JAMES BOND: 007 QUOTES QUIZ - 2
Identify the Bond Villain (from the books or movies) from these quotations ...
001. "A sort of rich man's Fu Manchu, he is one of the less forgettable characters in modern fiction."
Time magazine
002. "The chief heavy, an insane pelagiophilic ex-undertaker endearingly bent on sparking off the Third World War, lacks the presence of Goldfinger or Mr. Big."
Kingsley Amis
003. "A female unparalleled for awfulness."
Elizabeth Bowen
004. "He, like many another Bond villain, seems to have the makings of a frustrated host: It must be galling to have the most elaborate secret hideaways on earth, and no way to show off."
Roger Ebert
005. "A scar-faced capitalist villain with greed as a motive hardly makes a compelling Bond villain."
Peter Stack
006. "The seriousness of his demeanour was matched only by the sheer stupidity of his scheme and the obvious criminality in his choice of costumier."
Brendan Plant
007. "Possibly the first psycho killer in British fiction."
Charlie Higson
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JAMES BOND - LICENCE TO QUOTE: THE QUOTABLE DOUBLE-0 SEVEN
or
JAMES BOND - QUOTINO ROYALE
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JAMES BOND - LICENCE TO QUOTE: THE QUOTABLE DOUBLE-0 SEVEN
or
JAMES BOND - QUOTINO ROYALE
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ANSWERS
001. "A sort of rich man's Fu Manchu, Dr. No is one of the less forgettable characters in modern fiction."
The Upper-Crust Low Life in Time magazine (May 5, 1958)
002. "The chief heavy, one Sigmund Stromberg, an insane pelagiophilic ex-undertaker endearingly bent on sparking off the Third World War, lacks the presence of Goldfinger or Mr. Big."
Kingsley Amis in The New Statesman (July 1, 1977)
003. "Rosa Klebb is a female unparalleled for awfulness."
Elizabeth Bowen
004. "Auric Goldfinger, like many another Bond villain, seems to have the makings of a frustrated host: It must be galling to have the most elaborate secret hideaways on earth, and no way to show off."
Roger Ebert in The Chicago Sun-Times (Jan 31, 1999)
005. "Alec Trevelyan: a scar-faced capitalist villain with greed as a motive hardly makes a compelling Bond villain."
Peter Stack in The San Francisco Chronicle (Nov 17, 1995)
006. "The seriousness of Hugo Drax’s demeanour was matched only by the sheer stupidity of his scheme and the obvious criminality in his choice of costumier."
Brendan Plant in The Times (Apr 1, 2008)
007. "Red Grant: possibly the first psycho killer in British fiction."
Charlie Higson in The Guardian (May 9, 2008)
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