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 Copy Share Image
I wanted to be able to support myself without begging for handouts from the state. All of the writers I knew when… — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
Scottish men of a certain age have a black response to almost everything as a measure of how sophisticated they are. I… — Peter Capaldi Copy Share Image
I would love to play a British character one day. My accent wavers between Scottish and Irish very easily, though. — Chris Lilley Copy Share Image
I've never seen an 'English' books section in, well, an English bookshop, but in Scotland, most bookshops have a set of shelves… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
If you aim at a Scottish presbytery, it agreeth as well with monarchy, as God and the devil. ... No bishop, no… — King James I Copy Share Image
Her honor will come to no harm at my hands,” Jack said. “’Tis not her honor but her tender heart that I… — Karen Hawkins Copy Share Image
I think Danny Boyle's got it in his head that we all still look too young (to do a 'Trainspotting' sequel.) But,… — Jonny Lee Miller Copy Share Image
For me, there's bands like Frightened Rabbit and The View, and they've all had that Scottish accent. It's just class to hear… — Lewis Capaldi Copy Share Image
“An exaltation of spirit lifted me, as it were, far above the earth and the sinful creatures crawling on its surface; and… — James Hogg Copy Share Image
I'm Scottish and I was born there and but in my heart I'm a Londoner. — Jimmy Somerville Copy Share Image
Scottish bagpipe has two tenors and one bass - three drone pipes - and then the one chanter. If you put bagpipes… — Yoshi Wada Copy Share Image
“Lydia had been fantasizing about him to the point she nearly drove him insane with it. It had taken four days for… — Michelle M. Pillow Copy Share Image
I was 13 when my parents moved to Israel, and I was put in a Scottish mission school. Ninety-nine percent of the… — Arlie Russell Hochschild Copy Share Image
I am Michael, and I am part English, Irish, German, and Scottish, sort of a virtual United Nations. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When I started the Imagination Library in my hometown, I never dreamed that one day we would be helping Scottish kids. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
Well, my love,” said Alexia with prodigious daring to Lord Maccon, “shall we?” The earl started to move forward and then stopped… — Gail Carriger Copy Share Image
It's all about the climate. I had a long discussion about it when I went to Scotland to see Andy Roxburgh. I… — Fabio Capello Copy Share Image
To be honest I didn't have a clue that I was the most expensive Scottish player. It's not something that comes into… — Oliver Burke Copy Share Image
Most of the music I've become interested in is hybrid in its originsClassical music, of course, is unbelievably hybrid. Jazz is an… — Edgar Meyer Copy Share Image
“Her own hair was a glory of copper fire that morning, shining like a whisky still, long and loose in gentle flames… — Elizabeth Wein Copy Share Image
I'm half Scottish, half Welsh and I regard red hair as perfectly ordinary. And to set the record straight, contrary to reports,… — Helen McCrory Copy Share Image
I'm an artist living in a small, Scottish village. So one would expect to be treated with some sort of caution. And… — Andy Goldsworthy Copy Share Image
My mother Diana was a true-blue aristocrat, descended from William the Conqueror and listed in 'Burke's Peerage.' My father David, from a… — Celia Imrie Copy Share Image
