From Russia with Love (1963)

Eric Pohlmann: Ernst Stavro Blofeld

Quotes 

• Blofeld : [aboard his yacht]  Bond is still alive and the Lektor is not yet in our possession. I've negotiated with the Russians for its return; we've agreed on a price. And S.P.E.C.T.R.E. ALWAYS delivers what it promises. Our entire organization survives upon the keeping of those promises...

  [to Klebb] 

  Blofeld : I warned you: We do NOT tolerate failure, Number Three. You know the penalty.

  Rosa Klebb : [numbly]  Yes, Number One.

  Blofeld : Our rules are very simple: if you fail...

  [Morzeny kicks Kronsteen with a poisoned blade; he slowly collapses to the floor] 

  Blofeld : Twelve seconds. One of these days we must invent a faster-working venom. Number Three!

  Rosa Klebb : Yes, sir?

  Blofeld : I do not wish to have to tell the Russians that there will be ANOTHER delay.

  Rosa Klebb : There will be no delay, Number One. There's still time.

• Blofeld : Siamese fighting fish, fascinating creatures. Brave but on the whole stupid. Yes, they're stupid. Except for the occasional one such as we have here who lets the other two fight. While he waits. Waits until the survivor is so exhausted that he cannot defend himself, and then like SPECTRE... he strikes!

  Rosa Klebb : I find the parallel... amusing.

  Blofeld : Our organization did not arrange for you to come over from the Russians just for amusement, Number 3.

• Kronsteen : SPECTRE would probably have the chance of a personal revenge for the killing of our operative - Dr. No - because the man the British will almost certainly use on a mission of this sort would be - their agent - James Bond.

  Blofeld : Let his death be a particularly unpleasant and humiliating one.

• Blofeld : Three men were found dead on the Orient Express train at Trieste. One of them was Grant. What have you got to say about that Number Five?

  Kronsteen : It was Klebb's choice. Her people failed.

  Rosa Klebb : It was your plan they followed implicitly.

  Kronsteen : Impossible. It was perfect.

  Rosa Klebb : Except for one thing, they were dealing with Bond.

  Kronsteen : Who is Bond compared with Kronsteen?

• Blofeld : Number Three, is your section ready to carry out Kronsteen's directives?

  Rosa Klebb : Yes, Number One. The operation will be organized according to Kronsteen's plan. I have selected a suitable girl from the Russian consulate in Istanbul. She's capable, cooperative, and her loyalty to the State is beyond question.

  Blofeld : And you're absolutely sure she believes you're still head of operations for Soviet Intelligence?

  Rosa Klebb : It is most unlikely she would know I'm now working for SPECTRE. Moscow has kept my defection secret from everyone but a few members of the Presidium.

  Blofeld : For your sake, I hope so.

• Blofeld : Kronsteen, are you sure this plan is foolproof?

  Kronsteen : Yes, it is. Because I have anticipated every possible variation of any counter-move.

  Blofeld : But what makes you think that M, the head of British intelligence, will oblige you by falling in with your plan?

  Kronsteen : For the simple reason that this is so obviously a trap. My reading of the British mentality is that they always treat a trap as a challenge.