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[I.C.E. agents are receiving instruction on the latest equipment]
Female Instructor: [holding ray gun] This little gadget here dissolves metal electronically. Easy to conceal, extremely effective in times of danger.
[She points the gun and dissolves the belt buckle off a clothed mannequin. His pants fall to the ground]
First female student: That's when the danger usually starts!
Second female student: [seductively] I like my way better!

[Matt is shown a new weapon which gives a whole new meaning to the term "bullet bra"]
Linda: It's not a gun, Mr. Helm. It's the new weapon they gave me, developed right here in our labs.
Matt Helm: Developed pretty well, too!
Linda: May I point out...
Matt Helm: You already do!
Linda: ...that that's why you're here. To become familiar with our latest equipment.
Matt Helm: You right. An agent should always keep *abreast* of the times!

[Matt and Sheila are hiding on a mountain-top]
Matt Helm: We have a long wait ahead of us, so let's get comfortable.
[lies down on his back]
Sheila Sommers: [lying down on top of Matt] How comfortable?
Matt Helm: It's broad daylight!
Sheila Sommers: What's the matter with a broad in the daylight?

Jose Ortega: [toasting] Cheers!
Francesca Madeiros: [also toasting] Skol!
Matt Helm: Sure it's cold. It's got ice in it.

[a new female recruit gets turned on by Frank Sinatra's "Strangers in the Night" playing in the background]
Matt Helm: You really like Perry Como that much?

Francesca Madeiros: How about a good luck kiss?
Matt Helm: Well, I am superstitious myself.

MacDonald: Have you ever seen a flying saucer?
Matt Helm: Is that your way of offering me a drink?

MacDonald: If this works, the planets are next door. And the universe is just around the corner.

Courier Slaygirl: Long distance call for you, Mr. Helm. Hop aboard.
Courier Slaygirl: [Matt sits himself down on the back of her scooter] I go pretty fast. Better find something to hang on to.
Matt Helm: [Matt knowingly looks at the camera] Crazy.

MacDonald: [referring to Sheila Sommers] She won't let a man get near her. But, eh, that's never stopped you before.

Quintana: This is our light beer. Care for a taste?
Matt Helm: Oh, I never touch the stuff. Except when I'm working.

Matt Helm: Where are you from?
Francesca Madeiros: The bar.
Matt Helm: The bar...
[laughs]
Matt Helm: I got relatives there.

Matt Helm: [passing each other] Hi!
Francesca Madeiros: A little.

Matt Helm: You drugged me!
Francesca Madeiros: Just in case.
Matt Helm: [getting drowsy] How did you do that?
Francesca Madeiros: Oh, do you like my lipstick, darling? It's a special brand. There's a chemical that penetrates the skin.
Matt Helm: How 'bout your skin?
Francesca Madeiros: I just took the antidote.
[indicating the glass in her hand]

Sheila Sommers: [pointing a gun at Francesca who is hunched over Matt Helm lying on her bed] Hold it right there.
Francesca Madeiros: Where?

Sheila Sommers: [referring to Francesca] You don't trust her, do you?
Matt Helm: I don't trust any woman.

Matt Helm: [during gunfight] Now I know we're partners. We're trying to kill each other.

Quintana: [struggling to stay afloat in a settling vat] I can't swim!
Matt Helm: Drink yourself to the bottom.

Matt Helm: [referring to Francesca] Don't say it. You may hate her guts, but she's a pro.
Sheila Sommers: Whatever she's pro, I'm anti.
Matt Helm: Come on, Auntie.

Sheila Sommers: Suspenders and a belt?
Matt Helm: Yeah, I have trouble keeping my pants up.

Matt Helm: [to Nassim] May a thousand tigers break every bone in your body.

Jose Ortega: Just this morning I concluded an arrangement with an Oriental gentleman who's... name I cannot pronounce... for a rather large sum which happily I can pronounce.

Matt Helm: What I always wanted, a magic bartender.

Member of firing squad: Silence!
Matt Helm: I believe the expression is, eh, 'Silence, Yankee dog', eh?
Matt Helm: [the guard does not answer] 'Yankee pig'?

Matt Helm: Let Helm put you in the driving seat.

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