Scots Quotes - Page 4

• Of this diversion the Scots are so fond, that, when the weather will permit, you may see a multitude of all ranks, from the senator of justice to the lowest tradesman, mingled together, in their shirts, and following the balls with utmost eagerness.

  Tobias Smollett

  Golf, Weather, Justice

  Tobias Smollett (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Tobias Smollett (Illustrated)”, p.2137, Delphi Classics

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• No Scot ever made a bigger impact on a club than Bill Shankly. Others may claim an equal share of trophies and Matt Busby comes to mind with his wonderful record crowned by the European Cup, but not even Matt would claim the kinship with the fans that Bill enjoyed. He was what football was all about. I can't praise him higher than that.

  Jock Stein

  Football, Impact, Mind

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• Scots have long memories, and they're not the most forgiving of people.

  Diana Gabaldon

  Memories, Long, People

  Diana Gabaldon (2015). “The Outlander Series Bundle: Books 1, 2, 3, and 4: Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, Drums of Autumn”, p.1062, Delacorte Press

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• Economists treat economics as if it is a pure science divorced from the facts of life. The result of this false accountancy is a willful confusion under cover of which industry wreaks its havoc scot-free and ignores the environmental cost.

  Vivienne Westwood

  Confusion, Environmental, Cost

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• A Scot is a man who keeps the Sabbath, and everything else he can lay his hands on.

  Chic Murray

  Funny, Humor, Men

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• 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 nice. I don't think they are burdened by their history.

  Zaha Hadid

  Nice, Thinking, Cities

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• We Scots have a fierce pride in the things we do that others can never appreciate. I am the British No. 1, but I would prefer to be the British No. 1 from Scotland every time.

  Andy Murray

  Pride, Scotland, Appreciate

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• Mary Queen of Scots was my first love, and that is always something special.

  Antonia Fraser

  Queens, First Love, Special

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• We once discussed which were the cleanest troops in the trenches, taken by nationalities. We agreed on a descending-order like this: English and German Protestants; Northern Irish, Welsh and Canadians; Irish and German Catholics; Scots; Mohammedan Indians; Algerians; Portugese; Belgians; French. We put the Belgians and French there for spite; they could not have been dirtier than the Algerians and the Portugese.

  Robert Graves

  War, Taken, Order

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

  Ewan McGregor

  Scotland, Cracks, Swear

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The infinitesimal seedlings became a forest of trees that grew courteously, correcting the distances between themselves as they shaped themselves to the promptings of available light and moisture, tempering the climate and the temperaments of the Scots, as the driest land became moist and the wettest land became dry, seedlings finding a mean between extremes, and the trees constructing a moderate zone for themselves even into what I would have called tundra, until I understood the fact that Aristotle taught, while walking in a botanic garden, that the middle is fittest to discern the extremes.

  William Wilson

  Distance, Mean, Garden

  William S. Wilson (2002). “Why I Don't Write Like Franz Kafka”, p.110, University of Alabama Press

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• And when I smiled, 'Bing!' I almost blinded her.
  She said, 'Great Scot, are you a thief?
  Seems like you have a mouth full of gold teeth!'
  Hahahaha, had to find that funny,
  So I said, 'No child, I work hard for the money.
  And calling me a thief? Please...don't even try it,
  Sit down, eat your slice of pizza, and be quiet.'

  Slick Rick

  Children, Rap, Hard Work

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• An Ulster Scot may come to disbelieve in God, but not to wear his weekday clothes on the Sabbath.

  C. S. Lewis

  Clothes, Ulster, Weekdays

  C. S. Lewis (1966). “Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life”, p.149, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• [Edinburgh] is a city of shifting light, of changing skies, of sudden vistas. A city so beautiful it breaks the heart again and again.

  Alexander McCall Smith

  Beautiful, Heart, Light

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• Believing a person deserves a defence is not the same as doing anything in your power to get him off scot-free.

  Tammy Bruce

  Believe, Defence, Persons

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• This reference to the Scots side of her ancestry is the first of two visual explorations into Tori Amos's diverse cultural past. As is the case for many of us, Tori's ancestry is a mix of races and religions, philosophies and professions, fortunes and foibles. What to some may seem like a family tree grown wild and untamed is actually a mighty oak that has weathered life's many storms and can still put out a rare and beautiful blossom like Tori.

  Kevyn Aucoin

  Beautiful, Philosophy, Past

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• For dash and gallantry the bloodthirsty Scots, Australians and Canadians led the way, with the impetuous Irish close behind. The Australian to my mind were the most aggressive, and managed to keep their form in spite of their questionable discipline. Out of the line they were undoubtedly difficult to handle, but once in it they loved a fight. They were a curious mixture of toughness and sentimentality.

  Adrian Carton de Wiart

  Military, Fighting, Discipline

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• [The natural world cleans water, pollinates plants and provides pharmaceuticals, among many other gifts.] Thirty trillion dollars worth of services, scot-free to humanity, every year.

  E. O. Wilson

  Science, Years, Water

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• It's the same in real life: Notorious murderers get off scot-free and live happily all their lives, while good people die - sometimes the very best people. That's the way of the world.

  Cornelia Funke

  Real, People, World

  Cornelia Funke (2011). “Inkheart”, p.208, Chicken House

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• Nobody thought Mel Gibson could play a Scot, but look at him now! Alcoholic and a racist!

  Frankie Boyle

  Funny, Humor, Play

  "Frankie Boyle Live", 2008.

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• Good organization,” said Magnus. “I knew the man who founded it, back in the 1800s. Woolsey Scot. Respectable old werewolf family.” Alec made an ugly sound in the back of his throat. “Did you sleep with him, too?” Magnus’s cat eyes widened. “Alexander!

  Cassandra Clare

  Eye, Sleep, Cat

  Cassandra Clare (2012). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls”, p.1661, Simon and Schuster

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• Elizabeth’s entire body started to tremble as his lips began descending to hers. and she sought to forestall what her heart knew was inevitable by reasoning with him. “A gently bred Englishwoman,” she shakily quoted Lucinda’s lecture. “feels nothing stronger than affection. We do not fall in love.” His warm lips covered hers. “I’m a Scot,” he murmured huskily. “We do.

  Judith McNaught

  Falling In Love, Heart, Stronger

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• I am not yet of Percy's mind, the Hotspur of the North; he that kills me some six or seven dozen of Scots as a breakfast, washes his hands, and says to his wife, 'Fie upon this quiet life! I want work.

  William Shakespeare

  Hands, Wife, Mind

  'Henry IV, Part 1' (1597) act 2, sc. 4, l. [116]

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• Look at me!’ I screeched. ‘Look at me, Amadeus von Linden, you sadistic hypocrite, and watch this time! You’re not questioning me now, this isn’t your work, I’m not an enemy agent spewing wireless code! I’m just a minging Scots slag screaming insults at your daughter! So enjoy yourself and watch! Think of Isolde! Think of Isolde and watch!

  Elizabeth Wein

  Daughter, Hypocrite, Thinking

  Elizabeth Wein (2012). “Code Name Verity”, p.171, Egmont UK

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• I think Shakespeare is like a dialect. If I heard a broad Scots accent, I'd probably struggle at first but then I'd start to look for words I recognise and I'd get the gist. I think Shakespeare is like that.

  Ralph Fiennes

  Struggle, Thinking, Gist

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