"M looked coldly across the desk. It was going to be dirty work and Bond, because he belonged to the Double 0 section, had been chosen for it.
'You've got to kill this sniper. And you've got to kill him before he gets Agent 272. Is that understood?"
So, it was to be murder. More...

'"Bond was a good agent once', said M. 'There's no reason why he shouldn't be a good agent again. Get me the file on Scaramanga. If we can get him fit, that's the right-sized target for 007.'
'But that's suicide, sir!'
Even 007 could never take him. More...

I was running away. I was running away from England, from my childhood, from the winter, from a sequence of untidy, unattractive love affairs. More...

"Before Bond could pull himself together, the girl had come up to his table and sat down. 'I'm sorry I'm late. We've got to get moving at once. You're wanted at the office. She added under her breath: 'Crash dive.'" More...

‘I am, as you correctly say, a maniac – a maniac, Mister Bond, with a mania for power’ More...

‘Death warrant... Made out in the name of “James Bond”’ More...

‘It is tremendous! You have no idea! Weapons such as I had never dreamed of...’ More...

'A dry martini,' Bond said. 'In a deep champagne goblet. Three measures of Gordons, one of Vodka, half a measure of Kina Lillet. Shake it very well until it's ice cold, then add a thin slice of lemon peel. Got it?' 'Certainly, monsieur.' More...

‘When I come up against a man like this one, I have another motto. It’s “live and let die.”’ More...

‘He stood speechless, his eyes dazzled by the terrible beauty of the greatest weapon on earth’ More...

‘If there was one thing that set James Bond really moving, it was being passed at speed by a pretty girl...’ More...

‘You only live twice:
Once when you are born
And once when you look death in the face’ More...

‘Death is forever. But so are diamonds...’ More...

‘You see, Mr Bond. You were wrong and I was right. Ten more minutes and I shall be the richest man in the world, the richest man in history!’ More...