Top 93 Quotes & Sayings by Sean Connery - Page 2

When he reached the New World, Cortés burned his ships. As a result his crew was well-motivated.

Bond's introduction: "Bond. James Bond." Repeated in 17 subsequent Bond films. Number One in the Top Ten Most Famous Movie Quotes. -The Guinness Book of Film

Most movies shot in Italian don't even bother to record the sound. In fact, sometimes when Fellini works, he doesn't even know what the dialogue is going to be, and he simply has his characters count from 1 to 10, knowing he will loop in their dialogue later.

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

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!

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.

Ever since the introduction of psychoanalysis there have been too many terms to excuse behavior and phrases that can be [used] to explain everything.

It's not the worst thing to slap a woman now and then.

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.

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.

People used to call me Bond in the street. It was impossible to avoid crowds of people all over the place and blinding flashguns. The Beatles had to run the gauntlet as well, but at least there were four of them!

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

Be careful what you shoot at . . . most things in here don't react too well to bullets.

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

I've never kept a record of anything. I gave away everything: all the posters, the memorabilia that would have been helpful - and financially rewarding.

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."

I suppose I'll be able to get a drink there.

Personally I give us . . . one chance of three.

But I wouldn't call myself sadistic.

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

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

Either what we hold to be right and good and true IS right and good and true, for all mankind, or we're just another robber tribe.

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.

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.

[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.

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

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

I don't think I'll ever act again.

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.

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

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

How peaceful life would be without love. How safe, how tranquil and how dull.