As a Scot Gordon Brown will find it hard to convince people in England he should be prime minister — Boris Johnson Copy Share Image
A beautiful woman is born Queen of men and women both, as Mary Stuart was born Queen of Scots, whether men or… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
A lot of Scots have settled in Canada over the years and it's a very easy place for Scots - they understand… — Robert Carlyle Copy Share Image
The Scots are a very tough people. They have drive-by headbuttings. In Glasgow a sweatband is considered a silencer. — Emo Philips Copy Share Image
“He gave it the benefit of the doubt; he was Scotch. ("The Wendigo")” — Algernon Blackwood Copy Share Image
There is some really good crack when I come back here. This is where I learned to swear. — Ewan McGregor Copy Share Image
Scots are Jocks,WelshmenTaffies, and Irishmen Paddies or Micks but?it is noticeable there is no similar designation for the English. — Anna Pavlova Copy Share Image
My roots are Scottish. My dad's parents are from Scotland, and my mum's dad is Scots. — Katharine Isabelle Copy Share Image
it is not only unfair but disgustingly cruel that the mother is always held responsible for the illegitimate child, while the father… — Dale Evans Copy Share Image
If I've got any small role in this matter, it's to say to Scots Americans: under no circumstances make Donald Trump President… — Alex Salmond Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, the truth is that people do go scot-free and it's unfair. A lot of the top drug people who have been… — Oliver Stone Copy Share Image
The English are not happy unless they are miserable, the Irish are not at peace unless they are at war, and the… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
I get on so well with lots of Scots, and a man who had a big influence on my career and was… — Jimmy Hill Copy Share Image
One of my greatest sadnesses at the prospective break-up of the Union is that it will set English, Welsh and Northern Irish… — Rory Bremner Copy Share Image
Whoever heard of such a mixture of languages in one army, since there were French, Flemings, Frisians, Gauls, Sayonards, Lotharingians, Allemani, Bavarians,… — Fulcher of Chartres Copy Share Image
Scot McKnight stirs the treasures of our Lord's life in an engaging fashion. He did so with The Jesus Creed, and does… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
The Scots say that Nature itself dictated that golf should be played by the seashore. Rather, the Scots saw in the eroded… — Alistair Cooke Copy Share Image
“They saw the Scots coming up out of their burrows like raving women in their skirts, dying in ripples across the yellowish-brown… — Sebastian Faulks Copy Share Image
My mother and my father had very, very strong Scots accents. We were Australian, and in those days when I was young,… — George Ogilvie Copy Share Image
I was a big fan of Gary Moore, he was my buddy and I miss him a lot. I loved his playing… — Jack Bruce Copy Share Image
The vast majority of those of Scots lineage living in the Ulster counties in the 18th century had come across, or their… — Tom Devine Copy Share Image
My caddy today was a Scot and he told me that he was cheering for Australia, which I thought was a bit… — Andrew Strauss Copy Share Image
... those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry by which they are surrounded... Sad,… — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter whether you have the happiest upbringing... the young Joe Scot had the most dysfunctional family there could be but… — Daniel Craig Copy Share Image
“The infinitesimal seedlings became a forest of trees that grew courteously, correcting the distances between themselves as they shaped themselves to the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Americans may say they love our accents (I have been accused of sounding 'like Princess Di') but the more thoughtful ones resent… — Peter Hitchens Copy Share Image
I'm not saying that all women are blameless - all women are not. There are women with despicable characters who are cruel… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
“That's richt. When we were campaignin' wi' Marlborough oor lads had mony time to sleep wi' the canon dirlin' aboot them. Ye… — Neil Munro Copy Share Image
Today a Scot is leading a British army in France [Field Marshall Douglas Haig], another is commanding the British Grand Fleet at… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Two negatives make a positive but only in Scotland do two positives make a negative: aye right. — Frankie Boyle Copy Share Image
Believing a person deserves a defence is not the same as doing anything in your power to get him off scot-free. — Tammy Bruce Copy Share Image
Ye lover of the picturesque, if ye wish to drown your grief, take my advice and visit the ancient town of Crieff. — William Topaz McGonagall Copy Share Image