Thought I to myself, we shall never come off scot-free.

Our Scottish theory ... is that every country has need of Scotchmen, but that Scotland has no need of the citizens of any other country.

— Arthur Balfour

Where is the coward that would not dare to fight for such a land as Scotland?

— Walter Scott

“One third of all Scots in the mid-nineteenth century moved from one county to another”

— Thomas Sowell

“Though the continued march of intellect and education have nearly obliterated from the mind of the Scots a belief in the marvelous, still a…

— James Grant

I can see why the Russians love Robert Burns, I think that Russians and Koreans have a very similar outlook to Scots.

— Irvine Welsh

There is some really good crack when I come back here. This is where I learned to swear.

— Ewan McGregor

Hobbits are a lot like Scots. It’s all about nature and enjoying their land, which is a very Scottish thing

— Billy Boyd

Whoever heard of such a mixture of languages in one army, since there were French, Flemings, Frisians, Gauls, Sayonards, Lotharingians, Allemani, Bavarians, Normans, English,…

— Fulcher of Chartres

I'm not saying that all women are blameless - all women are not. There are women with despicable characters who are cruel and terrible…

— Gloria Steinem

It's very important for cities all around the world to reinvent themselves, and Glasgow is a good example of that. The Scots are very…

— Zaha Hadid

The emblem on the necktie reserved for the members of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews - The Vatican of golf…

— Alistair Cooke

As a Scot Gordon Brown will find it hard to convince people in England he should be prime minister

— Boris Johnson

“The infinitesimal seedlings became a forest of trees that grew courteously, correcting the distances between themselves as they shaped themselves to the promptings of…

— Anonymous

“Americans may say they love our accents (I have been accused of sounding 'like Princess Di') but the more thoughtful ones resent and rather…

— Peter Hitchens

[The natural world cleans water, pollinates plants and provides pharmaceuticals, among many other gifts.] Thirty trillion dollars worth of services, scot-free to humanity, every…

— E. O. Wilson