“I’ve always been hopeful about Scotland’s prospects. And I now believe more than ever that Scotland is within touching distance of achieving independence and equality.”

It’s a kind of madness in cosmopolitan cities now.

If America had been discovered as many times as I have, no one would remember Columbus.

Some age, others mature.

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

Everyone talks about how they knew the Bond films were going to be a success, but it simply isn’t true.

All the Bond films had their good points.

I’m an easy target because of my political opinions.

I like women. I don’t understand them, but I like them.

I am not a politician and I have no intention of being one.

I never trashed a hotel room or did drugs.

Scotland should be nothing less than equal with all the other nations of the world.

Only 4 percent of all the companies owned in Scotland have their head offices in Scotland.

I just think the most difficult thing to displace is privilege.

I met my wife through playing golf. She is French and couldn’t speak English and I couldn’t speak French, so there was little chance of us getting involved in any boring conversations – that’s why we got married really quickly.

I have no shortage of material or offers, it’s just a case of what you select to do. But I think it’s realistic that my chances of playing Romeo are now over.

I don’t think I’ll ever act again. I have so many wonderful memories, but those days are over.

For more than two generations, my family had never achieved their ambitions. Their talents were unappreciated and unused. They deserved better. They hadn’t done anything wrong; they just had some bad breaks.

The formula for achieving a successful relationship is simple: you should treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster.

Helping people grow and achieve their dreams is the fastest route to success.

As a consequence business success is sanctified, and, practically, any methods which achieve it are justified by a larger and larger class.

Let us, then, be up and doing, with a heart for any fate; still achieving, still pursuing, learn to labor and to wait.

The greatest development is achieved during the first years of life, and therefore it is then that the greatest care should be taken. If this is done, then the child does not become a burden; he will reveal himself as the greatest marvel of nature.

Goodness is achieved not in a vacuum, but in the company of other men, attended by love.

Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan.