“Who the hell do they think they are? I report to the Prime Minister, and even he's smart enough not to ask me what we do. Have you ever seen such a bunch of self-righteous, arse-covering prigs? They don't care what we do; they care what we get photographed doing. And how the hell could Bond be so stupid? I give him double-O status and he celebrates by shooting up an embassy! Is the man deranged? And where the hell is he? In the old days, if an agent did something that embarrassing, he'd have the good sense to defect! Christ I miss the Cold War!”
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“There's no point living if you can't feel alive.”
“James Bond: What do I need to defuse a nuclear bomb? Dr. Christmas Jones: Me.”
“James Bond: What business do you have with Elektra King? Zukovsky: I thought it was you…”
“Welcome to my nuclear family.”