Scots Quotes

76 quotes by 68 authors

Scotland small? Our multiform, infinite Scotland SMALL? — Hugh MacDiarmid
Ye lover of the picturesque, if ye wish to drown your grief, take my advice and visit the ancient town of Crieff. — William Topaz McGonagall
Two negatives make a positive but only in Scotland do two positives make a negative: aye right. — Frankie Boyle
God help England if she had no Scots to think for her. — George Bernard Shaw
There's nothing quite like a Scotch education. One is left with an irreparable debt. My head is full of irregular verbs still. — Ivor Cutler
The poetic side of me is Scottish. — Annie Lennox
[Edinburgh] is a city of shifting light, of changing skies, of sudden vistas. A city so beautiful it breaks the heart again and again. — Alexander McCall Smith
Our Scottish theory ... is that every country has need of Scotchmen, but that Scotland has no need of the citizens of any other country. — Arthur Balfour
You [Scots] come of a race of men the very wind of whose name has swept to the ultimate seas. — James M. Barrie
I come from a very critical culture. You know the Scots. They're always saying: 'Oh, no. It will never work. You'll never amount to anything.… — Craig Ferguson
The English are not happy unless they are miserable, the Irish are not at peace unless they are at war, and the Scots are not… — George Orwell
The Scots are poor, cries surly English pride; True is the charge, nor by themselves denied. Are they not then in strictest reason clear, Who… — Charles Churchill
As a Scot Gordon Brown will find it hard to convince people in England he should be prime minister — Boris Johnson
My caddy today was a Scot and he told me that he was cheering for Australia, which I thought was a bit harsh. But generally… — Andrew Strauss
The Scots are the backbone of Canada. They are all right in their three vital parts - head, heart and haggis. — William Osler
Wherever a Scotsman goes, here goes Burns. His grand whole, catholic soul squares with the good of all; therefore we find him in everything, everywhere. — John Muir
There are two seasons in Scotland: June and Winter. — Billy Connolly
It's very important for cities all around the world to reinvent themselves, and Glasgow is a good example of that. The Scots are very nice.… — Zaha Hadid
Economists treat economics as if it is a pure science divorced from the facts of life. The result of this false accountancy is a willful… — Vivienne Westwood
Scots have long memories, and they're not the most forgiving of people. — Diana Gabaldon

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