Listed in no particular order, these seven quotations amply demonstrate the level of wit generated by the James Bond phenomenon and the diverse content to be found in the License To Quote book.
007 - “There’s ‘M’, Bond’s boss, who’s become so maternal in her dealings with him that you half expect her to slip a lollipop in with his next travel itinerary.”
Kurt Loder on MTV.com (2008)
006 - “Bond Girls … little more than a life support system to a pair of breasts.”
Kathy Lette in The Sunday Telegraph (2008)
005 - “Ian Fleming had such confidence in James Bond’s adaptability to form it’s a wonder he didn’t put him in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.”
Mark Steyn on SteynOnline.com (2008)
004 - “In Goldeneye, ‘M’ gave Bond the mother of all dressings down, calling him ‘a sexist, misogynistic dinosaur; a relic of the Cold War’ … So that’s how they do performance reviews in M.I.6.”
Garry Maddox in The Sydney Morning Herald (2008)
003 - “Everyone in Fleming is named after somebody he knew. Pussy Galore was probably his cleaning lady.”
Sinclair Mackay, The Man with the Golden Touch (2008)
002 - “Bond is little different from comic book characters. 007’s Aston-Martin is simply a Batmobile suitable for valet parking.”
Mark Feeney in The Boston Globe (2008)
001 - “I wish he’d get back to the days when Bond head-butted Curt Jurgens in the face, blew up Donald Pleasence’s volcano and went to bed with Barbara Bach.”
Jeremy Clarkson in The Sunday Times (2009)
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