Tanner Quotes in Quantum of Solace (2008)

M: Ask him about Slate.

Tanner: She wants to know about Slate.

James Bond: Slate was a dead end.

Tanner: He says it was a dead end.

M: Damn it! He killed him.

[At Q's lab, Q and Tanner try to create a false trail for Silva to follow]

Q: It's a fine line. If the breadcrumb's too small, then he might miss it. Too big, and Silva will smell a rat.

Tanner: Yes, but you'd think even Silva will be able to spot that.

Q: He's the only one who could.

[Tanner turns and sees Mallory standing behind them]

Tanner: Sir.

Q: Oh.

Gareth Mallory: What are you doing?

Q: We're just... monitoring.

Gareth Mallory: Creating a false tracking signal for Silva to follow.

Tanner: Well, sir, um...

Q: Well, no...

Gareth Mallory: Excellent thinking, get him isolated. Send him on the A9. It's a direct route. You can monitor his progress more accurately and confirm it with the traffic cameras.

Q: But, uh... what if PM finds out?

Gareth Mallory: Then we're all buggered. Carry on.

Tanner: We've analyzed the shrapnel fragments. Lucky it wasn't a direct hit - it would have cut you in half. It's depleted uranium shell, military grade. Hard to get. Extremely expensive and only used by a select few. Recognize anyone?

James Bond: [Points to a photograph] Him.

Tanner: Okay. His name's Patrice. He's a ghost. No known residency or country of origin.

[last lines]

The Prime Minister: [over the phone] Ah, Mr. Bond. I wanted to call you personnally and to say how pleased we all are that your mission was a success. Thank you.

Parrot: Thank you, thank you.

The Prime Minister: Don't thank me, Mr. Bond. Your courage and resourcefulness are a credit to the nation. Denis and I look forward to meeting you. Meanwhile, if there is anything I can do for you...

Parrot: Give us a kiss, give us a kiss.

The Prime Minister: Well, really, Mr. Bond.

Tanner: I think we're having a little trouble with the line, madam.

Frederick Gray: [to Q] You idiot. Get on to him.

Q: 007. 007.

Frederick Gray: Bond! Have you gone mad? What's going on? Bond. Bond! BOND!

Tanner: You were supposed to question Gonzales, not let Miss Havelock perforate him!

James Bond: I quite agree, sir.

Frederick Gray: I'm afraid we have to inform the Prime Minister that Operation Undertow is dead in the water. Why... she'll have our guts for garters!

James Bond: Now, if we could identify that 'someone'...

Tanner: Why don't you try the identigraph?

Frederick Gray: Mmm!

James Bond: Yes, sir.

Tanner: Well get cracking, 007!

Frederick Gray: Mmm!

James Bond: [Bewildered] Minister...

Tanner: I think we're having a bit of trouble with the line, Madam...

Tanner: 007, try not to muck it up again.

James Bond: I'll do my best, sir.

Tanner: [after Matt and Jed jump to the roof of the police station] I hate these kids. Hate 'em.

Jed Eckert: [walking past Tanner] We're the Wolverines.

Tanner: [to himself after Jed, Robert & Matt have passed] I was afraid of that.

Tanner: We're trying to link up with a group of insurgents working in the area. Call themselves Wolverines. You ever hear of them?

Julie: Yeah, we've heard of them.

Jed Eckert: You here to help them out?

Tanner: No. Actually, we were hoping they can help *us* out.

Tanner: You've made a difference. Hell, you... You *are* the difference.

Tanner: There isn't much people on either side of the road can agree on. Except that nobody likes you, Jimmy Cuervo.

Jimmy Cuervo: Goddamn, I guess I'll fire my publicist.

Tanner: Hello, sirs. No need for concern. It's only me... the twisted psycho.

Tanner: Julia Wolf got me a job as her bookkeeper.

Nick Charles: Well, that's a hot one. Bookkeeper. Where did you ever learn bookkeeping?

Tanner: That last time you sent me up, I learned bookkeeping in Sing Sing.

[first lines]

Tanner: Your daughter's here, Mr. Wynant. Mr. Wynant! Mr. Wynant!

Clyde Wynant, the thin man: Haven't you got any more sense than to shout at me like that?

Tanner: I'm just using you because I need a tuba player for my death metal band.

Tanner: So where are we heading for?

Maj. Eugene Denton: Albany.

Tanner: Albany? You have relatives there?

Maj. Eugene Denton: It's the only place we ever got a signal from. Albany is the place to aim for.

Tanner: Sort of the objective of the operation, right?

Maj. Eugene Denton: You could call it that. See, there's a way across... well, not really a way across, but the screens show it to be the path of least resistance. It's not good, but it's the best we've got.

Tanner: What happens if we make a wrong turn?

Maj. Eugene Denton: There are areas of radiation we couldn't get through. It's not a matter of wrong turns though - "Damnation Alley" is a hundred miles wide a lot of the way.

Tanner: "Damnation Alley?" Who named it that?

Maj. Eugene Denton: I did.

Tanner: [the Landmaster refugees are being waylaid by the "Mountain Men" in the desert] How long have you men been here?

Man: Since everything went to hell.