Scotland Quotes · Page 11

“He gave it the benefit of the doubt; he was Scotch. ("The Wendigo")”

— Algernon Blackwood

I grew up in a little fishing village called Anstruther in East Fife in upper Scotland.

— Edith Bowman

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

— Nicola Sturgeon

Two negatives make a positive but only in Scotland do two positives make a negative: aye right.

— Frankie Boyle

I was brought up in Scotland and have always been a country person, although the town means a great deal to me,…

— Susannah York

I've been told I have an Irish temper, I know I have Scottish thrift, and, like the English, I love a good…

— Jeanette MacDonald

My roots are Scottish. My dad's parents are from Scotland, and my mum's dad is Scots.

— Katharine Isabelle

I'm a Freemason, and we love to celebrate Burns' night: piping in the haggis, the whole lot.

— Rick Wakeman

I spent loads of time in Scotland as a kid. My dad would take us back up to Aberdeen loads, and I…

— Andrew Buchan

We were in Shetland for over a month so when we arrived back in Glasgow I felt quite disorientated. It was just…

— Douglas Henshall

There are golfers everywhere who may never get a chance to play a links course in Scotland, a tree-lined course in America…

— Tiger Woods

I perceive two things in Scotland of the most fearful omen: ignorance of theological truth, and a readiness to pride themselves in…

— Edward Irving

I'd be up for the 'Bond' theme, and I'd put my name forward for the lead role. If they want a wee,…

— Lewis Capaldi

“He had reached that condition of mind which the old Vikings used to call Berserk and which among modern Malays is termed…

— P.G. Wodehouse

Labour long ago realised it could no longer automatically assume that it would win elections in Glasgow and other places where it…

— Nicola Sturgeon

Even in rugged Scotland, nature is scarcely wilder than a mountain sheep, certainly a good way short of the ferity of the…

— John Burroughs

I'm looking forward to locking swords with Douglas Henshall and working against the stunning backdrop of Shetland. I came to Scotland a…

— Ciaran Hinds

We are European citizens, as we are European citizens it means what we want to do is exactly like Scotland or Quebec.…

— Jordi Cuixart

Give us our parliament in Scotland. We will start with no traditions. We will start with ideals. We will start with purpose,…

— James Maxton

“By 1938, Scotland had for nearly 200 years lived within a classic peripheral identity assigned to it by the artists and ideologues…

— Colin McArthur

I just love Cape Breton fiddling! I think it's very close. They derive their music from Scottish music. Well, in Donegal we're…

— Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh

“Here I first mounted a little Highland steed; and if there had been many spectators, should have been somewhat ashamed of my…

— Samuel Johnson

I've lived in a lot of places - London, Germany, Tokyo, Scotland, Ireland, Los Angeles, and New York. The fashion capitals I've…

— Sonoya Mizuno

“Long ago, when faeries and men still wandered the earth as brothers, the MacLeod chief fell in love with a beautiful faery…

— Signe Pike

I loved the Faroe Islands, that was incredible. It was like Scotland and they made me feel at home.

— Jock Zonfrillo

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

— Ewan McGregor

If Scotland and America go to war, I'm afraid I've already sworn in.

— Craig Ferguson

I've always been an outsider. Even in London. If I returned to Scotland, I'd feel a complete foreigner.

— Peter Doig

“There is not such a word Spoke of in Scotland as this term of fear.”

— William Shakespeare

In my day England, Scotland, Wales had 80 drama schools. There are none left. So there's no training, no discipline.

— Peter O'Toole

I'd like to win the belts and take them back to Scotland and show Ken Buchanan, who told me as a kid…

— Josh Taylor

As a teenager in Scotland, I had American friends, sons and daughters of officers at a U.S. Air Force base.

— Gavin Esler

I even like the Scottish weather because, like everywhere in the U.K., you can't have great beauty without lots of rain.

— Dominic Holland

I was fortunate to be able to go to the Scotland games with my grandad and it's scary to think I could…

— John McGinn

The fans in Scotland are great, but in New York, the fans are also great: they are mental.

— Drew McIntyre

“Learning to pipe isn't easy. At first it always sounds worse than a chicken yard full of squawking adolescent roosters.”

— Amy Jarecki

Northern Ireland, England, Scotland - when we play each other, you don't want to lose to a neighbouring country.

— Chris Coleman

It's a tremendous honour to come away with the Scotland national team.

— Scott McTominay

Would I love to think that one day I would be First Minister of an independent Scotland? Of course.

— Nicola Sturgeon

I've got no doubt at all, that I will be the leader that will ensure that Scotland becomes an independent nation.

— Humza Yousaf