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M Quotes

Total quotes: 14
“If you carry a double-O number, it means you're licensed to kill, not get killed.”
— M, Dr. No
Tagged: FBI, License To Kill
“M: I fucked this up, didn't I?

James Bond: No. You did your job.”
— M, Skyfall
Tagged: fucked up, doing your job
“I couldn't give a shit about the CIA and their trumped-up evidence. Bond is my agent, and I trust him.”
— M, Quantum of Solace
Tagged: CIA, Shit
“Admiral Roebuck: With all due respect, M, sometimes I don't think you have the balls for this job.

M: Perhaps. But the advantage is, I don't have to think with them all the time.”
— M, Tomorrow Never Dies
Tagged: balls, toxic masculinity
“When someone says 'we have people everywhere', you expect it to be hyperbole. Lots of people say that. Florists use that expression. It doesn't mean there's somebody working for them inside the bloody room! What is this organization, Bond? How can they be everywhere and we know nothing about them?”
— M, Quantum of Solace
Tagged: Hyperbole, Florists
“[to Bond] If you think for one moment I don't have the balls to send a man out to die, your instincts are dead wrong. I have no compunction about sending you to your death. But, I won't do it on a whim. Even with your cavalier attitude towards life.”
— M, GoldenEye
Tagged: Death Threats, balls
“[Bond stares at the porcelain bulldog statue on M's desk]
James Bond: The whole office goes up in smoke and that bloody thing survives.

M: Your interior decorating tips have always been appreciated, 007.”
— M, Skyfall
Tagged: Irony, Sarcasm
“Knowing who to trust is everything in this business.”
— M, Die Another Day
Tagged: Trust
“M: Is this where you grew up?

James Bond: Mm.

M: How old were you when they died?

James Bond: You know the answer to that. You know the whole story.

M: Orphans always make the best recruits.”
— M, Skyfall
Tagged: Orphan, Growing Up
“C: You can't tell me an agent in the field can last long against all those drones and satellites.

M: Yes, you have information. You can find out all about a man, track him down, keep an eye on him. But you have to look him in the eye. All the tech you have can't help you with that. A license to kill also means a license NOT to kill.”
— M, Spectre
Tagged: Spies, agents, drones, satellites, License To Kill
“Gentlemen, this may only be an exercise so far as the Ministry of Defence is concerned. But for me, it is a matter of pride that the 00 section has been chosen for this test. Your objective is to penetrate the radar installations of Gibraltar. Now, the SAS has been placed on full alert to intercept you, but I know you won't let me down. Good luck, men.”
— M, The Living Daylights
Tagged: Ministry of Defence, Gibraltar
“Have you ever had to kill a man, Max? Have you? To pull that trigger, you have to be sure. Yes, you investigate, analyze, assess, target. And then you have to look him in the eye. And you make the call. And all the drones, bugs, cameras, transcripts, all the surveillance in the world can't tell you what to do next. A license to kill is also a license not to kill.”
— M, Spectre
Tagged: Murder, bugs, Cameras, drones, Surveillance, License To Kill
“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!”
— M, Casino Royale
Tagged: prigs, status, Cold War, Stupid, embarrassing
“Chairman, Ministers, today I've repeatedly heard how irrelevant my department has become. 'Why do we need agents, the 00 section? Isn't it all rather quaint?' Well, I suppose I see a different world than you do and the truth is that what I see frightens me. I'm frightened because our enemies are no longer known to us. They do not exist on a map. They're not nations, they're individuals. And look around you. Who do you fear? Can you see a face, a uniform, a flag? No! Our world is not more transparent now, it's more opaque! It's in the shadows. That's where we must do battle. So before you declare us irrelevant, ask yourselves, how safe do you feel? Just one more thing to say, my late husband was a great lover of poetry, and, em, I suppose some of it sunk in, despite my best intentions. And here today, I remember this, I think, from Tennyson: 'We are not now that strength which in old days moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are. One equal temper of heroic hearts, made weak by time and fate, but strong in will. To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.'”
— M, Skyfall
Tagged: Irrelevant, opaque, Quaint, obsolete
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