The Best Gareth Mallory Quotes

Gareth: The opposition has taken the position that we're a bunch of antiquated bloody idiots fighting a war we don't understand and can't possibly win.
M: Look, three of my agents are dead already, don't you involve me in politics now...
Gareth: The Prime Minister has ordered an inquiry. You're expected to attend.
M: Attend in stocks at midday? Who's old-fashioned now?
Gareth: For Christ's sake, listen to yourself! We're a democracy, and we're responsible to the people we're supposed to defend! We can't keep fighting in the shadows, there are no more shadows!
M: You don't get this, do you? Whoever's behind this, whoever's doing this, he knows us! He's one of us! He comes from the same place as Bond, a place you say doesn't exist: the shadows!

[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: What are you doing?
Q: We're just... monitoring.
Gareth: Creating a false tracking signal for Silva to follow.
Tanner: Well, sir, um...
Q: Well, no...
Gareth: 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: Then we're all buggered. Carry on.

Doctor: [Bond enters the interrogation room to take his psychological test, looking toward the one way mirror. M and Mallory stand on the other side with Tanner] I'd like to start with some simple word associations. Just tell me the first word that pops into your head. For example, I say, "Day" and you might say...
James: Wasted.
Doctor: [sighs] All right.
[pause]
Doctor: Gun.
James: Shot.
Doctor: Agent.
James: Provocateur.
Doctor: Woman?
James: Provocatrix.
Doctor: Heart.
James: Target.
Doctor: Bird.
James: Sky.
Doctor: M.
James: Bitch.
[M sighs from the other side of the interrogation room]
Doctor: Sunlight
James: Swim
Doctor: Moon
James: Dance
Doctor: Murder.
James: Employment.
Doctor: Country.
James: England.
Doctor: Skyfall.
[Bond suddenly pauses]
Doctor: Skyfall.
[Continued pause]
Doctor: Done.
[Bond walks out - looking coldly through the one-way mirror]
Gareth: Hmm, this is going well
[he leaves, M sighs again]

[last lines]
Gareth: So, 007... Lots to be done. Are you ready to get back to work?
James: With pleasure, M. With pleasure.

M: I know I can't have this job forever, but I'll be damned if I'm going to leave the department in worse shape than I found it.
Gareth: M, you've had a great run. You should leave with dignity.
M: Oh, to hell with dignity. I'll leave when the job's done.