Scottish Quotes

My heritage is Scottish and a lot of Irish, too.

— Perdita Weeks

The poetic side of me is Scottish.

— Annie Lennox

I love the Scottish accent; it is very sexy.

— Rita Ora

I feel more Scottish than Norman.

— Alexander McQueen

“A garden breaks the cycle of thoughts.”

— Gabriella Bennett

Scotland consistently produces world-class writers.

— Sara Sheridan

“Griff's pretty neat on his own. Scottish hedge!”

— Damon Suede

Scottish football is full of hammer throwers.

— Graeme Souness

I have massive respect for Ricky Burns. He has put Scottish boxing back on the map.

— Josh Taylor

I like Salvador Dali and Rene Magritte. I also like the Scottish artist John Byrne, another surrealist.

— Billy Connolly

I have a difficult time doing an Irish accent; even now, it kind of fades slowly into Scottish.

— Robin Williams

Being Scottish is something you have in your heart not something that comes off your tongue.

— Angus Macfadyen

We look to Scotland for all our ideas of civilisation.

— Voltaire

I think I have got quite a posh Scottish accent. It's funny because I grew up in Oxgangs and Fife.

— Ncuti Gatwa

I've always had far too much emotion to be Scottish.

— Pollyanna McIntosh

The Scottish are not shy when it comes to expressing themselves.

— Ken Stott

“There was nothing normal about the divine twin sproutings that formed Rachel Melville’s magically springy chest. Almost involuntarily Ronnie found himself nodding…

— Jamie Holoran

For me, writing stories set, well, wherever they're best set, is a form of cultural curiosity that is uniquely Scottish - we're…

— Sara Sheridan

It is astonishing that the architects of variable fees in Scotland should be the Scottish Liberal Democrats.

— Wes Streeting

The curse of Scottish literature is the lack of a whole language, which finally means the lack of a whole mind.

— Edwin Muir

I actually went to drama school at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama in Glasgow, so I stayed in my…

— James McAvoy

I am legitimately Scottish. I can officially say — yes. Yeah, I am from Inverness in the Highlands of Scotland.

— Karen Gillan

A lot of players and pundits can be talking the Scottish league down and it's not until players and coaches actually experience…

— John McGinn

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

On 18th September 2014, between the hours of 7am and 10pm, absolute sovereign power will lie in the hands of the Scottish…

— Jim Sillars

On my best day, I cannot do Scottish people. I don't even believe that's a real accent, to be honest with you.…

— Russell Peters

I don't think of myself particularly as a Scottish director, but you are what you are because the first ten years of…

— Kevin Macdonald

Protestants are the more segmented group. Mainline churches - you have problems in the U.S., Europe, the Scottish Church, the Dutch Protestant…

— Manfred Gerstenfeld

“Her eyes widened, convinced by the size of it that his shaft was fully erect. She blinked several times. No, she was…

— Michelle M. Pillow

I think because I did become a well-known face in my thirties and not in my twenties, I was pretty settled in…

— Ashley Jensen

I think most of the world would like to be Scottish. All the Americans who come here never look for English blood…

— Joanna Lumley

“I had turned to leave and he had called after me. “Miss Maria, I kin no other woman who could be wearing…

— Gwenn Wright

Some time ago a little-known Scottish philosopher wrote a book on what makes nations succeed and what makes them fail. The Wealth…

— George Akerlof

Every time a crime was committed by a Muslim, that person's faith was mentioned, regardless of its relevance. When a crime is…

— Dave Eggers

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

— James Maxton

“Cormag caught his hand and pulled him back until they were facing each other. “I think you're amazing,” he said, blurting the…

— Elaine White

“We spend prolonged periods in pubs and restaurants after all, whiling away the hours with friends, waiting in vain for the weather…

— Gabriella Bennett

At last I took one big, callused hand and slid forward so I knelt on the boards between his knees. I laid…

— Diana Gabaldon

I’m loving doing Outlander. We’ve got a great cast and we’re up in the Scottish Highlands. […] It’s big budget, they’re spending…

— Graham McTavish

Certain individual words do possess more pitch, more radiance, more shazam! than others, but it's the way words are juxtaposed with other…

— Tom Robbins