A View to a Kill (1985)

Robert Brown: M

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Quotes 

• [last lines] 

  [Bond is in the shower with Stacey and Q is using Snooper to spy on them] 

  Q : 007 alive.

  M : Where is he? What's he doing?

  Q : Just cleaning up a few details.

  Stacey Sutton : Oh, James!

• [Bond is released from jail in Paris for violating the Napoleonic Code] 

  M : [to Bond]  May I remind you that this operation was to be conducted discreetly. All it took was six million Francs in damages and penalties for violating most of the Napoleonic Code.

  James Bond : Well, under the circumstances, sir, I thought it MORE IMPORTANT to identify the assassin.

  M : What did you learn from Aubergine before his untimely demise?

  James Bond : [to M]  Well, only that Zorin is having a thoroughbred sale at his stud farm not far from here. I think I should be there.

  [to Tibbett] 

  James Bond : Can you help me with that, Sir Godfrey?

  Sir Godfrey Tibbett : It may be possible to arrange an invitation. It's a bit short notice, but I might just be able to squeeze you in, Bond.

  James Bond : [to Tibbett]  Thank you, sir.

• M : You have exactly 35 minutes to get properly dressed, 007.

  [Bond checks the tie on his suit] 

• General Anatol Gogol : [Bond has just received the Order of Lenin from General Gogol]  The order of Lenin, for Comrade Bond. The first time ever awarded to a non-Soviet citizen.

  M : I'd thought the KGB would have celebrated if Silicon Valley had been destroyed.

  General Anatol Gogol : On the contrary, Admiral, where would Russian research be without it?

• M : Now that we're all here, you can get on with the briefing, Q.

  Q : Very good, sir. Gentlemen, a silicon integrated circuit. The essential part of all modern computers.

  M : No lecture, Q. We're all aware of the usefulness of the microchip.

  Q : Well, now, until recently, all microchips were susceptible to damage from the intense magnetic pulse of a nuclear explosion.

  M : Magnetic pulse?

  James Bond : Yes, Minister. I burst in outer space over the UK and everything with a microchip in it, from, well, the modern toaster to the most sophisticated computers in our defense systems would we rendered absolutely useless.

• James Bond : With the cane, is that Max Zorin?

  M : Yes. Born in Dresden. Fled from East Germany in the 60s. Changed passport. Speaks at least five languages, no accent. Now, the talk of the city and the bourse.

  James Bond : The old rags to riches story.

  M : He made his first fortune in oil and gas, James. Now, second in electronics and high tech.

• M : [to Q, who's secretly observing the AWOL Bond making love to Stacey Sutton in her shower]  Grandfather calling Q. What's the position?