Patrick McGoohan Quotes


"It was a place that is trying to destroy the individual by every means possible; trying to break his spirit, so that he accepts that he is No. 6 and will live there happily as No. 6 for ever after. And this is the one rebel that they can't break."
- Patrick McGoohan
(Related: Spirit, Trying, Will)

"But what is the greatest evil? If you are going to epitomize evil, what is it? Is it the bomb? The greatest evil that one has to fight constantly, every minute of the day until one dies, is the worse part of oneself."
- Patrick McGoohan
(Related: Day, Evil, Fight)

"You can't totally rebel, otherwise you have to go live on your own, on a desert island. It's as simple as that."
- Patrick McGoohan
"Mel will always be Mad Max, and me, I will always be a Number."
- Patrick McGoohan
(Related: Will)

"Questions are a burden to others; answers are a prison for oneself."
- Patrick McGoohan
(Related: Answers, Burden, Prison, Questions)

"Marriage is a wonderful thing."
- Patrick McGoohan
(Related: Marriage)