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
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
As a Scot Gordon Brown will find it hard to convince people in England he should be prime minister — Boris Johnson Copy Share Image
Nobody thought Mel Gibson could play a Scot, but look at him now! Alcoholic and a racist! — Frankie Boyle Copy Share Image
It is never difficult to distinguish between a Scotsman with a grievance and a ray of sunshine. — P. G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
Golf: A plague invented by the Calvinistic Scots as a punishment for man's sins. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Touch his head, and he will bargain and argue with you to the last; Touch his heart, and he falls upon your… — Andrew Carnegie Copy Share Image
I can see why the Russians love Robert Burns, I think that Russians and Koreans have a very similar outlook to Scots. — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
“The lively oral storytelling scene in Scots and Gaelic spills over into the majority English-speaking culture, imbuing it with a strong sense… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
There are hundreds of thousands of Scots who acknowledge English, Irish or Welsh parts of their very being. Lives and destinies are… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
Can it be entirely accidental that the most famous fictional spy of them all, James Bond, Number 007, deadly marksman, intriguer, the… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
For generations comedians have made jokes about Scots-Irish in the South inter-breeding. "I am my own grandpa" and all that stuff; you… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
Our Scottish theory ... is that every country has need of Scotchmen, but that Scotland has no need of the citizens of… — Arthur Balfour Copy Share Image
I have no time for those who say there is no way Scotland could go it alone. I know first-hand the contribution… — David Cameron Copy Share Image
[The natural world cleans water, pollinates plants and provides pharmaceuticals, among many other gifts.] Thirty trillion dollars worth of services, scot-free to… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
I don't know a lot about the Scots, but I'm aware they have beaten some of the English counties in the NCL… — Justin Langer 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
“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
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
Scots are born exiles, and Scotland the perfect country to be exiled from. Do not imagine that I am running down Scotland.… — Jan Struther Copy Share Image
“Though the continued march of intellect and education have nearly obliterated from the mind of the Scots a belief in the marvelous,… — James Grant Copy Share Image
No Scot ever made a bigger impact on a club than Bill Shankly. Others may claim an equal share of trophies and… — Jock Stein Copy Share Image
For dash and gallantry the bloodthirsty Scots, Australians and Canadians led the way, with the impetuous Irish close behind. The Australian to… — Adrian Carton de Wiart Copy Share Image
Look at me!’ I screeched. ‘Look at me, Amadeus von Linden, you sadistic hypocrite, and watch this time! You’re not questioning me… — Elizabeth Wein Copy Share Image
It's the same in real life: Notorious murderers get off scot-free and live happily all their lives, while good people die -… — Cornelia Funke Copy Share Image
I am not yet of Percy's mind, the Hotspur of the North; he that kills me some six or seven dozen of… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Of this diversion the Scots are so fond, that, when the weather will permit, you may see a multitude of all ranks,… — Tobias Smollett Copy Share Image
The mark of a Scot of all classes [is that] he ... remembers and cherishes the memory of his forebears, good or… — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
I would rather have a Scot come from Scotland togovern the people of this kingdom well and justly, than that you should… — Konrad Lorenz 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
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
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
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
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
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
But as a Scot with a lifelong love of Scotland and the arts, I believe the opportunity of independence is too good… — Sean Connery Copy Share Image
It is one of the most hauntingly beautiful places in the world, the history is fascinating, the men are handsome and the… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
Scots they're either nice or they're horrid and these two are horrid. The Scots wont like that Eamon, thats bordering on racism.… — Eamon Dunphy Copy Share Image
I think Shakespeare is like a dialect. If I heard a broad Scots accent, I'd probably struggle at first but then I'd… — Ralph Fiennes Copy Share Image
It's very important for cities all around the world to reinvent themselves, and Glasgow is a good example of that. The Scots… — Zaha Hadid Copy Share Image