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Tom Mankiewicz Quotes

Total quotes: 18
“A wink from a pretty girl at a party results rarely in climax, Karl. But a man is a fool not to push a suggestion as far as it will go.”
— Col. Max Radl, The Eagle Has Landed
Tagged: Nazi Movies
“Well go on, go on, it's merely a lift. Or should I say elevator? In any event I'm sure you'll find it far more convenient than mountaineering about outside the White House.”
— Ernst Stavro Blofeld, Diamonds Are Forever
Tagged: Mountaineering, elevator, White House
“Blofeld: Right idea, Mr. Bond...

James Bond: ...But wrong pussy.”
— Ernst Stavro Blofeld, Diamonds Are Forever
Tagged: Ideas, Pussy
“The satellite is at present over... Kansas. Well, if we destroy Kansas the world may not hear about it for years. Perhaps New York, with all that smut and traffic...might give them a chance for a fresh start. Washington, DC. Perfect. Since we have not heard from them, they will hear from us.”
— Ernst Stavro Blofeld, Diamonds Are Forever
Tagged: Kansas, Satellite, dC
“Curious... how everyone who touches those diamonds seems to die.”
— Mr. Wint, Diamonds Are Forever
Tagged: Diamonds, Death
“Mr. Kidd: If God had wanted man to fly...

Mr. Wint: ...He would have given him wings, Mr. Kidd.”
— Mr. Wint, Diamonds Are Forever
Tagged: God, Human Flight
“Mr. Wint: If at first you don't succeed Mr. Kidd...?

Mr. Kidd: Try, try again, Mr. Wint.”
— Mr. Wint, Diamonds Are Forever
Tagged: If At First You Don't Succeed
“Mr. Wint: The scorpion.

Mr. Kidd: One of nature's finest killers, Mr. Wint.

Mr. Wint: One is never too old to learn from a master, Mr. Kidd.”
— Mr. Wint, Diamonds Are Forever
Tagged: scorpion, killers
“Presumably I'm the condemned man and obviously you're the hearty breakfast.”
— James Bond, Diamonds Are Forever
Tagged: Death Row, Last Meal
“Tiffany Case: [reading Bond's ID card planted on the deceased Franks] My God! You just killed James Bond!

James Bond: Is that who it was? Well just goes to show, no one's indestructible.”
— James Bond, Diamonds Are Forever
Tagged: Indestructible, Suicide
“Well, one of us smells like a tart's handkerchief. [sniffs] I'm afraid it's me. Sorry, old boy.”
— James Bond, Diamonds Are Forever
Tagged: Slut-shaming, Tart, Smell of Female
“Felix Leiter: I give up. I know the diamonds are in the body, but where?

James Bond: Alimentary, Dr. Leiter...”
— James Bond, Diamonds Are Forever
Tagged: Puns, elementary, alimentary, Sherlock Holmes
“Francisco Scaramanga: When I was a boy, I was brought up in a circus. My only real friend was a huge, magnificent African bull elephant. One day, his handler mistreated him and he went berserk. Bleeding, dying, he came and found me, stood on one leg, his best trick, picked me up and put me on his back. The drunken handler came along and emptied his gun into his eye...I emptied my stage pistol into his!

James Bond: An eye for an eye.

Francisco Scaramanga: You see, Mr. Bond, I always thought I loved animals. Then I discovered that I enjoyed killing people even more.”
— James Bond, The Man With the Golden Gun
Tagged: Circus, Elephants, pistol, An Eye for An Eye, Killing
“Lazar: Mr. Bond, bullets do not kill. It is the finger that pulls the trigger.

James Bond: Exactly. I am now aiming precisely at your groin. So speak or forever hold your piece.”
— James Bond, The Man With the Golden Gun
Tagged: bullets, Threats, Groin
“Tee-Hee: There are two ways to disable a croc, you know.

James Bond: I don't suppose you'd care to tell me what they are.

Tee-Hee: One way is to take a pencil and stick it in the pressure area above its eye.

James Bond: And the other way?

Tee-Hee: Oh, the other way is twice as simple. You just stick your hand in its mouth and pull its teeth out. Heh, heh.”
— James Bond, Live And Let Die
Tagged: Crocodiles
“James Bond: I'm not in the habit of giving answers to...lackeys.

Mr. Big: You damn lucky you got an ear left to hear the question with!”
— James Bond, Live And Let Die
Tagged: lackeys, Lucky
“Plenty O'Toole: Hi, I'm Plenty.

James Bond: [looks at cleavage] But of course you are.”
— James Bond, Diamonds Are Forever
Tagged: Double Entendres, cleavage
“[after finding a feathered hat in the cabin, Rosie looks fearful, but Bond tries to console her] Don't worry darling, it's just a hat, belonging to a small-headed man of limited means, who lost a fight with a chicken.”
— Tom Mankiewicz, Live And Let Die
Tagged: Hat, Consolation
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