Well, maybe way, way back. I'm related to the Scots that came to Ireland to try to tame the Irish. — James Doohan Copy Share Image
There's nothing quite like a Scotch education. One is left with an irreparable debt. My head is full of irregular verbs still. — Ivor Cutler Copy Share Image
The Scots will do anything to beat the English or just to see them lose, but I've never bought into that really. — Gerard Butler Copy Share Image
The Scots are very hospitable; almost as hospitable as the Americans. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
In Scotland, when people congregate, they tend to argue and discuss and reason; in Orkney, they tell stories. — George Mackay Brown Copy Share Image
You [Scots] come of a race of men the very wind of whose name has swept to the ultimate seas. — James M. Barrie Copy Share Image
Hobbits are a lot like Scots. It’s all about nature and enjoying their land, which is a very Scottish thing — Billy Boyd Copy Share Image
“Kidnapping is a national past time to these Scots and they do it for the sheer pleasure of making each other miserable.” — Claire Robyns Copy Share Image
I've never played Scots or got the chance to do my Scottish accent. I'm always trying it out in auditions, but they… — Callum Keith Rennie Copy Share Image
[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 Copy Share Image
Scots, wha hae wi' Wallace bled, Scots, wham Bruce has aften led, Welcome to your gory bed, Or to victory! Now 's… — Robert Burns Copy Share Image
What happened in the United changing room has happened to me 50 times in my career. I have kicked bottles of mineral… — Marcello Lippi Copy Share Image
I come from a very critical culture. You know the Scots. They're always saying: 'Oh, no. It will never work. You'll never… — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
It was funny on '24' because I'm a Scots-Canadian, and I was working with the great Scottish actor Tony Curran, and we… — Callum Keith Rennie Copy Share Image
It's ironic that the growth of Scottish nationalism has precipitated in the English the sort of hand-wringing the Scots have always done… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
This is not to say that the Scots are not fine people, but they were all sort of... well, my grandfather was… — Alan Hovhaness Copy Share Image
As any man, I, of course, have certain preferences. Being a Scot by birth, I'm inclined to favor those with a well-scrubbed… — David Niven Copy Share Image
Past persons of Scottishness in contact with mastermind of supernatural persuasion in London, aka Agent Doom.’ Floote moved on to the third… — Gail Carriger Copy Share Image
“Scots are an inquisitive bunch. They ask questions, pick over the finer details and want counter-arguments backed up. Sometimes there can be… — Gabriella Bennett Copy Share Image
Elizabeth’s entire body started to tremble as his lips began descending to hers. and she sought to forestall what her heart knew… — Judith McNaught Copy Share Image
The Scots (originally Irish, but by now Scotch) were at this time inhabiting Ireland, having driven the Irish (Picts) out of Scotland;… — Anonymous 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
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 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
[Edinburgh] is a city of shifting light, of changing skies, of sudden vistas. A city so beautiful it breaks the heart again… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
Scots have long memories, and they're not the most forgiving of people. — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
The Scots are subsidy junkies whingeing like a trampled bagpipe as they wait for their next fix of English taxpayers' money. — Christopher Monckton, 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley Copy Share Image
[On being told Mary, Queen of Scots, was taller than she:] Then she is too high, for I myself am neither too… — Elizabeth I Copy Share Image
The more a climate can be created in which neither the English nor the Scots are given cause to resent each other,… — Simon Heffer Copy Share Image
Of all the small nations of this earth, perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Mary Queen of Scots was my first love, and that is always something special. — Antonia Fraser 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
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
The Scots are the backbone of Canada. They are all right in their three vital parts - head, heart and haggis. — William Osler Copy Share Image
“He gave it the benefit of the doubt; he was Scotch. ("The Wendigo")” — Algernon Blackwood 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
My roots are Scottish. My dad's parents are from Scotland, and my mum's dad is Scots. — Katharine Isabelle 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
There is some really good crack when I come back here. This is where I learned to swear. — Ewan McGregor 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
![“You [Scots] come of a race of men the very wind of whose name has swept to the ultimate seas.” quote by James M. Barrie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb4/james-m-barrie-4437_men_you-scots-come-of-a-race-of-men-the-very_3146153.jpg)
![“[Macbeth] is historically set in a place depicted by Shakespeare as brutal and violent, incredibly superstitious, and that's something that I do believe is Scottish.” quote by James McAvoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e09/james-mcavoy-4316_believe_macbeth-is-historically-set-in-a-place-d_550668.jpg)
![“[Edinburgh] is a city of shifting light, of changing skies, of sudden vistas. A city so beautiful it breaks the heart again and again.” quote by Alexander McCall Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc9/alexander-mccall-smith-372_again-and-again_edinburgh-is-a-city-of-shifting-light-of_976649.jpg)
![“[On being told Mary, Queen of Scots, was taller than she:] Then she is too high, for I myself am neither too high nor too low.” quote by Elizabeth I](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d5/elizabeth-i-3475_lows_on-being-told-mary-queen-of-scots-was-ta_2785856.jpg)
