There's just certain accents that you can and can't do. And the Scottish accent was one that came quite naturally to me,… — Nell Hudson Copy Share Image
I did Scottish footballer of the year this year, attempted to do some comedy at that. Not the brightest people in the… — Frankie Boyle Copy Share Image
Apart from Scottish traditional music, I wasn't really influenced by any kind of music. I just basically followed my own instincts. — Evelyn Glennie Copy Share Image
My mother has only just got over the fact that I will never play Shrek's sister - because of the Scottish accent,… — Ashley Jensen Copy Share Image
I was the suburban kid of Scottish parents, and the idea of an acting career was so beyond my experience. I didn't… — Lindsay Duncan Copy Share Image
I tend to get starstruck with sports people. I was on a chat show with retired Scottish footballer Denis Law and I… — Martin Shaw Copy Share Image
As a Scot, representing a Scottish constituency for almost the past 25 years, I do not harbour an overweening ambition to pronounce… — Charles Kennedy Copy Share Image
I definitely felt growing up that I wasn't seen as the same as anyone around me because no one around me looked… — Ncuti Gatwa Copy Share Image
From what I've read, everyone has a claim on Merlin. Was he Scottish, Welsh, English or even French? All these countries have… — Colin Morgan 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
It's such a measure of your solidarity with Ed, that when you would give lectures, he would be wearing a tartan tie… — Vera Farmiga Copy Share Image
We don't really go in for big family dinners, but Scottish people are famously confrontational. It's a cultural thing, so maybe we… — Denise Mina Copy Share Image
“The new coorie represents a way of life where peacefulness comes from engaging with our heritage, be it in tiny ways or… — Gabriella Bennett Copy Share Image
I was 16 when I got a scholarship to study classical composition at a conservatory. By that time I had already listened… — Jack Bruce Copy Share Image
In the media, I always seemed to come across as someone who was poking fun at the Scots and their football. I… — Jimmy Hill Copy Share Image
A hunk of beef raised on Scottish moorland has a very different ecological footprint from one created in an intensive feedlot using… — Tristram Stuart Copy Share Image
I even like the Scottish weather because, like everywhere in the U.K., you can't have great beauty without lots of rain. — Dominic Holland Copy Share Image
Since the show started, Scottish tourism has increased a great deal - there is definitely an 'Outlander' effect. — Sam Heughan Copy Share Image
I think I'll be Scottish in every movie I write. They always try to talk me out of it, but Woody Allen… — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
I am a gay writer, but I am also a Scottish writer and some days a lazy writer, or a funny writer.… — Damian Barr Copy Share Image
“To want more was not just childish, but cowardly, and somehow constpatory too. Death was change; it led to new chances, new… — Iain Banks Copy Share Image
“I don't think I'll ever become used to you Ellis sisters' penchant for whisky." She waved an idle hand as she surveyed… — Kristen Callihan Copy Share Image
From my own point of view, I hope everybody would realise that people who work in Scottish football - referees included -… — Walter Smith Copy Share Image
The turn from this end [despair] to a new beginning came from three things. A blooming cherry tree, the unexpected kindness of… — Jürgen Moltmann 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
I've been told I have an Irish temper, I know I have Scottish thrift, and, like the English, I love a good… — Jeanette MacDonald Copy Share Image
The Scottish desire for independence is, to some extent, a fabrication. They want to identify themselves as Scots but still to be… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
The "second sight" possessed by the Highlanders in Scotland is actually a foreknowledge of future events. I believe they possess this gift… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Copy Share Image
“Ma English is 10.42% Australian, 14.58% Irish, 16.67% North Irish, 16.67% Scottish, 16.67% Singaporean and 25% US Black Vernacular/Ebonics” — Kimberly Loskov Copy Share Image
My mom came to the U.S. very young, and then she married very young. But she was never American. She was always… — Julianne Moore Copy Share Image
I think that Scottish people, like Canadians, are often misunderstood and what I like about my Scottish friends and relatives is how… — Mike Myers Copy Share Image
“Emotions like these didn't happen to regular, everyday people. They couldn't or else the entire world would be fornicating all the time.” — Michelle M. Pillow Copy Share Image
I mean no disrespect to Scottish football, but the Premier League is the biggest stage and highest profile league of all. — Peter Shilton Copy Share Image
I often have scripts sent to me with allegedly Scottish characters where I end up telling them, 'You're going to have to… — Robert Carlyle Copy Share Image
I still enjoy a wee game of poker now and then, but I'm not very good, and being Scottish, I don't like… — Stephen Hendry Copy Share Image
Whenever I've been in Scotland I've had such amazing support, and the love from Scottish fans has always been great. — Olly Murs Copy Share Image
If the Scottish want to break away, I shall stand on Hadrian's Wall with a teary handkerchief, and say: 'Good riddance to… — Jeremy Clarkson Copy Share Image
I look forward to a time when Irish patriotism will as easily combine with British patriotism as Scottish patriotism combines now. — Arthur Balfour Copy Share Image
“I sipped my scotch. It was smoky and smooth, tasting of peat and aged oak, underscored by licorice and the intangible essence… — Viet Thanh Nguyen Copy Share Image
My Scottish grandfather, John W. Blyth, was a man addicted to paintings. A manufacturer of linen, he spent all his surplus money… — Michael Portillo Copy Share Image