The best one-liners of Roger Moore's James Bond

Moore’s 007 debut sports some of his coldest moments, notably when he post-coitally pulls a gun on Rosie Carver (Gloria Hendry). She entreats, “you wouldn’t, not after what we’ve just done,” to which Bond replies, “I certainly wouldn’t have killed you before.” Perhaps most celebrated, though, is his final line to Jane Seymour’s Solitaire: “there’s no sense going out half-cocked.” (Picture Credit: MGM-UA)

It was on this entry that the more bawdy, tongue-in-cheek tone of the Moore era really came into play. This is perhaps most apparent when Bond dons a fake third nipple in order to pass himself off as Christopher Lee’s Scaramanga. Of this, Bond remarks, “he must have found me quite titilating.” (Picture Credit: MGM-UA)

Surely Moore’s finest film in the role of Bond, this one boasts arguably the most memorable closing line of the entire series. As M and the Minister of Defence catch 007 in bed with Russian spy Anya Amasova (Barbara Bach), the minister gasps, “Bond, what do you think you’re doing?” To which Bond replies, “Keeping the British end up, sir.” (Picture Credit: MGM-UA)

This time around, the unforgettable closing line goes to Desmond Llewellyn’s Q (“I think he’s attempting re-entry, sir!”), but Moore still gets some good puns in. After surviving an altercation with a giant python, Bond remarks, “I discovered he had a crush on me,” and before sending the villain Drax (Michael Lonsdale) to his death in space, he says, “take a giant step back for mankind.” (Picture Credit: MGM-UA)

Moore’s most grounded entry as 007 (Margaret Thatcher cameo notwithstanding), this one boldly acknowledges the actor’s increasing years with a notable series first: Bond rejecting the advances of a younger woman. Bond tells Lynn-Holly Johnson’s Bibi, “put your clothes on and I’ll buy you an ice cream.” (Picture Credit: MGM-UA)

A considerably more cartoonish entry, this one sees Moore’s arched eyebrow working overtime, particularly when hearing the name “Octopussy,” and when his champagne-sipping companion remarks, “I need re-filling.” Much of the plot revolves around a Faberge egg used as collateral in a major arms deal, leading Bond to quip, ” I hear the price of eggs was up, but isn’t that a little high?” (Picture Credit: MGM-UA)

No shortage of innuendo in Moore’s 007 swansong, as he remarks to Allison Doody’s equestrian Jenny Flex, “I take it you spend quite a lot of time in the saddle.” Meanwhile, the morning after a bedroom liason with Grace Jones May Day, when Christopher Walken’s Zorin asks how he slept, Bond replies, “I got off in the end.” (Picture Credit: MGM-UA)