Sean Connery Quotes

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.

My view is that to get anywhere in life you have to be anti-social, otherwise you'll end up being devoured. I've never been particularly social, anyway, but if I've ever been rude, fifty per cent of it has usually been provoked by other people's attitudes. Though I do admit, like most Celts, I'm moody. It's fine until people try to cheer you up with gems like, 'snap out of it' or 'Come on, now'.

I don't understand if you get caught in a fight, but take it out on a room, how that implies some psychiatric disorder.

Laughter kills fear, and without fear there can be no faith. For without fear of the devil there is no need for God.

A martini. Shaken, not stirred.

Love may not make the world go round, but I must admit that it makes the ride worthwhile.

The key to a woman's heart is an unexpected gift at an unexpected time.

If you have to resort to violence, you've already lost.

If you fear nothing, you love nothing. If you love nothing, what joy can there be in life?

Some age. Others mature.

I like women. I don't understand them, but I like them.

If you can't do it with one bullet, don't do it at all.

You write your first draft with your heart and you re-write with your head. The first key to writing is to write, not to think.

My dear girl, there are some things that just aren't done, such as drinking Dom Perignon '53 above the temperature of 38 degrees Fahrenheit. That's just as bad as listening to the Beatles without earmuffs!

You know, the Oscar I was awarded for The Untouchables is a wonderful thing, but I can honestly say that I'd rather have won the U.S. Open Golf Tournament.

I met my wife through playing golf. She is French and couldn't speak English and I couldn't speak French, so there was little chance of us getting involved in any boring conversations - that's why we got married really quickly.

If anything could have pulled me out of retirement it would have been an Indiana Jones film.

Your background and environment is with you for life. No question about that.

Nothing is impossible, only mathematically improbable.

Perhaps I'm not a good actor, but I would be even worse at doing anything else.

I have always hated that damn James Bond. I'd like to kill him.

But as a Scot with a lifelong love of Scotland and the arts, I believe the opportunity of independence is too good to miss. Simply put there is no more creative an act than creating a new nation.

A man who fears nothing is a man who loves nothing; and if you love nothing, what joy is there in your life?

I'm an actor - it's not brain surgery. If I do my job right, people won't ask for their money back.

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.

Don't wait for it to happen, don't even want it to happen - just watch what does happen.

I take the good with the bad. I can't love people in slices.

Everything I have done or attempted to do for Scotland has always been for her benefit, never my own and I defy anyone to prove otherwise.

But I wouldn't call myself sadistic.

I find if I just sit down and think, a solution presents itself.

There is nothing like a challenge to bring out the best in man.

Sometimes a woman just needs to be slapped.

I haven't found anywhere in the world where I want to be all the time. The best of my life is the moving. I look forward to going.

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

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.

There are women who take it to the wire. That's what they are looking for, the ultimate confrontation. They want a smack.

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.

There's one major difference between James Bond and me. He is able to sort out problems!

There's always a new challenge to keep you motivated.

My boy, we are pilgrims in an unholy land.

I left Scotland when I was 16 because I had no qualifications for anything but the Navy, having left school at 13.

If America had been discovered as many times as I have, no one would remember Columbus.

I unfortunately don't speak French, but my wife is now fluent in English, which really reflects rather badly on me.

Only 4 percent of all the companies owned in Scotland have their head offices in Scotland.

I've always been hopeful about Scotland's prospects. And I now believe more than ever that Scotland is within touching distance of achieving independence and equality.

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.

When you hear someone from the very north of Scotland speaking, I think its nice, very musical and harmonious.

Red wine with fish. That should have told me something.

Scotland should be nothing less than equal with all the other nations of the world.

I have no shortage of material or offers, it's just a case of what you select to do. But I think it's realistic that my chances of playing Romeo are now over.