Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)

Geoffrey Palmer: Admiral Roebuck

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• Admiral Roebuck : With all due respect, M, sometimes I don't think you have the balls for this job.

  M : Perhaps. But the advantage is, I don't have to think with them all the time.

• [the Royal Navy has launched a cruise missile at a terrorist site Bond is surveying - Robinson gets on communications line with Bond] 

  Charles Robinson : White knight, 4 minutes to impact. Get out of there.

  [pause] 

  Charles Robinson : Yes, dammit, I know what it is, it's on the screen in front of me. It's a jeep in front of a plane! Now get the hell OUT of there!

  Admiral Roebuck : What the hell is going on?

  Charles Robinson : [to Bond]  You will NOT wait! That is an order!

  Admiral Roebuck : What is your man waiting for?

  Charles Robinson : White Knight?

  [Robinson reacts with horror to something on the screen] 

  Charles Robinson : Oh my God, those are Soviet SB-5 nuclear torpedoes! If the cruise hits them...

  M : Order them to abort the missile!

  Admiral Roebuck : [picks up phone]  HMS Chester, urgent, Abort missile! Abort missile!

• Admiral Roebuck : [to Russian General]  Can't you people keep anything locked up?

• Admiral Roebuck : Black King to White Bishop. Authorization to fire.