Sean Connery Quotes

Patience, Highlander. You have done well. But it’ll take time. You are generations being born and dying. You are at one with all living things. Each man’s thoughts and dreams are yours to know. You have power beyond imagination. Use it well, my friend.

I’ve always been told I was either too tall or too short, too Scottish or too Irish, too young, too old.

The Scottish media all say, “Oh yeah, he’s a tax exile”. I have paid more tax than the government put together in that Parliament. I still pay full tax when I work in England and the same when I work in America.

Whenever I’ve tangled with a beautiful spy, have you noticed what invariably happens? Even if I know the girl is a nasty and dangerous little snake, I’ve still had to kiss her first and kill her later.

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

It is said that a total ban on handguns, including .22s, would take away innocent pleasure from thousands of people. Is that more or less pleasure than watching your child grow up?

Though my feet are tired, my heart is not.

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.

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

Some age, others mature.

I never disliked Bond, as some have thought. Creating a character like that does take a certain craft. It’s simply natural to seek other roles.

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

I suppose more than anything else I'd like to be an old man with a good face, like Hitchcock or Picasso. They know that life is not just a popularity contest.