Scots Quotes - Page 3

If global warming meant temperatures rose by one or two degrees, France would become a desert, which would be no bad thing. The Scots would grow wine and make buffalo mozzarella.

Michael O'Leary

Wine, Two, Rose

15 Copy quote
Scots are born exiles, and Scotland the perfect country to be exiled from. Do not imagine that I am running down Scotland. Far from it. ... No, what I mean is that Scotland's beauties, though undeniable, are obvious ones, easy to carry in the heart, easy even to describe to the benighted members of less fortunate races. Lakes, islands and mountains, heather and rowan, broad straths and narrow glens - these are jewels easily worn in the memory.

Jan Struther

Running, Country, Memories

Jan Struther (1956). “A pocketful of pebbles”

14 Copy quote

Show source
In perseverance, in self command, in forethought, in all virtues which conduce to success in life, the Scots have never been surpassed.

Thomas B. Macaulay

Perseverance, War, Self

4 Copy quote
That's how vile i am! I live Ireland, I breathe Ireland, and Christ how I loathe it, I wish I were a bloody Scot, that's how bloody awful it is being Irish!

Iris Murdoch

Wish, Awful, Breathe

Iris Murdoch (2001). “The Sea, The Sea”, p.151, Penguin

4 Copy quote

Show source
I've never played Scots or got the chance to do my Scottish accent. I'm always trying it out in auditions, but they always say no. I'd love to act in a Scottish accent for once.

Callum Keith Rennie

Always Trying, Auditions, Chance

4 Copy quote
My roots are Scottish. My dad's parents are from Scotland, and my mum's dad is Scots.

Katharine Isabelle

Dad, Scotland, Roots

4 Copy quote
A beautiful woman is born Queen of men and women both, as Mary Stuart was born Queen of Scots, whether men or women.

Herman Melville

Beauty, Beautiful, Queens

Herman Melville (2016). “Pierre; or The Ambiguities”, p.33, Herman Melville

4 Copy quote

Show source
[On being told Mary, Queen of Scots, was taller than she:] Then she is too high, for I myself am neither too high nor too low.

Elizabeth I

Queens, Lows, Mary

5 Copy quote
I'm not saying that all women are blameless - all women are not. There are women with despicable characters who are cruel and terrible and some of them are mothers. But why do we blame our mothers more than our fathers? We let our fathers get away scot-free. We hardly even knew who they were in many cases, given the way this culture raises kids, and they may have been quite cruel. They may even have raped us as children, but even if they raped us, we will blame our mothers for not protecting us instead of blaming our fathers who actually did it.

Gloria Steinem

Mother, Children, Father

Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

4 Copy quote

Show source
My mother and my father had very, very strong Scots accents. We were Australian, and in those days when I was young, I spoke with a much more of an Australian accent than I have now. However I knew that if I went to England to become an actor, which I was determined to, I knew that I had to get rid of the Australian accent. We were colonials, we were Down Under somewhere, we were those little people Over There. But I was determined to become an Englishman. So I did.

George Ogilvie

Mother, Strong, Father

8 Copy quote
Scot McKnight stirs the treasures of our Lord's life in an engaging fashion. He did so with The Jesus Creed, and does so again with 40 Days Living the Jesus Creed. Make sure this new guide for living is on your shelf.

Max Lucado

Fashion, Jesus, Doe

4 Copy quote
What happened in the United changing room has happened to me 50 times in my career. I have kicked bottles of mineral water, bags and shoes but I never hit a player. It's a question of technique, and the Scots must have a better technique.

Marcello Lippi

Soccer, Football, Player

14 Copy quote
Scots they're either nice or they're horrid and these two are horrid. The Scots wont like that Eamon, thats bordering on racism. Its not racism its ethnic criticism Bill.

Eamon Dunphy

Soccer, Football, Nice

12 Copy quote
The Danes don't take themselves seriously at all and look for the joke in everything. Us Scots are on the same line of latitude and have the same amount of light, which may be why we have a similar sense of humour.

