Nothing is impossible, only mathematically improbable.

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.

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.

Nothing is impossible, only mathematically improbable.

If you can't do it with one bullet, don't do it at all.

[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.

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.