Scottish Quotes

142 Scottish quotes by 122 unique authors

At last I took one big, callused hand and slid forward so I knelt on the boards between his knees. I laid my head against… — Diana Gabaldon
I was a good soldier in the British Army. I was born in a very, very poor family. And I enlisted to escape hunger. But… — Idi Amin
Both my parents are Scottish, and although I grew up in Canada after moving over, all of my family are proud to be Scots. — Callum Keith Rennie
One of the very, very exciting things I have found here in L.A. is that no one talks to you about being Scottish. Whereas, if… — Peter Capaldi
If you want something Scottish, go get yourself a kilt. — Marcus Brigstocke
I would love to play a British character one day. My accent wavers between Scottish and Irish very easily, though. — Chris Lilley
Scottish writers are particularly successful in the crime genre. — Sara Sheridan
My identity has always been confused. Born in Edinburgh of a Scottish/Russian/Jewish mother and an English/Irish/Catholic father, there is no form of guilt to which… — Sara Sheridan
I have a very musical family from my Scottish roots. — Carice van Houten
A hunk of beef raised on Scottish moorland has a very different ecological footprint from one created in an intensive feedlot using concentrated cereal feed,… — Tristram Stuart
Shipping is so cheap that it makes more financial sense for Scottish cod to be sent 10,000 miles to China to be filleted, then sent… — Rose George
When I started the Imagination Library in my hometown, I never dreamed that one day we would be helping Scottish kids. — Dolly Parton
I had a whole Scottish existence until we moved to London when I was four. — Kenneth Cranham
My grandfather, Harry Ferguson, was a butcher in Hill of Beath; so even though my grandparents lived in some poverty, we got loads of beef.… — Kenneth Cranham
I grew up listening to Teenage Fanclub and Eugenius. Scottish music cast a huge influence on me. — Withered Hand
I have a difficult time doing an Irish accent; even now, it kind of fades slowly into Scottish. — Robin Williams
My mom came to the U.S. very young, and then she married very young. But she was never American. She was always Scottish and would… — Julianne Moore
My grandfather was Scottish, born in the slums of Glasgow. — Trinny Woodall
The Scottish Highlands are incredible. There seems to be magic and poetry everywhere. — Caitriona Balfe
Secessionists, whether in Scotland, Catalonia, Quebec or anywhere else, invariably assume that a person must either be Scottish or British, Catalan or Spanish, Quebecois or… — Michael Ignatieff
If the Scottish people decide to opt for independence, it would not be a good idea for Scotland to maintain a very rigid link to… — Mohamed El-Erian
Ah, Scotland. I am three-parts Scottish and terribly proud of it, although maybe we should divide it into eighths, because my two-eighths are Danish and… — Joanna Lumley
Being a great believer in Scottish tradition, I followed the example of my fellow countrymen and moved to England. — Rory Bremner
My accent is... sort of an Edinburgh sort of soft southwest Scottish accent. It could almost be English. — Sam Heughan
I never once dreamed of sort of being able to be in an American TV series, you know? It was all about theater and touring… — Sam Heughan

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