Goldfinger (1965) - Quotes

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Bond: You'll kill 60,000 people uselessly.

Goldfinger: Hah. American motorists kill that many every two years.

Bond: Yes, well, I've worked out a few statistics of my own. 15 billion dollars in gold bullion weighs 10,500 tons. Sixty men would take twelve days to load it onto 200 trucks. Now, at the most, you're going to have two hours before the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines move in and make you put it back.

Goldfinger: [''Bond goes silent''] Who mentioned anything about removing it? The julep tart enough for you?

Bond: You plan to break into the world's largest bank, but not to steal anything. Why?

Goldfinger: Go on, Mr. Bond.

Bond: [''Thinking''; [w:Chinese communist Party|the Red Chinese] Mr. Ling, ] agent at the factory, he's a specialist in nuclear fission... but of course! His government's given you a bomb.

Goldfinger: I prefer to call it an "atomic device." It's small, but particularly dirty.

Bond: Cobalt and iodine?

Goldfinger: Precisely.

Bond: Well, if you explode it in Fort Knox, the... the entire gold supply of the United States would be radioactive for... fifty-seven years.

Goldfinger: Fifty-eight, to be exact.

Bond: I apologize, Goldfinger. It's an inspired deal! They get what they want: economic chaos in the West. And the value of your gold increases many times.

Goldfinger: I conservatively estimate, ten times.

Bond: Brilliant.

Bond: Who are you?

Pussy Galore: [[w:innuendo|My name is Pussy Galore] ].

Bond: [''Looks away and smiles''] I must be dreaming.

Bond: [''Lying face up on a table, with a huge industrial laser slowly slicing its way to his crotch''] Do you expect me to talk?

Goldfinger: [''Looks back, laughing''] No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!

Q: [''Points to the gearstick''; ''opens the cap''; ''Closes the cap, stands up''] Now this one I'm particularly keen about. You see the gear lever here? Now, if you take the top off , you'll find a little red button. Whatever you do, don't touch it.

Bond: Yeah, why not?

Q: [''points out the section of roof above the front passenger seat''; ''Gestures''] Because you'll release this section of the roof, and engage and then fire the passenger ejector seat. Whish!

Bond: Ejector seat? You're joking!

Q: [''Bond falls silent''] I never joke about my work, 007.

Colonel Smithers: [[w:Bank of England|the Bank of England; ''Smithers' butler, Brunskill, approaches the dining table with a box of cigars''; [w:Fort Knox, Kentucky|Fort Knox, Kentucky; ''During this line, Brunskill offers M a cigar''; ''Brunskill crosses to Bond''; ''Bond refuses the cigar offer; Brunskill crosses to Colonel Smithers''] We here, at ], Mr. Bond, are the official depository for gold bullion. Just as ], is for the United States. We know, of course, uh...the amounts we each hold; we know the amounts deposited in other banks; and we can estimate what is being held for industrial purposes. Then this enables the two governments to establish, respectively, the true value of the dollar and the pound. And consequently, we are vitally concerned with unauthorised leakages.

Bond: I take it you mean smuggling.

Colonel Smithers: [''Embarrassed''; ''During this line, he selects a cigar from the box''; ''He hands the cigar to Brunskill, who cuts it during the next line''; ''Brunskill hands the cigar back to him''; ''To Brunskill; quietly] Yes. Gold, gentlemen, which can be melted down and recast, is virtually untraceable... ...which makes it, unlike diamonds, ideal for smuggling... ...attracting the biggest and most ingenious criminals. Thank you, Brunskill. That'll be all.

Brunskill: [''He bows and leaves, carrying the cigar box''] Thank you, sir.

Colonel Smithers: [''Leans forward, picks up the brandy decanter; ''Hands it to Bond''] Have a little more of this...rather disappointing brandy.

M: [''About to drink, stops, frowning''] Ah, what's the matter with it?

Bond: [''Studying the decanter as Colonel Smithers removes the ring from his cigar''; ''removes the topper, smells the [[w:brandy|brandy] I'd say it was a 30-year-old fine, indifferently blended, sir... ...with an overdose of bon-bois.

M: [''Annoyed''] Colonel Smithers is giving the lecture, 007.

