James Bond:
[in atypical self-effacement] Suppose when she meets me in the flesh I-I don't come up to expectations?
M: Just see that you do.
--Bernard Lee (as M) in From Russia with Love
M: Just see that you do.
--Bernard Lee (as M) in From Russia with Love
Hopkins:
Plant like that... could take over the world.
--Bernard Lee (as Hopkins) in Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
--Bernard Lee (as Hopkins) in Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
Hopkins:
There's one thing that every intelligent thing is afraid of - fire! If a species ever develops that isn't, it could be the end of the world.
--Bernard Lee (as Hopkins) in Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
--Bernard Lee (as Hopkins) in Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
Inspector Valentine:
[after failing to commandeer a taxi with a couple kissing in the back] Don't the police in France come before a pair of lovers?
Inspector Dubois: In Paris, on a warm afternoon? I'm afraid not.
--Bernard Lee (as Inspector Valentine) in Father Brown
Inspector Dubois: In Paris, on a warm afternoon? I'm afraid not.
--Bernard Lee (as Inspector Valentine) in Father Brown
Inspector Valentine:
Well?
Inspector Dubois: He is going to the wine harvest, and the grape waits for no man.
Inspector Valentine: Nor does Father Brown.
--Bernard Lee (as Inspector Valentine) in Father Brown
Inspector Dubois: He is going to the wine harvest, and the grape waits for no man.
Inspector Valentine: Nor does Father Brown.
--Bernard Lee (as Inspector Valentine) in Father Brown
M:
Gold? All over?
James Bond: She died of skin suffocation. It's been known to happen to cabaret dancers. It's all right as long as you leave a small bare patch at the base of the spine to allow the skin to breathe.
M: Someone obviously didn't.
James Bond: And I know who.
M: This isn't a personal vendetta, 007. It's an assignment, like any other. And if you can't treat it as such, coldly and objectively, 008 can replace you.
M: You've hardly distinguished yourself, have you? You were supposed to observe Mr. Goldfinger, not borrow his girlfriend. Instead of that, Goldfinger goes off to Europe, and it's only by the grace of God, your friend Leiter, and my intervention with the British Embassy in Washington, that you're not in the custody of the Miami Beach Police!
James Bond: [frustrated] Sir... I am aware of my shortcomings... and I am prepared to continue this assignment in the spirit you suggest... if I knew what it was about!
[catches himself, then more calmly]
James Bond: ... sir.
M: What do you know about gold? Not paint, bullion.
James Bond: I know it when I see it.
M: Meet me tonight at seven. Black tie.
--Bernard Lee (as M) in Goldfinger
James Bond: She died of skin suffocation. It's been known to happen to cabaret dancers. It's all right as long as you leave a small bare patch at the base of the spine to allow the skin to breathe.
M: Someone obviously didn't.
James Bond: And I know who.
M: This isn't a personal vendetta, 007. It's an assignment, like any other. And if you can't treat it as such, coldly and objectively, 008 can replace you.
M: You've hardly distinguished yourself, have you? You were supposed to observe Mr. Goldfinger, not borrow his girlfriend. Instead of that, Goldfinger goes off to Europe, and it's only by the grace of God, your friend Leiter, and my intervention with the British Embassy in Washington, that you're not in the custody of the Miami Beach Police!
James Bond: [frustrated] Sir... I am aware of my shortcomings... and I am prepared to continue this assignment in the spirit you suggest... if I knew what it was about!
[catches himself, then more calmly]
James Bond: ... sir.
M: What do you know about gold? Not paint, bullion.
James Bond: I know it when I see it.
M: Meet me tonight at seven. Black tie.
--Bernard Lee (as M) in Goldfinger
[first lines]
Q: I've been saying for years, sir, that our special equipment is obsolete. And now, computer analysis reveals an entirely new approach: miniaturization. For instance, radioactive lint. When placed in an opponent's pockets, the anti-personnel and location fix seems fairly obvious.
M: What we want is a location fix on 007.
--Bernard Lee (as M) in On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Q: I've been saying for years, sir, that our special equipment is obsolete. And now, computer analysis reveals an entirely new approach: miniaturization. For instance, radioactive lint. When placed in an opponent's pockets, the anti-personnel and location fix seems fairly obvious.
M: What we want is a location fix on 007.
--Bernard Lee (as M) in On Her Majesty's Secret Service