Scotland Quotes · Page 7

The rocks will melt with the sun before tuition fees are introduced in Scotland.

— Alex Salmond

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

— Teemu Pukki

She knew what he had in mind. He'll propose in Scotland on my birthday. There was no doubt as to what her…

— Jana Oliver

I would like to apologise to anyone who has put a bet on me becoming the next Scotland manager.

— Neil Warnock

The decision on whether there is another referendum is down to the Scottish people.

— Nicola Sturgeon

We will be the generation that delivers independence for Scotland.

— Humza Yousaf

I really enjoy travel, I enjoy the U.K., I enjoy Scotland, Glasgow.

— George Wendt

“Her breath caught when his erection shot to rigid. "Merciful Father, Ye're like a stallion with a mare in heat.”

— Amy Jarecki

I had been walking one afternoon in Scotland and thought: Why don't I just keep going? There was, I said, a magic…

— Rory Stewart

The Scottish desire for independence is, to some extent, a fabrication. They want to identify themselves as Scots but still to be…

— Roger Scruton

On the international scene you travel away, come back, feel sluggish and it's very difficult, so my decision was so that I…

— Robert Snodgrass

With 'Shallow Grave' people realised that you could set a film in Scotland and it didn't have to be about leaky boats…

— Douglas Henshall

We are also fortunate in being in quite a sheltered environment, in terms of people moving on to do other things, because…

— David Milne

I was delighted that by campaigning throughout England, Scotland and Wales, addressing in all 39 public meetings, I had contributed to the…

— Edward Heath

It will be increasingly difficult to keep Scotland as a part of the U.K. I hope that doesn't happen, but everyone knows…

— Keir Starmer

I desperately want Scotland to be an independent country. I cannot, though, sit here and tell you definitively that it will happen,…

— Nicola Sturgeon

“Dear friends, he began, there is no timetable for happiness; it moves, I think, according to rules of its own. When I…

— Alexander McCall Smith

With 'The Tudors,' I had a huge amount of material - I mean, so many books and so much stuff about what…

— Michael Hirst

These developments - a massive transfer of land by way of inheritance and purchase, an unprecedented rise in the profitability of land…

— Linda Colley

“Scotland can exist fully if we dream hard enough, Julie. I just can’t relate to that Scottish deep-fried-chip-on-the-shoulder. Trainspotting was wrong: it…

— Alan Bissett

In this film [The Last King of Scotland] I am the rooky in the cast. Everyone has miles of experience than me…

— Rachel McAdams

“The drinking dens are spilling out There's staggering in the square There's lads and lasses falling about And a crackling in the…

— Mark Knopfler

I felt that a lot of Viking culture had been caricatured and misconstrued. After all, they were far more democratic than the…

— Michael Hirst

There is no greater symbol of the artistic spirit of Scotland than the Mackintosh building. But more than that it is a…

— Peter Capaldi

Touch his head, and he will bargain and argue with you to the last; Touch his heart, and he falls upon your…

— Andrew Carnegie

“Norwegians were not exactly what you might call a cultured people - Nikolai Loeb”

— Jo Nesbø

My message is a simple one - the E.U. is not perfect, but Scotland's interests are best served by being a member.

— Nicola Sturgeon

I lost the accent years ago, but I'm still very proud to be Scottish, and I love wearing a kilt.

— Steve Valentine

If the U.K. were threatening to withdraw from Europe, I would certainly want Scotland to be out of that.

— Peter Higgs

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

— Nicola Sturgeon

There's not really the appetite in Wales at the moment to become an independent country. Scotland is in a different place.

— Carwyn Jones

If you're in America or Europe, walk for three blocks, and you'll pass about 14 Vikings. Their reach was immense.

— Michael Hirst

Did not strong connections draw me elsewhere, I believe Scotland would be the country I would choose to end my days in.

— Benjamin Franklin

It remains an ambiton of mine to get to a major finals with Scotland.

— Steve Clarke

“Watching her was like being caught up in the radiance of a star, and in the light, he was revealed.”

— Paula Quinn

I came from a really small village outside Edinburgh in Scotland and had quite a sheltered upbringing.

— Nina Nesbitt

Every time I've come away with Scotland I've learned and improved.

— John McGinn

America changed my life, but I still think of home and working in Scotland was an important part of that.

— Davy Jones

“Food shouldn’t be that shade of green, lass.” – Faolán MacIntyre”

— Shannon MacLeod

Britain, with MI5, MI6, Scotland Yard and other police forces is one of the best in the world at what we do…

— Lindsay Hoyle