JAMES BOND QUOTES BOOK - Licence To Quote: The Quotable Double-0 Seven
1500 humorous quotations about the world's favourite secret agent - James Bond: 007
1500 humorous quotations about the world's favourite secret agent - James Bond: 007
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Pages: 156 Quotes: 1500+ ISBN: 9781907338045 Size:6.14" x 9.21" / 15.6 x 23.4 cm Pub Date: 2010 Twitter: @007Quotes Blog: www.LicenceToQuote.com RRP: £14.99 (BEB Direct Discount of 33% = £9.99) "A well-researched, carefully organized compendium of critiques & pop-culture references from throughout the history of the series." "If you're a serious 007 fan - especially one in need of a quote on the super secret agent and/or his world that hasn't already been read a hundredfold - this is the book to buy." Compiled and Edited by Colin M Jarman JAMES BOND: LICENCE TO QUOTE - 1500 Humorous Quotations about the world's favourite secret agent, his films, his books, his cars, his gadgets, his food and drinks, his clothes, his Bond Girls and his other women, his friends and his enemies, his influences and his imitators, his fans and his critics ... plus the actors, producers, directors, screenwriters, musicians, singers, designers, stuntmen and Ian Fleming.
"Frankly I wish he’d just get back to the days when Bond head-butted Curt Jürgens in the face, blew up Donald Pleasence’s volcano and went to bed with Barbara Bach."
Jeremy Clarkson in The Sunday Times (2009) "James Bond is just Jeremy Clarkson with a better haircut and worse jokes." Giles Coren in The Times (2002) LICENCE TO ‘QUOTE’ is the first book of humorous quotations solely dedicated to the ever-expanding universe surrounding James Bond - 007. This volume - of 1500 light-hearted quotes - uniquely focuses on humorous comments made about 007 rather than direct quotes from the Bond films or books. “Bond has no sense of humour, telling only one joke in all 14 books (in Goldfinger (1959) - and it isn’t very funny).” Anthony Horowitz in The Daily Telegraph (2008) "Everyone in Bond is named after somebody Ian Fleming knew. Pussy Galore was probably his cleaning lady." Sinclair Mackay, The Man with the Golden Touch (2008) LICENCE TO ‘QUOTE’ is all over the lighter side of Double-0 Seven like a cheap safari suit on Roger Moore. Bond’s life and legend, books and movies, enemies and lovers, cars and gadgets all come in for close inspection. 007 is as much a sitting target for defecation by the sardonic snipers in the press as an object of deification by the eulogistic empathists populating the fansites. "I have friends who talk about the pleasures of the Bond fantasy. But what that really boils down to is a bald bad guy, a bird in a bikini and loud bangs in a foreign country." Cosmo Landesman in The Times (2002) “Indiana Jones, Arnie, Derek Flint et al owe a major debt to Bond, James Bond. Or perhaps Broccoli, Cubby Broccoli.” Michael Cooper on Alternative007.co.uk (2006) LICENCE TO ‘QUOTE’ turns the tables on the world’s favourite spy and turns the spotlight on him. A veritable Who’s Who of observers and commentators - from all over the globe - take dead aim at James Bond: man and myth, superspy and superstar. Comical contributions come from his creators, his biographers, his critics, his fans, his imitators and from a wide selection of media sources over the last 50 years. The depth and diversity of this source material clearly demonstrates the unrivalled level of recognition and the extraordinary fan-base James Bond has built up since he first appeared in 1953. “It is hard to overestimate the effect James Bond had on post-war readers and audiences. Here was the first English hero who didn’t own a sensible jumper.” Christopher Fowler in The Independent on Sunday (2006) “In 1963 ... The Vatican condemned Dr. No as a ‘dangerous mixture of violence, vulgarity, sadism and sex.’ Ka-ching!” Manohla Dargis in The New York Times (2006) For well over fifty years, 007 has been at the summit of the best-seller’s list, at the top of the cinema box-office and remains at the forefront of the world’s consciousness. His iconic image and cultural footprint are legendary: LICENCE TO ‘QUOTE’ celebrates that legend. LICENCE TO "QUOTE" with sample quotations from the book | SPECIAL OFFER £9.99
