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has a fondness for white cats. Why Is It That People Who Can’t Take
It is interesting to note that several Bond Advice Always Insist On Giving It?
films have been named after their villains, Daniel Craig has been given some of the
coolest and least cheesy lines in his Bond
movies and he delivered them with great
aplomb. Why is it that people who can’t
take advice always insist on giving it? was
said by him to Vesper Lynd in his first film,
Casino Royale. Like some of the best lines
in cinema, it has a lot of significance in
today’s world—everybody has an opinion,
everybody’s ranting (social media makes
that easy and possible) but nobody is
Blofeld was one of the greatest villains to grace our
screens listening to all that noise being generated.
Craig could deliver it in his laconic style,
Best Bond Quotes but also imbue it with meaning.
Bond, James Bond:
If the character is so distinctive, he cannot I Thought Christmas Only Comes Once A
introduce himself in an ordinary manner. Year
The iconic intro line goes back to the first This is a Bond quote from before the age of
scene in the first film. Bond is sitting at a political correctness and spoken by Pierce
casino table playing Baccarat. The woman Brosnan in The World Is Not Enough, not
he is playing with, Sylvia Trench says she one of the better films, in spite of its terrific
admires his luck and asks him his name, title.The main Bond girl in the film was
Bond replies, “Bond. James Bond.” This line improbably named Dr. Christmas Jones,
became like the superspy’s calling card and played by Denise Richards. The scene in
was repeated in several films and admired, which Christmas and Bond are together in
copied and parodied ad nauseam. bed (there had to be that seduction scene
to complete Bond’s checklist in every film)
Martini Shaken Not Stirred: Bond says this funny by also cringe-worthy
Like everything else about Bond, (by today’s standards) “I thought Christmas
everything has to be just so. The man only comes once a year.” It never fails to
obviously could not drink beer from the crack up the viewer with its brazen double
bottle. When asked what he’d like to drink, entendre. Before the Bond played by Craig
Bond replies coolly, “A martini. Shaken, not have the character some gravitas, the other
stirred.” The line was first written in Ian Bonds got away with such ridiculous one-
Flemming’s book, and included in the first liners.
James Bond movie Dr No. It was uttered
by the antagonist, Dr. Julius No, when he That’s Just As Bad As Listening To The
offered his opponent a dry martini with a Beatles Without Earmuffs!
lemon peel. The line, and the drink went Most Bond films have a singing star belting
down in movie history, and was used in out the title number—it has become one of
many films, with or without Bond. the Bond traditions. But at the height of the
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