Jamie Sives

Light, Looks, Lines

"On the verge" by Tom Templeton, www.theguardian.com. November 22, 2003.

4 Copy quote

Show source
I was a big fan of Gary Moore, he was my buddy and I miss him a lot. I loved his playing because you've got that passion; it was sort of a Celtic thing. The Irish and Scots they just go for it and not too worried about looking good. When I was in the states touring, I landed in Seattle to do a gig and one of the fans came to me and told me about Gary's death. It was very hard for me to carry on, it was awful.

Jack Bruce

Passion, Missing, Fans

7 Copy quote
Unfortunately, the truth is that people do go scot-free and it's unfair. A lot of the top drug people who have been arrested are also free.

Oliver Stone

People, Drug, Truth Is

"Oliver Stone Talks SAVAGES, the Unconventional Ending, and the Hypothetical Fiction of Cartels". Press conference, collider.com. July 2, 2012.

7 Copy quote

Show source
I don't think that the Scots are happy to drift into Britain becoming the poorest of the poor, sub-American 51st state.

Irvine Welsh

Thinking, Becoming, Poor

Source: www.macleans.ca

4 Copy quote

Show source
The Scots are very hospitable; almost as hospitable as the Americans.

Quentin Crisp

Source: davidbenson.webs.com

4 Copy quote

Show source
If I've got any small role in this matter, it's to say to Scots Americans: under no circumstances make Donald Trump President of the United States of America.

Alex Salmond

America, President, Matter

"Hillary Clinton emotional but makes call for unity under Donald Trump's presidency in concession speech" by Barney Henderson, Harriet Alexander, David Lawler and Rob Crilly, www.telegraph.co.uk. November 10, 2016.

6 Copy quote

Show source
it is not only unfair but disgustingly cruel that the mother is always held responsible for the illegitimate child, while the father goes scot-free.

Dale Evans

Mother, Children, Father

13 Copy quote
If you are a Scot living outside of Scotland but still in the UK, you are not allowed to vote in the referendum. This leaves over a million of loyal, proud Scots disenfranchised. It gives me the rage.

Damian Barr

Scotland, Giving, Loyal

Source: www.guernicamag.com

14 Copy quote

Show source
For generations comedians have made jokes about Scots-Irish in the South inter-breeding. "I am my own grandpa" and all that stuff; you know, because they all were marrying their first cousins.

Ishmael Reed

Cousin, Grandpa, Comedian

Source: www.counterpunch.org

4 Copy quote

Show source
As any man, I, of course, have certain preferences. Being a Scot by birth, I'm inclined to favor those with a well-scrubbed look and a hint of color in their cheeks-put there by an early walk in the chill air rather than by rouge. The smell of soap on a woman's skin or the hint of shampoo in her hair is perfume enough for me . . . Humor is important. The most beautiful woman in the world is a bore without that.

David Niven

Beautiful, Men, Color

8 Copy quote
... those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry by which they are surrounded... Sad, indeed, is it to see how men occupy themselves with trivialities, and are indifferent to the grandest phenomena - care not to understand the architecture of the heavens, but are deeply interested in some contemptible controversy about the intrigues of Mary Queen of Scots!

Herbert Spencer

Queens, Men, Heaven

Herbert Spencer (1866). “Education: Intellectual, Moral, and Physical”, p.83

5 Copy quote

Show source
It doesn't matter whether you have the happiest upbringing... the young Joe Scot had the most dysfunctional family there could be but it's still a family and it's a really good, strong family. But in spite of that he runs away from home. I relate to all of those things very directly. I hit 40 this year but I still think about being a teenager and hopefully I will for the rest of my life. They are important years.

Daniel Craig

Running, Strong, Teenager

"Flashbacks Of A Fool - Daniel Craig interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

4 Copy quote

Show source