Culture Quote by Molly Ringle

It's ironic that the growth of Scottish nationalism has precipitated in the English the sort of hand-wringing the Scots have always done over who…

— Irvine Welsh

In the media, I always seemed to come across as someone who was poking fun at the Scots and their football. I guess the…

— Jimmy Hill

O! Desolated Scotland, too credulous of fair speeches, and not aware of the calamities which are coming upon you! If you were to judge…

— William Wallace

“The point of this book is that being Scottish is more than just a matter of nationality or place of origin or clan or…

— Arthur Herman

“In Scotland, there is a rapid loss of all grandeur of mien and manners; a provincial eagerness and acuteness appear; the poverty of the…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

— Adam Ramsay

“Scotland was not imune to these developments, but since their role in France, Germany, Itay and Poland was to provide the ideological amunition to…

— Colin McArthur

“Why would anyone want to travel to Scotland? That wild country had nothing to offer but a bunch of unkempt men in kilts waving…

— Victoria Roberts

The Scottish aren't embarrassed about their nation, or their flag. Far from it. You can't move in Edinburgh or Glasgow without seeing a blue…

— Nick Boles

“Liam was too Scottish-' 'Oh but so Scottish, Bel! Come on, the bagpipes ? The interminable quotations from Braveheart ? Anyone who's proud of…

— Paul Murray

The negative aspects of Scottish Nationalism are a kind of aggressive complacency, that sort of boasting; but that's an expression of insecurity, I think,…

— Douglas Dunn

“At the negotiations in Irvine, it became clear to me that there was no side I could stand on. The English despise me and…

— Robyn Young