Franz Sanchez Quotes in Licence to Kill (1989)

[Sanchez is about to kill James]

Franz Sanchez: You could have had everything.

James Bond: Don't you want to know why?

[Shows Sanchez Felix's lighter, then sets Sanchez on fire]

[Asked why he has a gun]

James Bond: In my business you prepare for the unexpected.

Franz Sanchez: And what business is that?

James Bond: I help people with problems.

Franz Sanchez: Problem solver.

James Bond: More of a problem eliminator.

[Sanchez and his men have caught Lupe in bed with another man]

Franz Sanchez: [to Lupe] What did he promise you? His heart?

[to Dario]

Franz Sanchez: Give her his heart!

[Dario pulls a knife]

Lupe Lamora: [as the man is being removed] No. No Franz. I didn't mean any harm.

Franz Sanchez: It's okay, baby. No te preocupes. We all make mistakes.

[produces a whip]

Franz Sanchez: Your escapades are getting more creative.

Lupe Lamora: Por favor, Franz.

Franz Sanchez: Not a word.

[Sanchez whips her while Dario cuts out her lover's heart]

[Sanchez has just blown up Milton Krest in a decompression chamber full of money, splattering blood all over it]

Perez: What about the money, patron?

Franz Sanchez: Launder it.

Franz Sanchez: Señor Bond, you got big cojones. You come here, to my place, without references, carrying a piece, throwing around a lot of money... but you should know something: nobody saw you come in, so nobody has to see you go out.

[Sanchez and Krest have just discovered a lot of money in Krest's pressure chamber]

Milton Krest: That's not my money, I swear!

Franz Sanchez: That's right, amigo. It's mine!

Franz Sanchez: [grabs Krest] You think I'm stupid! HUH! You rip me off then use my own money to PAY someone to KILL ME? You want it so bad? Then TAKE IT!

[kicks Krest into the pressure chamber]

Heller: I can get the trucks out! But I don't think I can control the fire!

Franz Sanchez: Forget the fire! Get some cars, we're gonna take the tankers with us!

Truman-Lodge: Wait a minute! This setup cost us $32 million! We've got to try and save it!

Franz Sanchez: I don't give a SHIT about the setup! We've got $500 million in the case, and 20 tonnes of Colombian pure IN THE TANKERS! Now GO HELP HELLER!

Truman-Lodge: But we've got a deal with the Orientals. We've got their money.

Franz Sanchez: I said GO HELP HELLER!

President Hector Lopez: There has been a mistake with my cheque. Look at it! It's *half* the usual amount.

Franz Sanchez: You were very quiet when I was arrested. Remember, you're only president... for life.

[El Presidente takes the cheque and leaves]

Franz Sanchez: In this business, there's a lot of cash. And a lot of people with their hands out.

Kwang: In a word... bribery.

Franz Sanchez: Exactly. He took the words right out of my pocket.

[Felix is being lowered into a pool full of sharks]

Franz Sanchez: I just want you to know that this is nothing personal. It's purely business.

Felix Leiter: Killing me won't stop anything, Sanchez!

Franz Sanchez: There are worse things than dying, hombre.

[Lowers him into the shark pit]

Felix Leiter: See you in hell!

Franz Sanchez: No, no. Today is the first day of the rest of your life!

[Sanchez is about to put Bond onto a conveyor leading to a cocaine grinder]

Franz Sanchez: When it gets up to your ankles, you're going to beg to tell me everything. When it gets up to your knees, you'll kiss my ass to kill you.

Franz Sanchez: [after telling Krest to keep his mistress on his boat] Hey. No fooling around with my girl.

Milton Krest: Are you kidding? After what you did to that guy in the Islands?

Franz Sanchez: You liked my little Valentine, huh?

Franz Sanchez: Drug dealers of the world, unite!

Heller: [Bond has just told Sanchez that those who tried to kill him probably came from within his own organization, and that Bond knows this because he used to work for the British government] You're not going to believe who this guy is.

Franz Sanchez: Former British agent.

Heller: [Surprised] How did you know that?

Franz Sanchez: [Smiles] Because I know things.

[Demeanour changes]

Franz Sanchez: I want to meet Krest's boat tonight. We'll need a dozen reliable men.

Heller: Is there a problem with Krest?

Franz Sanchez: We'll see. And bring Lupe, she was there. He's not going to lie in front of her.

Franz Sanchez: [Looking through Bond's passport] Well-traveled man.

Franz Sanchez: Everyone and his brother is on the payroll. So, you - buy a mayor, chief of police, generals, presidents. One day you wake up and you own the whole god damn country. Then you take what you want. Banks. Government Casino. Airline concession. Why? Simple. It's easier for the politicians to take sliver, than lead.