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Licence to Quote can be ordered from Amazon Global sites via these links (price subject to fluctuations and postage charges) ... DELIVERY TERMS Please check the Book Depository & Amazon sites for the latest prices as it is subject to fluctuation and discount (beyond Blue Eyed Books' publisher control). Books ordered via Book Depository & Amazon are subject to their delivery times (sometimes up to 3 weeks) and postage charges. Please check individual options for the best / cheapest / quickest delivery method to suit you. JAMES BOND: LICENCE TO QUOTE BOOK REVIEWS "I purchased this largely expecting a collection of "who said what in which film." Instead, the book is a well-researched, carefully organized compendium of not just lines from the 007 movies, but of critiques and pop-culture references from throughout the history of the series, touching on not only the plots, but actors (those assaying Bond in particular), heroines, villains, and more.If you're a serious 007 fan - especially one in need of a quote or comment on the super secret agent and/or his world that hasn't already been read a hundredfold - this is the book to buy." on Amazon.com (Jul 3, 2010) "A brand new book for the James Bond fan is on store shelves … Available now is James Bond: Licence To Quote: The Quotable Double-0 Seven, compiled and edited by Colin M. Jarman, containing more than 1,500 quotes about the world’s most famous British spy … Licence To Quote is the first quotations book solely dedicated to the ever-expanding universe that surrounds James Bond.""Blue Eyed Books has collected 1500 hilarious and provocative quotable quotes on all things 007 ... Quotes are sorted by actor, film, the books, Bond's world, etc. A great read, one of the more entertaining Bond phenomenon books of the past ten years.""James Bond: License To Quote: The Quotable Double-0 Seven ... contains over 1500 quotations about James Bond and his world, though not actually from Bond himself in the films or the books. It was compiled and written by Colin M Jarman. You can learn more about the book by checking out its website or thru Twitter."James Bond hasn't been this much fun since Roger Moore hung up his eyebrows and ditched the safari suit for a clown outfit. James Bond: License To Quote is chock-full of humor and laughs. There are so many fun quotations most of which I had never seen before. Where did they get them all from? Is there a James Bond Quote Bank the size of Fort Knox that stores all these gems? Here are a couple of the 1500 ... so hard to choose which to share: Quantum Of Solace, James Bond orders the revenge buffet, deluxe.”Totally brilliant. Read it and weep - with tears of joy. Even Oddjob would take his hat off - in deference - to the guys at Blue Eyed Books. Mission accomplished. "A great idea! Why has no one done it before? Funny quotes about all the main areas of James Bond and some surprising obscure themes like the Real James Bond and 007 compared to other fictional spies like Jason Bourne and Jack Bauer. Plus a very wide catchment of sources from Jerry Seinfeld to Gregory House MD. All in all a great book with hours of fun and interest. 007 out of 007!""Brilliant title (can hear Connery saying it now 'Bond, James Bond - License to Quote') and a brilliant book covering the fun things said about Bond (films and books, girls and cars). Not seen a Bond book like it! A definite must for Bond fans like me. I could write more but the best way to describe the book is to give a few examples of the quotations. "James Bond was a suave intellectual who could slice through life's difficulties with the ruthless efficiency of Oddjob's hat." William Grimes in The New York Times (1991) "I wish he'd get back to the days when Bond head-butted Curt Jurgens in the face, blew up Donald Pleasence's volcano and went to bed with Barbara Bach." Jeremy Clarkson in The Sunday Times (2009) The only minor drawback is the lack of an index at the back but the book is well laid out with lots of clear chapters so an index is not really missed. Overall, it is a book that I shall read over and over and have already recommended it to friends and other Bond fans."