Colonel Smithers: [''Blows out the match he used to light his cigar''; [w:Zurich|Zurich; [w:Amsterdam|Amsterdam; [w:Caracas|Caracas; [w:Hong Kong|Hong Kong; ''thinks briefly''] Gentlemen, Mr. Goldfinger has gold bullion on deposit in ], ], ] and ]... ...worth £20 million. Most of it came from this country.

Bond: [''Handing Colonel Smithers the brandy decanter''] Why move it?

Colonel Smithers: [''Takes the decanter''; ''Sets it down on his right''; [w:Pakistan|Pakistan; ''M smells the brandy''] Because the price of gold varies from country to country. You buy it here, at $30 an ounce, you can sell it in, say, ], at $110, and triple your money. Providing, of course, you have the facilities for...melting it down.

Bond: And has he?

Colonel Smithers: [''While M, cigar in mouth, puts the brandy decanter stopper back in and sets the decanter on the table''; ''pause''; [w:Kent|Kent; ''Leans forward; to M''] Apart from being a legitimate bullion dealer, Mr. Goldfinger poses... er no, that's not quite fair...is, among his many other interests, a legitimate international jeweller. He's legally entitled to operate modest metallurgical installations; his British one is down in ]. As yet, we have failed to discover how he transfers his gold overseas...and Lord knows we've tried! If your department can establish that it is done illegally, then the Bank could institute proceedings to recover the bulk of his holdings.

Bond: I think it's time Mr. Goldfinger and I... met. Socially, of course.

Colonel Smithers: [''Stands up and walks off''] I...was hoping you would say that.

M: It might lead to a business talk - Mr. Goldfinger's business.

Bond: I'll need some kind of bait.

Colonel Smithers: [''Returns to the table, carrying something wrapped in green''; [w:Nazi gold|from the Nazi hoard; [w:Lake Toplitz|Lake Toplitz; [w:Salzkammergut|Salzkammergut; ''Sets the object down, unwraps it. It is a gold bar, bearing [[w:Swastika#World War II|a Nazi swastika and eagle; ''To Bond as he reaches for his glass''] I quite agree. This is the only one we have, ] at the bottom of ] in the ], but there are undoubtedly others. ]. As he sits down] Mr. Bond can make whatever use of it he sees fit - providing he returns it, of course. It's worth £5,000.

Bond: What do you know about gold, Moneypenny?

Moneypenny: [[w:Wedding ring|kind you wear; ''makes motion of inserting ring''] Oh, the only gold I know about is the ]. You know, on the third finger of your left hand.

Bond: One day we really must look into that.

Moneypenny: What about tonight? You come round for dinner and I'll cook you a beautiful Angel Cake.

Bond: Nothing would give me great pleasure but unfortunately I have a ... business appointment.

Moneypenny: That's the flimsiest excuse you've ever given me. Ah well, some girls have all the luck. Who is she, James?

M: [''Over the intercom''] She" is me, Miss Moneypenny. And kindly omit the customary byplay with 007, will you? He's dining with me, and I don't want him to be late.

Moneypenny: [''Hopeful''] So there's hope for me yet?

Bond: Moneypenny...won't you ever believe me?

M: Gold? All over?

Bond: She died of skin suffocation. It's been known to happen to cabaret dancers. It's all right as long as you leave a small bare patch at the base of the spine to allow the skin to breathe.

M: Someone obviously didn't.

Bond: And I know who.

Bond: Tell me, Jill. Why does he do it?

Jill: He likes to win.

Bond: Why do you do it?

Jill: He pays me.

Bond: Is that all he pays you for?

Jill: And for being seen with him.

Bond: Just seen?

Jill: Just seen!

Bond: Oh, I'm so glad.

Auric Goldfinger: [[:Chicago|Chicago; ''From the original [[w:Goldfinger (novel)|Ian Fleming novel] Mr Bond, they have a saying in ]: "Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it's enemy action.

Auric Goldfinger: [[w:Mount Everest|Mount Everest] Man has climbed ]. Gone to the bottom of the ocean. He has fired rockets at the Moon. Split the atom. Achieved miracles in every field of human endeavour... except crime!

James Bond: * First time this line is said by Bond.

James Bond: Auric Goldfinger." Sounds like a French nail varnish.

James Bond: [''After electrocuting an assassin''] Shocking. Positively shocking.