Scotland Quotes · Page 6

“Amelia envisaged that between York and the royal-infested Scottish Highlands there was a grimy wasteland of derelict cranes and abandoned mills and…

— Kate Atkinson

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

— Charles Kennedy

“In prehistoric times, early man was bowled over by natural events: rain, thunder, lightning, the violent shaking and moving of the ground,…

— Signe Pike

“Samantha imagined that in another life, she and Alison could have, indeed, been friends. Had she not been about to rob the…

— Kerrigan Byrne

I have family dotted everywhere - Dad's in California; I've got aunts in Scotland and Virginia; family in Kansas City; family in…

— Hayley Atwell

Why should Scotland be stopped from suggesting to the English people that we join a new union under new terms? Let's not…

— Eddi Reader

Kenny Dalglish was the greatest to play for Liverpool and Scotland, so for someone like that to sign me was an honour.

— Charlie Adam

[Macbeth] is historically set in a place depicted by Shakespeare as brutal and violent, incredibly superstitious, and that's something that I do…

— James McAvoy

In the year of our Lord 1314. Patriots of Scotland, starving and outnumbered, charged the fields of Bannockburn. They fought like warrior…

— William Wallace

Remember I've seen a video tape of a Scotland-England match and I've seen him miss a chance from five yards. It was…

— Berti Vogts

My father was a psychiatrist, the medical director of a mental hospital in Scotland, and when I was a student, I took…

— Morag Joss

There's a lot of fantasy about what Scotland is, and the shortbread tins and that sort of thing.

— Sean Connery

I am more relaxed at home in Scotland, and my children are of an age where I want us, as a family,…

— Rory Bremner

Scotland has a great deal to offer the world in terms of our approach to key economic and social issues.

— Nicola Sturgeon

I will see to this; you see to your sister. Be quick about it. It won’t be long before I come for…

— Sylvia Day

Scotland is my country, the nation that shaped me, that taught me my values. A nation whose achievements inspired and inspire me,…

— Johann Lamont

I see no issue with [Donald] Trump spending 48 hours in Scotland.Whether accidental or intentional, the fact that he was there when…

— Christopher Michael Cillizza

It's been such a special feeling pulling on that Scotland jersey since I was 16 years old.

— Robert Snodgrass

In Edinburgh, there was a lovely little Episcopalian Church of Scotland church on my way to the theater, so I used to…

— Neve McIntosh

I'm a bit of a Scotophile. I have a house on the Black Isle, so I'm in Scotland quite a lot and…

— Penelope Keith

I'd always had an interest in guitar from about seven years old. But I first actually had lessons when I was about…

— Bert Jansch

[About a tiresome colleague]: He could bore for Scotland.

— Ian Rankin

I got used to the physical play in Scotland and it taught me about some stuff for sure.

— Teemu Pukki

I want to play for Scotland at a major tournament, that is the dream and the drive for me.

— John McGinn

“Hardship bred a bitter, quickfire humour and resilience to all but the most terminal of life's tragedies.”

— Ian Rankin