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There's a lot of fantasy about what Scotland is, and the shortbread tins and that sort of thing.
When he reached the New World, Cortés burned his ships. As a result his crew was well-motivated.
I'm an actor - it's not brain surgery. If I do my job right, people won't ask for their money back.
Everyone talks about how they knew the Bond films were going to be a success, but it simply isn't true.
May God grant us the wisdom to discover right, the will to choose it, and the strength to make it endure.
A man who fears nothing is a man who loves nothing; and if you love nothing, what joy is there in your life?
When you hear someone from the very north of Scotland speaking, I think its nice, very musical and harmonious.
I left Scotland when I was 16 because I had no qualifications for anything but the Navy, having left school at 13.
I unfortunately don't speak French, but my wife is now fluent in English, which really reflects rather badly on me.
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.
Laughter kills fear, and without fear there can be no faith. For without fear of the devil there is no need for God.
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.
I don't understand if you get caught in a fight, but take it out on a room, how that implies some psychiatric disorder.
There are women who take it to the wire. That's what they are looking for, the ultimate confrontation. They want a smack.
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.
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 can't afford to slow down, but I suppose it really depends. As long as there's enough enthusiasm, then one wants to continue.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
Ever since the introduction of psychoanalysis there have been too many terms to excuse behavior and phrases that can be [used] to explain everything.
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.
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.
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
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.
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'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.
[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 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.
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.
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.
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!
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!
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.
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.
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.
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."
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.
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'.