I have never wanted to check out the family folklore that we could be traced back to a dominie at the hamlet… — James Black Copy Share Image
“Jimmy shot him a look that patently said: ‘Mon noo, Wee-man, whit are ye waitin fur? Ah’ve set ye up tae get… — Jamie Holoran Copy Share Image
“The old agility was still present and the passion was undeniable, but it was the wobbling of the gut, the puffing of… — Jamie Holoran Copy Share Image
It was funny on '24' because I'm a Scots-Canadian, and I was working with the great Scottish actor Tony Curran, and we… — Callum Keith Rennie Copy Share Image
We will renew our party, to rebuild our land - and we will do it by being a better Labour, real Labour,… — Johann Lamont Copy Share Image
The Scottish government set a goal of increasing exports by 50% by 2017. That is ambitious. Is it achievable? — Tom Hunter Copy Share Image
,000 people in Hampden Park. Of course they're all Scottish. Because no one else goes there. The English have an unwritten rule:… — Billy Connolly Copy Share Image
I feel British but my dad still has a filthy Scottish accent so I'm hearing that a lot... but the Davis Cup… — Cameron Norrie 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 think because I did become a well-known face in my thirties and not in my twenties, I was pretty settled in… — Ashley Jensen Copy Share Image
I think most of the world would like to be Scottish. All the Americans who come here never look for English blood… — Joanna Lumley Copy Share Image
As a child I was a good boy. Even if I wasn't playing tennis I don't think I'd have done things like… — Andy Murray Copy Share Image
Like a lot of expatriate Scots, when you want to be called Scottish, it's useful. I see myself as being without nationality,… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
Lord Aberdeen was quite touched when I told him I was so attached to the dear, dear Highlands and missed the fine… — Queen Victoria Copy Share Image
After I began to make some money, my brain-damaged accountant put me in one business after another that went bad. The only… — Sean Connery Copy Share Image
The media already attempts to assassinate my character in Scotland when I'm there, so my position is much more effective if I'm… — Sean Connery Copy Share Image
I was a good soldier in the British Army. I was born in a very, very poor family. And I enlisted to… — Idi Amin Copy Share Image
I'm a big fan of Scottish football. I want the league to do well and I think it's a fantastic product that… — Darren Fletcher Copy Share Image
As soon as I got successful, the Scottish press started picking on me. It's something they reserve just for me. — Billy Connolly Copy Share Image
I am half Scottish. My father is an expat from Glasgow, and on my mother's side there's a bit of French, a… — Adelaide Kane Copy Share Image
I don't know why but it feels like home to me. The Scottish people are really friendly - you like to have… — Curtis Jones Copy Share Image
The appellation of a Scottish Bard is by far my highest pride; to continue to deserve it is my most exalted ambition. — Robert Burns Copy Share Image
It 's guid to be merry and wise, It 's guid to be honest and true, It 's guid to support Caledonia's… — Robert Burns Copy Share Image
Welsh is now almost a national language in Wales. The Scottish dialects are reviving to some extent. I don't think it's a… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I have Scottish genes: my grandfather was Scottish. My father was a voracious drinker. So, drinking came naturally to me. — Pooja Bhatt Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter where you come from, what matters is where we're going as a nation. You can be Pakistani-Scottish, Polish-Scottish, even… — Humza Yousaf 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
“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
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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
“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 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
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
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