Sean Connery Quotes

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.

- Sean Connery

Think, Will, Honour, Fantastic

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

- Sean Connery

Think, I Think, Very, Harmonious

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

- Sean Connery

Think, Most, Displace, Most Difficult Thing

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.

- Sean Connery

Over, Offers, Romeo, Chances

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

- Sean Connery

English, Away, Cultivate, Accent

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

- Sean Connery

Brain, Right, Back, Brain Surgery

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

- Sean Connery

Understand, Some, Caught, Psychiatric

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.

- Sean Connery

Been, Socialist, Voted, Hardly

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.

- Sean Connery

Oscar, Honestly, Awarded, U.S. Open

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

- Sean Connery

Madness, Kind, Cities, Cosmopolitan

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

- Sean Connery

New, Always, Motivated, New Challenge

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

- Sean Connery

Rather, Which, Badly, Reflects

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.

- Sean Connery

Always, Been, Otherwise, Attempted

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.

- Sean Connery

Why, Through, Quickly, French

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.

- Sean Connery

People, Movies, Fed, Green-Light

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

- Sean Connery

Navy, Had, Having, Qualifications

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

- Sean Connery

Sort, James, James Bond, Between

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

- Sean Connery

Damn, Always, Like, James Bond

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

- Sean Connery

Want, Ultimate, Take, Wire

More than anything else, I'd like to be an old man with a good face, like Hitchcock or Picasso.

- Sean Connery

Old, More, Like, Picasso

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.

- Sean Connery

About, Had, Films, Bond

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

- Sean Connery

How, Everyone, Films, Bond

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

- Sean Connery

Been, Could, Pulled, Indiana

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

- Sean Connery

I Am, Politician, Being, Intention

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

- Sean Connery

Head, Companies, Owned, Scotland

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

- Sean Connery

World, Other, Equal, 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.

- Sean Connery

Distance, Always, Been, Scotland

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

- Sean Connery

Fantasy, About, Lot, Scotland

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.

- Sean Connery

Never, Always, Ever, Englishman

I never trashed a hotel room or did drugs.

- Sean Connery

Hotel, Never, Room, Hotel Room

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

- Sean Connery

Political, Opinions, Because, Target

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.

- Sean Connery

Woman, Think, Particularly, Wrong

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.

- Sean Connery

Deserve, Been, Screwed, Paid

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.

- Sean Connery

My Life, Forward, Going, Moving

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

- Sean Connery

Faith, Devil, Need, Laughter

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

- Sean Connery

Think, Over, Again, Memories

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

- Sean Connery

Movie, Offer, Would, Refuse

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

- Sean Connery

Good, Doing, Even Worse, Perhaps

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

- Sean Connery

Love, World, Admit, Round

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

- Sean Connery

Environment, No Question, Background

I've never kept a record of anything.

- Sean Connery

Never, Anything, Record, Kept

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

- Sean Connery

England, Same, Still, Tax

I don't know anything about baseball.

- Sean Connery

Know, Anything, About, Baseball

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.

- Sean Connery

Every Day, Might, Again, Swing

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

- Sean Connery

Irish, More, Than, Fire

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

- Sean Connery

Women, Like, Them, Understand

Some age, others mature.

- Sean Connery

Age, Some, Others, Mature

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

- Sean Connery

Nothing, Bring, Like, Challenge

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

- Sean Connery

Remember, Been, Times, Discovered

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