Scotland has no unity except on the map

Voting Labour in the past hasn't protected Scotland against Tory governments.

— Nicola Sturgeon

My fondest memories are of being hidden away in Scotland or Spain writing and working on songs for Wings.

— Denny Laine

Give me but one hour of Scotland, Let me see it ere I die.

— William Edmondstoune Aytoun

When you go away, you see where you come from in a different light. I see Scotland, and the rest of Britain, as much…

— Irvine Welsh

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…

— Sean Connery

Scotland's political identity was destroyed, and a huge Scottish emigration to North America followed the brutal Highland clearances. These included every layer of Scottish…

— Tariq Ali

Scotland: That garret of the earth - that knuckle-end of England - that land of Calvin, oatcakes, and sulfur.

— Sydney Smith

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

— Walter Scott

For Scotland has a double dose of the poison called heredity; the sense of blood in the aristocrat, the sense of doom in the…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

There is nothing better for me than to bring the bells in, in Scotland.

— Sharleen Spiteri

My political awakening, if I can be as grand as to call it that, was all about what was happening around me. It wasn't…

— Nicola Sturgeon

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

I visited the archeological site at the northern tip of Newfoundland. There is no question about it. It has been definitely determined that the…

— Russell Freedman

My grandparents were far more English in their manners than they were Chinese. For example, we spoke English at home, had afternoon tea every…

— Kevin Kwan

Scotland forms a crucial part of our Armed Forces which should not be jeopardised by rushed cuts or a rush to the exit from…

— Philip Hammond