A character in Dr. No (1962)

James Bond quotes from Dr. No (1962)

Sean Connery

Most-quoted character in Dr. No (1962): in 25 of its 32 quotes
Most scenes with: Dr. No (5), Honey Ryder (4), Sylvia Trench (3)

A line from James Bond [to Honey Ryder]

I can assure you, my intentions are strictly honorable.

More lines from James Bond

4 quotes
James Bond

Both hands on the wheel, Mr. Jones, I'm a very nervous passenger.

James Bond
[Professor Dent tries to kill Bond, but his gun is out of bullets]

That's a Smith & Wesson, and you've had your six. [shoots Dent twice]

James Bond

Tell me Miss Trench, do you play any other games?

James Bond
[Bond pulls up to the front of Government House with a dead man sitting up in the backseat]

Sergeant, make sure he doesn't get away.

Scenes with James Bond

20 scenes
James Bond
[James Bond's first scene, winning a game of chemin-de-fer]

I admire your courage, Miss...?

Trench. Sylvia Trench. I admire your luck, Mr...?

James Bond

Bond. James Bond.

Miss Moneypenny

James! Where have you been? I've been searching all over London for you. [Picks up phone] 007 is here sir.

James Bond
[Slaps Bond's hand away from the papers on her desk]

Moneypenny! What gives?

Miss Moneypenny

Me, given an ounce of encouragement. You've never taken me to dinner looking like this. You've never taken me to dinner...

James Bond

I would, you know. Only "M" would have me court-martialed for... illegal use of government equipment.

Miss Moneypenny

Flattery will get you nowhere - but don't stop trying.

Major Boothroyd
[to M, referring to Bond's Baretta]

Nice and light... in a lady's handbag.

M

Any comment, 007?

James Bond

I disagree, sir. I've carried the Baretta for ten years, and I've never missed with it.

M

No, but it jammed on you last job, and you spent six months in hospital in consequence. When you carry a 00 number, you have a license to kill, not get killed. Furthermore, since I've been head of MI7 [sic - MI6] there's been a forty percent drop in casualties, and I want to keep it that way. From now on you carry the Walther... unless you'd rather return to standard intelligence duties.

James Bond

No sir,I would not.

M
[to Boothroyd]

Show him, Armourer.

Major Boothroyd
[to Bond]

Walther PPK, 7.65 millimeter, with a delivery like a brick through a plate-glass window. The American CIA swear by them.

Miss Taro

What should I say to an invitation from a strange gentleman?

James Bond

You should say yes.

Miss Taro
[shaking her head]

I should say maybe.

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.

James Bond

Don't worry. I'm not supposed to be here either.

Are you looking for shells too?

James Bond

No, I'm just looking.

[Bond admires a huge aquarium as Dr. No enters]

One million dollars, Mr. Bond. You were wondering what it cost.

James Bond

As a matter of fact, I was.

The Americans are fools. I offered my services, they refused. So did the East. Now they can both pay for their mistake.

James Bond

World domination. The same old dream. Our asylums are full of people who think they're Naploeon. Or God.

I'm a member of SPECTRE

James Bond

SPECTRE?

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!

The successful criminal brain is always superior. It has to be!

[to Bond]

I had even hoped that there would be a position for you in our organization.

James Bond

I'm honored. Of course, I'd prefer the Revenge department. My first job would be to find out who killed Strangways and Quarrel.

That's a Dom Perignon '55, it would be a pity to break it.

James Bond

I prefer the '53 myself.

Sister Lily
[Showing prisoners Bond and Honey around their room]

Don't hesitate to ring if there's anything else you want. Anything at all.

James Bond

Two air tickets to London?

Have you any idea what they'll do with us?

James Bond

No idea. No door handles or windows, either.

It's a prison, then.

James Bond

Mink-lined, with first-class service.

How can you eat at a time like this?

James Bond

I'm hungry. We don't know when we'll get the chance to eat again. Here, take this. [whispering] Careful. The whole place is probably wired for sound.

I put a black widow spider underneath his mosquito net... a female, they're the worst. It took him a whole week to die. [Bond looks shocked] Did I do wrong?

James Bond

Well, it wouldn't do to make a habit of it.

Ahoy, Mr. Bond! Ahoy, Mr. Bond!

James Bond

Well, well. What's the matter? Do you need help?

[Honey stands up into plain view]

Quite sure you don't.

James Bond

Well, now that you're here, you'd better give us a tow.

Throw us your line.

James Bond
[James Bond's first scene, winning a game of chemin-de-fer]

I admire your courage, Miss...?

Trench. Sylvia Trench. I admire your luck, Mister...?

James Bond

Bond. James Bond.
Note: the bolded line is ranked #22 in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema.

Where did you get that suit?

James Bond

My tailor, in Savile Row.

Mine's from Washington. Felix Leiter, Central Intelligence Agency.

Construction worker
[Bond outruns a hearse full of henchmen (the "Three Blind Mice") through a construction site on a hill, causing the hearse to careen off the road and explode]

How did it happen?

James Bond

I think they were on their way to a funeral.

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