Raymond Benson > Quotes

“Snake pulled out the digital camera and decided to play a joke on Otacon. He snapped a picture of the pinup, muttered, "Good," and closed the door.”
― Raymond Benson, Sons of Liberty

“Did you just say 'nerd'?"
"Not a 'nerd' - node."
"Oh.”
― Raymond Benson, Sons of Liberty

“I finally understand, I wasn't waiting to kill people, I was waiting to be killed...by a man like you...”
― Raymond Benson

“Of course I do, Jack! You have to beLIEve me!”
― Raymond Benson, Sons of Liberty

“Bond believes that short people cause all the trouble in the world.”
― Raymond Benson, The James Bond Bedside Companion

“Tiger Tanaka. Fleming”
― Raymond Benson, The James Bond Bedside Companion

“No one is an ‘expert’ on terrorism. That is nonsense. Terrorism is fluid. It changes daily. Terrorism used to be hijacking an aircraft and forcing the pilot to take it to another location. This evolved into holding hostages aboard the craft to force governments to do something. Now we have hijackers willing to die on an airplane and kill every passenger along with them. Terrorists have become more desperate and bold.”
― Raymond Benson, Splinter Cell

“skimmed thirty feet over the hills and grasslands. They were flying dark, with no navigation lights and all emission sources powered down: no IFF transponder, radio, or FLIR (Forward-Looking Infrared Radar). Within minutes, they’d skirted Ashgabat, which lay fifteen miles out the side window. Fisher could see headlights moving along the highways and surface streets. They passed over the black oval of a lake and a rail line, and then the terrain began to change, hillocks turning into the rolling foothills of the Köpetdag. Redding sat at the console, watching the same map Bird and Sandy were using to navigate. One by one, villages disappeared behind them. Fisher read their names on the screen—Bagir, Chuli, Firyuza—until they were all gone and there was nothing but empty land. “Five miles from the border,” Bird called. Fisher went to the cockpit and knelt between the seats. Through the windscreen he could see the Köpetdag Range, an expanse of jagged peaks and ridgelines stacked against the even darker night sky. A red light started flashing on Bird’s console, followed by a beeping. A”
― Raymond Benson, Checkmate

“One close friend of the Flemings remembers a time when three couples were relaxing in the sun at Goldeneye. The men, in jest, each told the story of how they’d had their first woman. After all was said and done, Anne spoke up with, “All right, now I’ll tell you how I had my first woman!”
― Raymond Benson, The James Bond Bedside Companion