Quotes from Sean Connery

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.

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

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

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

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.

Some age, others mature.

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

I can't afford to slow down, but I suppose it really depends. As long as there's enough enthusiasm, then one wants to continue.

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

May God grant us the wisdom to discover right, the will to choose it, and the strength to make it endure.

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

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.

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

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

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 always a new challenge to keep you motivated.

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

I hope to work, support my children and die quietly without pain.

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

The terrible beauty is that in the brotherhood of golf we are all the same - certifiable.

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 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.

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

I've never really fancied Mexican food. A taco rather minds me of a puncture outfit.