Scottish Quotes

142 Scottish quotes by 122 unique authors

For me, writing stories set, well, wherever they're best set, is a form of cultural curiosity that is uniquely Scottish - we're famous for travelling… — Sara Sheridan
Many people have heard the remarkable example of devotion involving a Skye terrier dog who worked for a Scottish shepherd named Old Jock. In 1858,… — Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson
God's love is a gift that can make you forget yourself at times. The Scottish writer George MacDonald said, "It is the heart that is… — Sheila Walsh
(Scottish Terriers) have all the compactness of a small dog and all the valor of a big one. And they are so exceedingly sturdy that… — Dorothy Parker
I thought it very strange, and very sad, that the fairy kingdom largely appears to be English. I thought it was time for some regional… — Terry Pratchett
I went out for a film where they wanted seven brothers and one sister, so I was there for half a day while they were… — Archie Panjabi
My humour and my work ethic definitely come from my Scottish side, and I have to say the sense of humour doesn't really translate when… — John Barrowman
I'm half Scottish, half Welsh and I regard red hair as perfectly ordinary. And to set the record straight, contrary to reports, he has never… — Helen McCrory
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
If the Scottish want to break away, I shall stand on Hadrian's Wall with a teary handkerchief, and say: 'Good riddance to the lot of… — Jeremy Clarkson
,000 people in Hampden Park. Of course they're all Scottish. Because no one else goes there. The English have an unwritten rule: they only go… — Billy Connolly
Scottish operative lodges began in the seventeenth century to admit non-operative members as accepted or gentleman masons and that by the early eighteenth century in… — John Hamill
I have lots of Scottish blood and know that my family name is Scottish. At my home in the States I have a tartan crest… — Jesse Tyler Ferguson
Clearly, if it is sensible to hold a referendum on independence, it is crucial that we have one on marriage. It is the only way… — Keith O'Brien
Right from the very beginning, I knew I wanted to write palpably Scottish fiction. — Ian Rankin
Robert Burns enriched Scottish song with his genius and is mainly responsible for the rich treasure house of song that we enjoy today. He collected… — Jimmy Reid
The Scottish Labour Party, while I have breath in my body, will listen to the views of trade unionists. — Johann Lamont
The establishment, the newspapers, they try to create something called Scottish literature, but when people are actually going to write, they are not going to… — Irvine Welsh
I often have scripts sent to me with allegedly Scottish characters where I end up telling them, 'You're going to have to rethink this whole… — Robert Carlyle
I've always felt like a foreigner wherever I've lived. I don't feel much towards my Italian or Scottish roots, although I do cook the pasta… — Tom Conti
My background is Scottish. — Melissa George
I like Scottish people because they feel very true. They're always level and straight. They get a reputation for being hardened because of it, but… — Rupert Friend
[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
The poetic side of me is Scottish. — Annie Lennox
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

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