Sir Sean Connery movie quotes

“An expression is worth a thousand words. Perhaps in your case, just two.”

Sir Sean Connery - William Forrester

“- Major Robert Dapes: Why were those people shot?
- Captain Raphael Ramirez: Perhaps they tried to escape.
- Major Robert Dapes: From what?
- Captain Raphael Ramirez: From being shot.”
Sir Sean Connery - Major Robert Dapes
Héctor Elizondo - Captain Raphael Ramirez

“In this sort of race, there's no silver medal for finishing second.”

Sir Sean Connery - Professor Henry Jones

“- Jamal: We've been talking about your book at school.
- Forrester: People have been talking about it for years. They just haven't been saying anything.
- Jamal: I think I got it down, though. I figure you were writing about how life never works out.
- Forrester: Really? You had to read a book to figure that out?”
Rob Brown - Jamal Wallace
Sir Sean Connery - William Forrester

“Once more, we play our dangerous game, a game of chess against our old adversary - The American Navy. For forty years, your fathers before you and your older brothers played this game and played it well. But today the game is different. We have the advantage.”
Sir Sean Connery - Marko Ramius

“- James Bond: Still here, Moneypenny? You should be in bed.
- Miss Moneypenny: James, we both should be!”
Sir Sean Connery - James Bond
Pamela Salem - Miss Moneypenny

“- Katya: You have bewitched my family. My children think all you British are Santa Claus in beautiful tweed clothes.
- Barley: There's no Santa Claus. Nobody is what it seems. Except you.”
Michelle Pfeiffer - Katya
Sir Sean Connery - Barley

- M: Too many free radicals. That's your problem.
- James Bond: "Free radicals", sir?
- M: Yes. They're toxins that destroy the body and the brain, caused by eating too much red meat and white bread. Too many dry martinis!
- James Bond: Then I shall cut out the white bread, sir.
Edward Fox - M
Sir Sean Connery - James Bond

“- Paul Bradley: Would you really have gone across my bows?
- Coast Guard Officer: Yes, sir!
- Paul Bradley: Then I would have rammed you.
- Coast Guard Officer: All the way to the bottom, sir!”
Sir Sean Connery - Paul Bradley
Burke Byrnes - Coast Guard Officer

“- Paul Armstrong: Did you kill her?
- Blair Sullivan: I ain't gonna tell you if I killed that little girl or not. Even if I did, how would you know to believe me? Killing is easy for me. How hard do you think lying is?”
Sir Sean Connery - Paul Armstrong
Ed Harris - Blair Sullivan

“- Bowen: How do I know I can trust you?
- Draco: I give you my word.
- Bowen: The word of a dragon - it's worthless.”

Dennis Quaid - Bowen
Sir Sean Connery - Draco

“No respectable gentleman is that respectable.”

Sir Sean Connery - Pierce

“You'd like it here, you know. We've got everything. Power cuts, strikes, unemployment, race riots, and a terrific crime rate.”

Sir Sean Connery - Paul Bradley

“- Sheppard: Did you really destroy the entire shipment?
- O'Niel: Yes.
- Sheppard: You do have a flair for the dramatic.”

Peter Boyle - Sheppard
Sir Sean Connery - O'Niel

- Dr. Robert Campbell: I gave Alka-Seltzer to a kid with a belly ache.
- Dr. Rae Crane: You did what?
- Dr. Robert Campbell: Alka-Seltzer. Cured him in one belch. It was the "plop-plop-fizz-fizz" that really dazzled them.
Sir Sean Connery - Dr. Robert Campbell
Lorraine Bracco - Dr. Rae Crane

“- Mac: I have absolutely no reason to believe anything you say.
- Gin: But you want to.”
Sir Sean Connery - Mac
Catherine Zeta-Jones - Gin

“When he reached the New World, Cortez burned his ships. As a result his men were well motivated.”
Sir Sean Connery - Marko Ramius

“- William of Baskerville: Monkeys do not laugh. Laughter is particular to men.
- Jorge de Burgos: As is sin. Christ never laughed.
- William of Baskerville: Can we be so sure?
- Jorge de Burgos: There is nothing in the Scriptures to say that he did.
- William of Baskerville: And there's nothing in the Scriptures to say that he did not.”
Sir Sean Connery - William von Baskerville
Feodor Chaliapin Jr. - Jorge de Burgos

“- Mac: You are the most beautiful crook I've ever seen.
- Gin: Why, thank you kind sir.”
Sir Sean Connery - Mac
Catherine Zeta-Jones - Gin

“All of the most beautiful women had dark hair. Helen of Troy, Cleopatra, Nefertiti, Joan of Arc to name a few. In fact, it's well known that these fair haired ladies like to sit on men's faces.”
Sir Sean Connery - Ramírez

“You cannot die, MacLeod. Accept it!”
Sir Sean Connery - Ramirez

- James Bond: With your life on the line, your adrenaline gives you an edge.
- M: But is your edge sharp enough? That's the difference between a "Double-0" and a corpse.
Sir Sean Connery - James Bond
Edward Fox - M

“- Web Smith: We're the good guys. Why are we running?
- John Connor: We're not running. We're eluding.”
Wesley Snipes - Lt. Webster Smith
Sir Sean Connery - Capt. John Connor

“I miss the peace of fishing like when I was a boy. Forty years I've been at sea. A war at sea. A war with no battles, no monuments... only casualties. I widowed her the day I married her. My wife died while I was at sea, you know.”
Sir Sean Connery - Marko Ramius

“A man who fears nothing is a man who loves nothing, and if you love nothing, what joy is there in your life?”
Sir Sean Connery - King Arthur