James Bond’s dry one-word jab at Ernst Stavro Blofeld in You Only Live Twice is wit in its most lethal form. By calmly recycling Blofeld’s own boast about the control room’s supposed invulnerability, Bond punctures the moment like a verbal pin to Blofeld’s inflated ego. It’s understated and smug at the same time, and you’ll be hard pressed to find another instance where Bond exhibits such confidence with a single word to a villain, let alone while captive and during a firefight. No punchline needed here!