Nineteenth century Quote by Thomas Sowell

“Japan, newly emerging on the world scene in the late nineteenth century, sought its science and engineering in Scotland.”

— Thomas Sowell

“nineteenth century economic development was "the development of continents instead of coast lines."98”

— Thomas Sowell

“Americans may say they love our accents (I have been accused of sounding 'like Princess Di') but the more thoughtful ones resent and rather…

— Peter Hitchens

“The infinitesimal seedlings became a forest of trees that grew courteously, correcting the distances between themselves as they shaped themselves to the promptings of…

— Anonymous

As a Scot Gordon Brown will find it hard to convince people in England he should be prime minister

— Boris Johnson

The emblem on the necktie reserved for the members of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews - The Vatican of golf…

— Alistair Cooke

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…

— Zaha Hadid

I'm not saying that all women are blameless - all women are not. There are women with despicable characters who are cruel and terrible…

— Gloria Steinem

Whoever heard of such a mixture of languages in one army, since there were French, Flemings, Frisians, Gauls, Sayonards, Lotharingians, Allemani, Bavarians, Normans, English,…

— Fulcher of Chartres

Hobbits are a lot like Scots. It’s all about nature and enjoying their land, which is a very Scottish thing

— Billy Boyd

There is some really good crack when I come back here. This is where I learned to swear.

— Ewan McGregor

I can see why the Russians love Robert Burns, I think that Russians and Koreans have a very similar outlook to Scots.

— Irvine Welsh