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.

When he reached the New World, Cortés burned his ships. As a result his crew was well-motivated.

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.

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

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.

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

I take the good with the bad. I can't love people in slices.