Sean Connery Quotes
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There's something fundamentally wrong with a system where there's been 17 years of a Tory Government and the people of Scotland have voted Socialist for 17 years. That hardly seems democratic.
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Your background and environment is with you for life. No question about that.
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If you can't do it with one bullet, don't do it at all.
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To cultivate an English accent is already a departure away from what you are.
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There is nothing like a challenge to bring out the best in man.
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When he reached the New World, Cortés burned his ships. As a result his crew was well-motivated.
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A martini. Shaken, not stirred.
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There's always a new challenge to keep you motivated.
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I suppose I'll be able to get a drink there... I told the stewardess liquor for three... Who are the other two?...Oh, there are no other two
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I don't think there is anything particularly wrong in hitting a woman, though I don't recommend you do it the same way that you hit a man.
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A man who fears nothing is a man who loves nothing; and if you love nothing, what joy is there in your life?
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I'm an easy target because of my political opinions.
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The media already attempts to assassinate my character in Scotland when I'm there, so my position is much more effective if I'm outside Scotland and am part of the voice of what the Scottish National Party is about.
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I'm an actor - it's not brain surgery. If I do my job right, people won't ask for their money back.
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There's a lot of fantasy about what Scotland is, and the shortbread tins and that sort of thing.
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Personally I give us . . . one chance of three.
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After I began to make some money, my brain-damaged accountant put me in one business after another that went bad. The only one that panned out was a small bank, an old Scottish firm with London offices in Pall Mall. I was a director. We sold out to a larger bank. That was the only successful venture I've had, apart from acting.
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The great Jack Nicklaus summed things up neatly during a charity match on the Old Course at St. Andrews where he and I were playing against Ben Crenshaw and Glen Campbell. I asked him what he considered to be the most important factor to overcome in the game of golf. His reply, "It's an unfair game."
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I did many other things before I ever got into the movies. I've been in so many businesses, it's a joke. All of them totally unsuited to me. Selling used cars. Running a club in London.
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Scotland should be nothing less than equal with all the other nations of the world.
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I am not an Englishman, I was never an Englishman, and I don't ever want to be one. I am a Scotsman! I was a Scotsman and I will always be one.
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[James Bond's qualities of] self-containment, his powers of decision, his ability to carry on through till the end and to survive ... I like to think I acquired them before Bond.
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Sometimes a woman just needs to be slapped.
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If you have to resort to violence, you've already lost.
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I admit I'm being paid well, but it's no more than I deserve. After all, I've been screwed more times than a hooker.
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The Irish seem to have more fire about them than the Scots.
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I unfortunately don't speak French, but my wife is now fluent in English, which really reflects rather badly on me.
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The terrible beauty is that in the brotherhood of golf we are all the same - certifiable.
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Perhaps I'm not a good actor, but I would be even worse at doing anything else.
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I hope to work, support my children and die quietly without pain.
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