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

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

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

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.

Don't wait for it to happen, don't even want it to happen - just watch what does happen.

[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.

When you hear someone from the very north of Scotland speaking, I think its nice, very musical and harmonious.