Quotes by Sean Connery

“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.”

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

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

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

“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 ...”

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

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

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

“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.”

“When I spoke about Bond with Fleming, he said that when the character was conceived, Bond was a very simple, straightforward, blunt instrument of the police force, a functionary who would carry out...”

“An open-handed slap is justified – if all other alternatives fail and there has been plenty of warning. If a woman is a bitch, or hysterical, or bloody-minded continually, then I'd do it.”

“My start, my childhood, was less than auspicious. But when I was young, we didn’t know we lacked anything, because we had nothing to compare it to — and there's a freedom in that. I had a very hard...”