Scotland Quotes · Page 14

I think Scotland could take a stand in a wonderful way, ecologically and morally and ethically.

— Annie Lennox

But I fear, my lot being cast in Scotland, that beauty would not be content.

— Anne Boyd

“In my stories, I wrote Malcolm as fire and gold and power, but here in my arms, Colin is cedar, silver, and…

— Jacqueline E. Smith

I really am very grateful for the support from everyone in Scotland.

— Tom Walker

I've played in pipe bands in Scotland, and I've always played guitars and drums and stuff.

— Ewan McGregor

I had a fantasy that i'd drift up to Scotland and spend my life as a faux bodhisattua.

— David Bowie

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

— Sharleen Spiteri

No one was safe in the Viking age. You could die from any cause at any time. It's a brutal time and…

— Gustaf Skarsgard

I love this city, so good to find shops on the same street. Unlike when I was living in Los Angeles you…

— Anonymous

I worked on new plays at the Traverse and did my best work in Scotland for years, so I never had ambitions…

— John Tiffany

“Billy Rankin is a true Glasgow rock legend. He has everything going for him: he's a brilliant guitarist, he writes killer songs,…

— Robert Fields

The whole idea of Hogmanay is part of your life growing up in Scotland. It's a big deal. It's one of the…

— Edith Bowman

English businesses would face massive transaction costs if Scotland, their second biggest export market, used a different currency.

— Nicola Sturgeon

Those of us who were part of creating the Scottish parliament believe we must always test constitutional arrangements. The real test is…

— Johann Lamont

“Why would anyone want to travel to Scotland? That wild country had nothing to offer but a bunch of unkempt men in…

— Victoria Roberts

Do I miss football in Scotland? It keeps you really alive, that's for sure. Your heartbeat fluctuates. I'm flatlining at the moment…

— Gordon Strachan

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

— Michael Hirst

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

The journey of Robert the Bruce became my journey because the moral of that story - as every schoolchild is taught in…

— Angus Macfadyen

Some people reckoned up all King Harald's (King of Norway) great achievements, and said that nothing would be too difficult for him.…

— Snorri Sturluson

Climate has always changed year on year and is unstoppable as a phenomenon. I am sceptical of the 'evidence' being presented as…

— Brian Donohoe

And now she was just Gabby, currently staying in a dreamy, magnificent castle in Scotland with a Fae prince who did all…

— Karen Marie Moning

It would've cost less, and left the previous owners with nothing, to go into liquidation. But it would also be humiliating for…

— Fergus McCann

In Scotland I'm just like a lot of other guys, but in America I'm seen as a very strong, masculine guy.

— Gerard Butler

The job of the Scottish Labour Party is to represent working people and represent Scotland.

— Johann Lamont

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

— Charlie Adam

The Evangelical party in the Church of Scotland will lay all flat if they be not prevented.

— Edward Irving

It is never difficult to distinguish between a Scotsman with a grievance and a ray of sunshine.

— P. G. Wodehouse

Scotland is about layering. The weather changes every 10 minutes.

— Sam Heughan

I started out in Scotland, not as a footballer of any note, and I didn't play to draw the attention of people…

— Walter Smith

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

There's just no place like Scotland when the sun is out. I just love coming home.

— Ashley Jensen

Singing Flower of Scotland was the only thing that made me nervous.I don't get nervous doing my own shows.

— Amy Macdonald

What is interesting to me about Vikings is that they were failed farmers.

— Roger Avary

Most of my friends in London are musicians, but the ones in Scotland have proper jobs.

— KT Tunstall

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

— Lindsay Hoyle

I won't tell anyone where my favourite place in Scotland is... but it might be somewhere on Skye.

— Sam Heughan

I loved the pace of life and the majesty of New Zealand. It's similar to Scotland - but feels newer.

— Mark Bonnar