Scottish Quotes · Page 6

I lost the accent years ago, but I'm still very proud to be Scottish, and I love wearing a kilt.

— Steve Valentine

I read tons of comic books. My favourite is Grant Morrison, a Scottish comic writer.

— Frankie Boyle

The Scottish Parliament, adjourned on the 25th of March 1707 is hereby reconvened.

— Winnie Ewing

I'm three quarters Scottish, but I sound English. I don't really see British as a race.

— Joanna Lumley

Today the brightest light in the Scottish political firmament has gone out.

— Jim Sillars

Scottish Theatre's greatest success story of recent times.

— Alan Chadwick

“Coorie is a way of being that takes in what's around us.”

— Gabriella Bennett

Scottish football doesn't suit me perfectly, how I want to play football.

— Teemu Pukki

I keep my Scottish connection. I know where I was born, and that's an important part of my history, and I think…

— Jimmy Barnes

The scotch egg is such a Scottish food. It's as though a great Scottish chef said: I need a tasty snack. Let's…

— Bill Bailey

The negative aspects of Scottish Nationalism are a kind of aggressive complacency, that sort of boasting; but that's an expression of insecurity,…

— Douglas Dunn

“Her own hair was a glory of copper fire that morning, shining like a whisky still, long and loose in gentle flames…

— Elizabeth Wein

I've started looking at my own father a bit funny. He assures me, though, that I really am the son of a…

— Craig Ferguson

What happens when there is a conflict between the Scottish parliament, if it was established, and the Westminster parliament? Who is supreme?

— John Major

“Why Scottish people would bother to live on rainy yet rocky land with all of your bagpipes, tartan kilts and shortbreads?”.”

— Andre Mokalu

Whether people like it or not, you have to say the Old Firm are a major part of Scottish football. I know…

— Walter Smith

Those songs [from church], I think, shaped to some degree how I would evolve as a writer, pentameter of songs, the melodies…

— Dwight Yoakam

The debate can be put in the form of the question: Resolved, that the best of money managers cannot be demonstrated to…

— Paul Samuelson

It's quite a famous story that takes place on Christmas Eve, and the Germans, French, and Scottish are trying to make peace…

— Diane Kruger

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

My grandfather was a great advocate of Scottish art at a time when Scottish artists struggled to be taken seriously. They were…

— Michael Portillo

I'm lucky to have my uncle there as he has been able to guide me through it a bit so I was…

— Sean Longstaff

“3. Thou shall keep it Scottish (where possible) Money in the pocket of small businesses is cash that helps local people and…

— Gabriella Bennett

But when I saw the cursive grace of Guido Rahr's fly line writing prayers I couldn't read to the river gods of…

— Jessica Maxwell

My dad's Scottish, and I always used to say I was, too.

— Rachael Stirling

I am Michael, and I am part English, Irish, German, and Scottish, sort of a virtual United Nations.

— Anonymous

My theory is that all of Scottish cuisine is based on a dare.

— Mike Myers

My roots are Scottish. My dad's parents are from Scotland, and my mum's dad is Scots.

— Katharine Isabelle

“Coorie gardens all have a place that encourages reflection and peacefulness.”

— Gabriella Bennett

“I’m Scottish. My idea of foreplay is “roll over, Margaret.”

— Andrea Speed

I believe in not whistling backstage and not saying the name of the Scottish play.

— Audra McDonald

The decision on whether there is another referendum is down to the Scottish people.

— Nicola Sturgeon

I may be a werewolf and Scottish, but despite what you may have read about both, we are not cads!

— Gail Carriger

Stirling, like a huge brooch, clasps Highlands and Lowlands together.

— Alexander Smith

Scottish writers are particularly successful in the crime genre.

— Sara Sheridan

“The spaces around us define so much more of our lives than we might at first think.”

— Gabriella Bennett

I must admit, I'm not Scottish at all. I'm really an Irish-Canadian from Vancouver.

— James Doohan

My dad is a little Scottish guy with tattoos all over his arms.

— Scott Raab

“One of Scotland's most important cultural exports - stories.”

— Sara Sheridan

“We will drain our dearest veins, But they shall be free.”

— Robert Burns