Quantum of Solace 2008 quotes

27 quotes · 5 characters
Quantum of Solace (2008) poster
Characters
James Bond Daniel Craig · 16 quotes
M Judi Dench · 12 quotes
Dominic Greene Mathieu Amalric · 5 quotes
Camille Montes Olga Kurylenko · 4 quotes
Rene Mathis Giancarlo Giannini · 3 quotes

Most scenes together: James Bond & M (7), James Bond & Camille Montes (3), James Bond & Rene Mathis (2)

Quantum of Solace quotes

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Bartender
[to Mathis]

May I fix you a drink, sir?

What are you drinking?

I don't know, what am I drinking?

Bartender

Three measures of Gordon's gin, one of vodka, half a measure of Kina...

Kina Lillet.

Bartender

Kina Lillet, which is not Vermouth. Shaken well until it is ice-cold, then served with a large thin slice of lemon peel. [pause] Six of them.

Felix Leiter

You know who Greene is, and you want to put us in bed with him. You're kidding, right?

Gregg Beam

Yeah, you're right - we should only deal with nice people. [pause] I need to know you’re on the team, Felix. I need to know that you value your career.

Foreign Secretary

What's today's excuse, that Bond is "legally blind"?

M

No, minister.

Foreign Secretary

I don't think I need to tell you how upset the PM is.

M

With respect, the PM does have my direct line.

Foreign Secretary

And he'd have used it if he wanted to speak to you. I'm sorry, M, things have changed. We've had long discussions with our cousins. Mr Greene's interests and ours now align.

M

Minister, this man is a major player in one of the most dangerous and powerful organisations-

Foreign Secretary

We've never even heard of. Foreign policy cannot be conducted on the basis of hunches and innuendo.

M

Then give us time to gather enough evidence, so you can make informed decisions.

Foreign Secretary

Fine. Say you're right, say Greene is a villain. If we refused to do business with villains, we'd have almost no-one to trade with. The world's running out of oil, M. The Russians aren't playing ball, and the Americans and Chinese are dividing up what's left. "Right or wrong" doesn't come into it. We're acting out of necessity. [pause] Bond is running wild. Who's to say he hasn't been turned? Pull him in, or the Americans will put him down.

Are you going to tell us who you work for?

Mr. White

I was always very interested to meet you. I'd heard so much about you from Vesper. In fact, the real shame is that if she hadn't killed herself, we would have had you too. I think you would have done anything for her.

M

You know you're not in Britain, and goodness knows where you will be tomorrow. Which should tell you that eventually, you will tell us about the people you work with. And the longer it takes, the more painful we'll make it.

Mr. White
[laughs]

You really don't know anything about us, do you? It's so amusing, because we are on the other side, thinking "Oh, the MI6, the CIA, they're watching over our shoulders, they're listening to our conversations." And the truth is, you don't even know we exist!

M

We do now, Mr White, and we're quick learners.

Mr. White

Oh, really? Well, then, the first thing you should know about us is that we have people everywhere. Am I right?
[M's bodyguard, Mitchell, gets out a gun and starts firing shots]

You know, I was just wondering what South America would look like if nobody gave a damn about coke or communism. It always impressed me the way you boys carved this place up.

Felix Leiter

I'll take that as a compliment coming from a Brit.

Are you sure you're playing with the right side?

Felix Leiter

Regimes change once a week around here. Medrano will be no dirtier than the next guy.

See, that's what I like about US intelligence. You'll lie down with anybody.

Felix Leiter

Including you, brother. Including you.

Do you know you're being played? Dominic Greene is going to suck this place dry, and then he's going to move on. You're going to be left picking up the broken crockery.

Felix Leiter

What can I tell you? There's no such thing as a free lunch.

You see, Felix, I don't think you're half as cynical as you make out to be.

Felix Leiter

You don't know me.

[glances around]

Why? Because you didn't come alone?

[Leiter is silent]

How long have I got?

Felix Leiter

Thirty seconds.

Well, that doesn't give us a lot of time, does it?

Felix Leiter

Medrano can't move until he pays off the army and the police chief. Greene's bringing him his money now. A hotel called the Perla de las Dunas. In the desert.

Thank you, Felix.

Felix Leiter

James... move your ass.

M

If you could avoid killing every possible lead, it would be deeply appreciated.

Yes, ma'am. I'll do my best.

M

I've heard that before.

M

The Americans are going to be none too pleased about this.

I promised them Le Chiffre and they got Le Chiffre.

M

They got his body.

If they wanted his soul, they should have made a deal with a priest.

M
[cut off from Gregory Beam while investigating Greene]

He's a person of extreme interest.

Tanner

But he just said he wasn't.

M

Tanner, I asked about the man and got transferred to the Section Chief of South America. How would she know to do that if they weren't tracking him?

M

Vesper's boyfriend, Yusef Kabira, the one who was abducted in Morocco, the one she was trying to save. "His body" was washed up on a beach in Ibiza. [displays an image of Yusef with scars] We're meant to believe the fish did that to his face. His wallet and ID were in his pocket.

Well, that's convenient.

M

Quite. Which is why I did a DNA check on a lock of his hair found in Vesper's apartment. It's not him.

A lock of his hair? I wouldn't have thought Vesper the sentimental type.

M

Well, we never really know anyone, do we? But I do need to know, Bond. I need to know I can trust you.

And you don't?

M

Well, it'd be a pretty cold bastard who didn't want revenge for the death of someone he loved.

You don't need to worry about me. I'm not going to go chasing after him. He's not important. [he drinks] And neither was she.

M

You killed a man in Brigenz.

I did my best not to.

M

You shot him at point blank and threw him off a roof. I would hardly call that showing restraint!

[In Italian]

This man had me kidnapped and tortured, and you serve him fine wine?

Gemma
[in Italian]

You only buy cheap wine. [Bond laughs] Anyway, after you were found innocent, they bought you this villa, so you really owe him, don't you think?

[In Italian, irritably]

Gemma, go work on your tan.