“A surprisingly good biographical and extremely useful reference book on all things James Bond. This deeply researched volume of quotations about 007 is a joy to read over and over, as well as great fun to share with friends and other Bond fans. The content covers every aspect of the Bond legend - books, movies, actors, writers, accessories : all set out in neat self-contained sections. There is an amazing amount of material that I have never seen before so kudos to Mr Jarman for finding it and bringing it out into the open. I have not found another book like this that covers so many quotes about James Bond, so I can highly recommend it. Five stars.”EM Johnson on BarnesAndNoble.com No Mr Bond I expect you to Quote "Hah! A fab book of quotes about James Bond. Seems to cover everything in such detail. If you have waded through any of the serious 007 reference books this humorous collection will be a witty and welcome change. License To Quote is great value for money and I am sure it'll be a hit with all Bond fans out there. "NEW JAMES BOND BOOK
JAMES BOND: QUOTINO ROYALE over 4000 biographical quotations about the world's favourite secret agent. [due to be published in the 2011] [ISBN: 9781907338144]  Containing over 4000 general quotations about Bond, his books, his films, his creators, etc, etc., this book looks at the more sober side of 007. "If a psychiatrist and a thoroughly efficient copywriter got together to produce a fictional character who would be the mid-Twentieth century subconscious male ambition, the result would inevitably be James Bond." 'Sir Ronald Howes' in The Sunday Times (1957) "With Bond we are back in barbarism. If one met him, he would be a sinister bore. The Bond cult suggests our age may not be as modern as we like to think." William Rees-Mogg "Bond is a quite unashamed cad when it comes to love and women. This may not be admirable, but his accomplishments are." O.F. Snelling, James Bond: A Report (1964) "Bond could be seen as a modern embodiment of the agonistic spirit, of Nietzsche's assertion that the cruelty of victory is the pinnacle of life's jubilation." Thomas Vinciguerra in The N.Y. Times (2003) "007 - who is sufficiently complicated to compel our interest over a whole series of adventures. A patriotic lecher with a tinge of Scottish Puritanism in him, a gourmand and amateur of vodka martinis, a smoker of strong tobacco who does not lose his wind, he is pitted against impossible villains, enemies of democracy, megalomaniacs." Anthony Burgess, 99 Novels: The Best in English Since 1939 (1984) "Mr. Fleming equipped his hero with an impeccable social background, good looks, bravery, toughness and a disillusioned sort of patriotism." The New York Times (1954) "Neither Mr. Fleming nor his hero shares the twentieth-century characteristic vice of cant. They are both carnivorous to the back-teeth and like their meat well hung. This, coming in the age of the murderous vegetarian, is rather pleasant than otherwise. For myself I am inclined to wish Bond many years and quick promotion in the order of St. Michael and St. George. I feel quite sure Mr. Fleming is too." Anthony Hartley in The Spectator (1957) "Bond is perhaps the last world policeman the English will ever know. He hunts the enemy in New York, Haiti, Turkey, South Africa, France, Belgrade. Wherever peace and the superiority of the Anglo-Saxon people is threatened, the arm of British justice reaches out and Bond is its fist ... Bond is Sir Francis Drake, Cecil Rhodes, and the Duke of Wellington, combined in a twentieth-century, post-concentration camp type of vigilante and hes a powerful chimera." Robert Hatch in The Nation (1958) "Even by British standards, hard-boiled, hard-drinking Bond is a pukka cad who divides his time between bedding beautiful women, downing four-star meals and killing counter-bounders, all with the same cool, clinical skill." Time magazine (1962) "In crime or spy fantasies the interest is partly a fairy-tale one, good versus bad in a rather basic way. James Bond would not mean so much to us if we were unable to feel that he was on the right side and that his cause was just. The roughies have no decent cause. Self-interest is all." Kingsley Amis, 'My Favourite Sleuths' in Playboy (Dec 1966) To be notified when James Bond: Quotino Royale is published, click here to email Blue Eyed Books to register your interest and we will contact you before the book is published. JAMES BOND ARTICLES / BLOG POSTS
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