Top 45 Sean Connery Quotes

I care about Bond and what happens to him. You cannot be connected with a character for this long and not have an interest. All the Bond films had their good points.

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

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

It’s a kind of madness in cosmopolitan cities now.

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

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 am not a politician and I have no intention of being one.

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

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

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.

I never trashed a hotel room or did drugs.

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

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.

To cultivate an English accent is already a departure away from what you are.

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

I’ve never kept a record of anything.

I just think the most difficult thing to displace is privilege.

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

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

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

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’m swimming every day and I’m even trying to get the golf swing working again – but that might take a little bit longer.

There’s a lot of fantasy about what Scotland is, and the shortbread tins and that sort of thing.

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

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.

The knighthood I received was a fantastic honour but it’s not something I’ve ever used and I don’t think I ever will.

Some age, others mature.

It would almost need a Mafia-like offer I couldn’t refuse to do another movie.

I don’t think I’ll ever act again. I have so many wonderful memories, but those days are over.

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

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

I’m an easy target because of my political opinions.

The Irish seem to have more fire about them than the Scots.

I still pay full tax when I work in England and the same when I work in America.

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.

I don’t know anything about baseball.

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

Everyone talks about how they knew the Bond films were going to be a success, but it simply isn’t true.

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

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.

I’m fed up with the idiots… the ever-widening gap between people who know how to make movies and the people who green-light the movies.

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.

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

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.

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