Books Quote by Arthur Herman

“Scottish people have grasped the choice that they have to make directly  – unmediated by the political class - as an opportunity to imagine…

— Adam Ramsay

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

— Angus Macfadyen

“On these pages are ruminations on identity past and present. The key to a coorie life is right in front of us - all…

— Gabriella Bennett

I do feel Scottish in some way. Maybe it's to do with visiting my grandparents here every summer as a child, but I am…

— Peter Doig

The thing that interests me most about Scotland is how we differ from our neighbours. How do our ambitions differ? What kind of society…

— Rory Stewart

If you look at the steps being taken towards Scottish independence, they're being dealt with politically in very dull and boring ways. So if…

— Momus

Scotsmen are metaphisical and emotional, they are sceptical and mystical, they are romantic and ironic, they are cruel and tender, and full of mirth…

— William Dunbar

“A considerable debt is owed to these, and to many other books. The aim, however, with Scotland: The Autobiography, has been to gather a…

— Rosemary Goring

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

— Sara Sheridan

I feel so Scottish when I go abroad, and I'm so proud of it, but for me, it's not a political statement - I…

— Michelle Gomez

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

— James Doohan

There are things that Scotsmen get and other people don't get in the dialogue. Scottish characters can be pinpointed by a phrase, targeted very…

— Bill Forsyth