the pussycat's life
    The puss will get the knife for triflin
    with three blind mice
    So beware
    Three blind mice
    Watch your step
    Three blind mice
    Deadly mice
    Three blind mice
    Where they go?

    Three blind mice
    What they do?
    Three blind mice
    Oh, the mice
    Three blind mice
    Deadly mice

    Lines/text from older movies is not easy to remember, the Bond qoute scene is one to remember and always like when i see it and be one of those things i don't mind there repeat in Thunderball. Same count if not done to much, but subtil and you must believe it if a villian said ''I never fail Mister Bond'' or something simalar like ''Good Evening 007''.
  • BennyBenny Shaken not stirredAdministrator, Moderator
    Posts: 15,138
    Ooops. Seems like I forgot about this one.
    Well, as the interest is there, I see no problem in keeping the ball rolling.
    We'll give other members a chance to contribute, so I'll let this one run untill next friday (20/04)
  • CommanderRossCommanderRoss The bottom of a pitch lake in Eastern Trinidad, place called La Brea
    Posts: 8,266
    Wow, now I need to read the book again or watch the movie... what to do... I mean, this reminds me of what a great movie (and book) Dr. No is. Still, my favorite, as the man who speaks the line is one of my favorite characters in the whole frenchise (perhaps only rivalled by Emilio Largo):
    "Unfortunately I misjudged you, you are just a stupid policeman." —Dr. No
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