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Nothing is impossible, only mathematically improbable.
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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...
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Bond's introduction: "Bond. James Bond." Repeated in 17 subsequent Bond films. Number One in the Top Ten Most Famous Movie Quotes.
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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.
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Scotland should be nothing less than equal with all the other nations of the world.
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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.
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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.
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When he reached the New World, Cortés burned his ships. As a result his crew was well-motivated.
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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.
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Don't wait for it to happen, don't even want it to happen - just watch what does happen.
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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.
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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'.
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I've never really fancied Mexican food. A taco rather minds me of a puncture outfit.
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Only 4 percent of all the companies owned in Scotland have their head offices in Scotland.
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My boy, we are pilgrims in an unholy land.
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When you hear someone from the very north of Scotland speaking, I think its nice, very musical and harmonious.
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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."
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I find if I just sit down and think, a solution presents itself.
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More than anything else, I'd like to be an old man with a good face, like Hitchcock or Picasso.
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I left Scotland when I was 16 because I had no qualifications for anything but the Navy, having left school at 13.
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I never trashed a hotel room or did drugs.
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There's one major difference between James Bond and me. He is able to sort out problems!
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If you can't do it with one bullet, don't do it at all.
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If America had been discovered as many times as I have, no one would remember Columbus.