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Top 10 Sean Connery Quotes

  1. 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.
  2. I don't understand if you get caught in a fight, but take it out on a room, how that implies some psychiatric disorder.
  3. The key to a woman's heart is an unexpected gift at an unexpected time.
  4. Love may not make the world go round, but I must admit that it makes the ride worthwhile.
  5. A martini. Shaken, not stirred.
  6. If you fear nothing, you love nothing. If you love nothing, what joy can there be in life?
  7. If you can't do it with one bullet, don't do it at all.
  8. Nothing is impossible, only mathematically improbable.
  9. 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.
  10. A man who fears nothing is a man who loves nothing; and if you love nothing, what joy is there in your life?

Sean Connery Short Quotes

  • Sometimes a woman just needs to be slapped.
  • My boy, we are pilgrims in an unholy land.
  • The Irish seem to have more fire about them than the Scots.
  • I suppose I'll be able to get a drink there.
  • If America had been discovered as many times as I have, no one would remember Columbus.
  • Red wine with fish. That should have told me something.
  • I've never really fancied Mexican food. A taco rather minds me of a puncture outfit.
  • Be careful what you shoot at . . . most things in here don't react too well to bullets.
  • I take the good with the bad. I can't love people in slices.
  • When he reached the New World, Cortés burned his ships. As a result his crew was well-motivated.
There is nothing like a challenge to bring out the best in a man. - Sean Connery
There is nothing like a challenge to bring out the best in a man.

Sean Connery Famous Quotes And Sayings

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! — Sean Connery

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 — Sean Connery

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. — Sean Connery

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

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! — Sean Connery

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. — Sean Connery

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

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 — Sean Connery

My view is that to get anywhere in life you have to be anti-social, otherwise you'll end up being devoured. I've never been particularly social, anyway, but if I've ever been rude, fifty per cent of it has usually been provoked by other people's attitudes. Though I do admit, like most Celts, I'm moody. It's fine until people try to cheer you up with gems like, 'snap out of it' or 'Come on, now'. — Sean Connery

Some age. Others mature. — Sean Connery

I like women. I don't understand them, but I like them. — Sean Connery

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

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. — Sean Connery

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

Personally I give us . . . one chance of three. — Sean Connery

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

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

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

[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. — Sean Connery

If you have to resort to violence, you've already lost. — Sean Connery

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

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

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

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

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." — Sean Connery

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. — Sean Connery

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

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

I don't know anything about baseball. — Sean Connery

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

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. — Sean Connery

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. — Sean Connery

I don't think I'll ever act again. — Sean Connery

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. — Sean Connery

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. — Sean Connery

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

Life Lessons by Sean Connery

  1. Sean Connery is a great example of how hard work and dedication can pay off, as he worked his way up from humble beginnings to become one of the most successful actors of all time.
  2. He also demonstrates the importance of staying true to yourself and your values, as he has consistently maintained a strong sense of self and pride in his Scottish heritage.
  3. Finally, Connery is a great example of how to age gracefully, as he has continued to be a successful actor even into his later years.
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