Scotland Quotes · Page 7

I used to come up to Scotland to see my uncle play and I would also watch him whenever he was on…

— Sean Longstaff

I feel Scottish when with English people, and when I'm with Scottish people, I realise I'm English.

— Nina Conti

The second half was easy to sum up - and absolute shambles! (on England losing to Denmark 4-1)

— Alan Hansen

Barbour is a brand that I have grown up with and been associated with since I was living near the borders of…

— Sam Heughan

I want to do a gritty, independent film, maybe in Scotland or something. I'll have an outrageous accent, and flowing red hair.

— Emma Corrin

I'm intrigued by my own schizoid background which involves Scotland, Ireland and London.

— Jim Kerr

Scotland had oil, but it's running out thanks to all that deep frying.

— Scott Capurro

The noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees is the high road that leads him to England.

— Samuel Johnson

I'm hugely fond of Scotland. My daughter, Jemma, was born in the Simpson Memorial Maternity Hospital in Edinburgh, and it always tickled…

— Rick Wakeman

I would rather have a Scot come from Scotland togovern the people of this kingdom well and justly, than that you should…

— Konrad Lorenz

Surprisingly enough, I haven't had a letter from Amateur Boxing Scotland bosses offering their congratulations for my Melbourne medal win.

— Kenny Anderson

I come from a heavy-lidded people. My family, you'll see pictures of them, and it's the same thing all the way back…

— French Stewart

There was one moment where they were riding their little ponies in Scotland, and Stella said to me: 'Dad! You're Paul McCartney,…

— Paul McCartney

James's expedition to Scotland is wholly imaginary, though there appears to have been space for it during Henry's progress to the North…

— Charlotte Mary Yonge

“The mosaics showed scenes of Thor. Fight scenes mostly - when it came to myths about Thor, that's what you got. Thor…

— K.L. Armstrong

To involve young people and make sure that the system is more relevant to them in Scotland, we have a clear obligation…

— Charles Kennedy

“Em. Are you the Loch Ness Monster?” Archie stuttered shuffling back a step. “Aghhh! M, M, Monster. Monster.” Gordon shrieked, he turned…

— Mark A. Cooper

“Battles against Rome have been lost and won before, but hope was never abandoned, since we were always here in reserve. We,…

— Tacitus

I can work in London. A British journalist asked me if I had any trouble working with an English crew, as an…

— William Monahan

“Any self respecting Scot knows that a good tartan is the solution to everything: it tells you where you are, where you…

— Trisha Telep

'Slow West' is a film that I did with Michael Fassbender in New Zealand and Scotland. The director was John McLean. It's…

— Kodi Smit-McPhee

“She leaned a shoulder against the tunnel wall and thought of Kellan. A Dragon King. A dragon and a King. A gorgeous…

— Donna Grant

How can the United States be competitive globally if higher education is unaffordable? Germany, Austria, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Scotland and Sweden have…

— Bernie Sanders

Scotland has always been independent. We have our own legal system, our own culture; I don't see the issue. We are different…

— Damian Barr

A glass of whisky in Scotland in the thirties cost less than a cup of tea.

— Catherine Helen Spence

My wife, who hated every place she'd been to in her life, absolutely loved it in Scotland.

— Martin O'Neill

Every austerity measure that Cameron and George Osborne make is being presented in Scotland as the English starving us.

— Norman Davies

KILT, n. A costume sometimes worn by Scotchmen in America and Americans in Scotland.

— Ambrose Bierce

I used to row as a junior for Scotland but I was never massive, I was always tall and rangey.

— Chris Hoy

Scotland has the only football team in the world that does a lap of disgrace.

— Billy Connolly

Lawrence Millman is a favorite writer of mine. He did a travels on the trail of the Vikings.

— John Gimlette

“The mug was so warm, and my hands so cold, that it didn't feel as if we belonged in the same universe.”

— Harper Fox

Evolution happens. There's no football team in the world that has stayed together for time ever more.

— Alex Ferguson

I don't think that the Scots are happy to drift into Britain becoming the poorest of the poor, sub-American 51st state.

— Irvine Welsh

“Tis best to weight the enemy more mighty than he seems.” Or she, as was this particular case.”

— Kerrigan Byrne

People have questioned my commitment to Scotland but it's actually the opposite. My problem is I can never say no.

— Robert Snodgrass

In Scotland, I was brought up to think of policemen as allies and to ask one for help when I needed it.

— Angus Deaton

Beautiful, Glorious Scotland, has spoilt me for every other country.

— Mary Todd Lincoln

It would be great to play in a Scotland side that defeated England. That could be another box ticked off for me.

— Robert Snodgrass

“There never was trouble brewing in Scotland but that a Dalrymple was at the bottom of it!”

— Charles II