Scots Quotes

76 quotes by 70 authors

Scots, wha hae wi' Wallace bled, Scots, wham Bruce has aften led, Welcome to your gory bed, Or to victory! Now 's the day and… — Robert Burns
Whoever heard of such a mixture of languages in one army, since there were French, Flemings, Frisians, Gauls, Sayonards, Lotharingians, Allemani, Bavarians, Normans, English, Scots,… — Fulcher of Chartres
The vast majority of those of Scots lineage living in the Ulster counties in the 18th century had come across, or their people had come… — Tom Devine
No Scot ever made a bigger impact on a club than Bill Shankly. Others may claim an equal share of trophies and Matt Busby comes… — Jock Stein
I don't know a lot about the Scots, but I'm aware they have beaten some of the English counties in the NCL and have gone… — Justin Langer
But as a Scot with a lifelong love of Scotland and the arts, I believe the opportunity of independence is too good to miss. Simply… — Sean Connery
This is not to say that the Scots are not fine people, but they were all sort of... well, my grandfather was a minister and… — Alan Hovhaness
If global warming meant temperatures rose by one or two degrees, France would become a desert, which would be no bad thing. The Scots would… — Michael O'Leary
Nobody thought Mel Gibson could play a Scot, but look at him now! Alcoholic and a racist! — Frankie Boyle
It was funny on '24' because I'm a Scots-Canadian, and I was working with the great Scottish actor Tony Curran, and we were both playing… — Callum Keith Rennie
I took the first James Kelman novel, 'The Bus Conductor Hines', home to my dad. I thought, 'My dad will like this; it's written in… — Ian Rankin
The Irish seem to have more fire about them than the Scots. — Sean Connery
No one leaves a long-term relationship scot-free or without conflict. — Susie Orbach
I think Shakespeare is like a dialect. If I heard a broad Scots accent, I'd probably struggle at first but then I'd start to look… — Ralph Fiennes
Mary Queen of Scots was my first love, and that is always something special. — Antonia Fraser
Where is the coward that would not dare to fight for such a land as Scotland? — Walter Scott
There is some really good crack when I come back here. This is where I learned to swear. — Ewan McGregor
[Macbeth] is historically set in a place depicted by Shakespeare as brutal and violent, incredibly superstitious, and that's something that I do believe is Scottish. — James McAvoy
In Scotland, when people congregate, they tend to argue and discuss and reason; in Orkney, they tell stories. — George Mackay Brown
Touch his head, and he will bargain and argue with you to the last; Touch his heart, and he falls upon your breast. — Andrew Carnegie

Who Wrote These Scots Quotes

70 authors contributed a total of 76 Scots Quotes, led by these top contributors: