Scotland Quotes - Page 4

• My own experience of growing up as a Roman Catholic in Scotland has led me to fear independence in Scotland. The possibility of Scotland being a kind of Stormont is a real one. I wrote a book recently about Neil Lennon's year of living dangerously and in the course of it I had to revisit some of my own experiences. Of course, most Scottish people are not swivel-eyed, loyalist sectarians but there are a large number of them. A large six-figure number, and if I were living in Scotland as a Roman Catholic I would be worried about that.

  George Galloway

  Growing Up, Real, Book

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• The national dish of Scotland is something called haggis, the specific ingredients of which I won't go into other than to say that if you can visualize boiled, inside-out road kill, you're pretty close.

  David Grimes

  Country, Ingredients, Dishes

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• Lord, give me Scotland or I die!

  John Knox

  Giving, Lord, Give Me

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• The old truth that Calvin preached, that Augustine preached, that Paul preached, is the truth that I must preach to-day, or else be false to my conscience and my God. I cannot shape the truth; I know of no such thing as paring off the rough edges of a doctrine. John Knox's gospel is my gospel. That which thundered through Scotland must thunder through England again.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Rough Edges, Doctrine, Shapes

  Charles Spurgeon (2009). “Essential Works of Charles Spurgeon”, p.56, Barbour Publishing

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• I love Scotland and I speak about it a lot, so people think I'm desperate to go back. They just take it upon themselves to say I'm going back, but I'm not. I'd rather concentrate on becoming a citizen of the world.

  Billy Connolly

  Thinking, People, Citizens

  Source: brightestyoungthings.com

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• Any sport that comes from Scotland is good!

  Leslie Nielsen

  Sports, Hockey

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• Ye lover of the picturesque, if ye wish to drown your grief, take my advice and visit the ancient town of Crieff.

  William Topaz McGonagall

  Grief, Advice, Wish

  William Topaz McGonagall, “Beautiful Crief”

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• The poetic side of me is Scottish.

  Annie Lennox

  Sides, Poetic, Scottish

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• Two negatives make a positive but only in Scotland do two positives make a negative: aye right.

  Frankie Boyle

  Negatives Make, Two, Scots

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• Melrose is the finest remaining specimen of Gothic architecture in Scotland. Some of the sculptured flowers in the cloister arches are remarkably beautiful and delicate, and the two windows - the south and east oriels - are of a lightness and grace of execution really surprising.

  Bayard Taylor

  Beautiful, Flower, Two

  Bayard Taylor (1875). “Views A-foot: Or, Europe Seen with Knapsack and Staff”, p.69

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• There's nothing quite like a Scotch education. One is left with an irreparable debt. My head is full of irregular verbs still.

  Ivor Cutler

  Scotch, Verbs, Debt

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• God help England if she had no Scots to think for her.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Thinking, England, Helping

  George Bernard Shaw (2015). “George Bernard Shaw: The Collected Plays (Illustrated): 60 plays including Caesar and Cleopatra, Pygmalion, Saint Joan, The Apple Cart, Cymbeline, Androcles And The Lion, The Man Of Destiny, The Inca Of Perusalem and Macbeth Skit”, p.3448, e-artnow

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• The "second sight" possessed by the Highlanders in Scotland is actually a foreknowledge of future events. I believe they possess this gift because they don't wear trousers.

  Georg C. Lichtenberg

  Believe, Sight, Events

  "Aphorisms". Book by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Notebook L 26, 1799.

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• I'm interested in Scotland now and then, how it's changed. I want to get the reader to think about that by thinking about something from the past. How has society changed, how has policing changed, have we changed philosophically, psychologically, culturally, spiritually?

  Ian Rankin

  Thinking, Past, Want

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• Do I miss football in Scotland? It keeps you really alive, that's for sure. Your heartbeat fluctuates. I'm flatlining at the moment which is actually quite nice but you need to go up and down to stay alive.

  Gordon Strachan

  Football, Nice, Missing

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• I met Jack Bruce, one of my heroes, in a studio while doing some recording. England had just beat Scotland in a big football match and I saw Jack trying to break into this refrigerator in the lounge, drunk out of his brain, and I didn't know what to say.

  Andy Partridge

  Football, Hero, Drunk

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• In Scotland, Catholics have raised their voices against sectarianism and intolerance directed against the Church. Clearly, these actions show that freedom of religious expression, a basic human right, is not upheld in our midst as widely and as completely as it should be.

  Keith O'Brien

  Religious, Voice, Expression

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• I get the feeling a lot of politicians are there to help themselves financially, first and foremost. I don't really need to do that, and I thought if I could do something for sport in Scotland, that would be really fulfilling.

  Gordon Strachan

  Sports, Feelings, Would Be

  "Gordon Strachan: 'And people think I've got a problem with the press...'". Interview with Richard Rae, www.independent.co.uk. August 21, 2010.

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• In Scotland over many years we have cultivated through our justice system what I hope can be described as a 'culture of compassion.' On the other hand, there still exists in many parts of the U.S., if not nationally, an attitude towards the concept of justice which can only be described as a 'culture of vengeance.'

  Keith O'Brien

  Attitude, Compassion, Hands

  "Lockerbie bomber: Scottish Catholic leader attacks US 'culture of vengeance'" by Jenny Percival, www.theguardian.com. August 8, 2010.

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• Clearly, if it is sensible to hold a referendum on independence, it is crucial that we have one on marriage. It is the only way the country can move forward on this issue. Let all those who have a view on this subject place their trust in the Scottish people and let Scotland decide.

  Keith O'Brien

  Country, Moving, Issues

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• There's a real emphasis on being witty in Scotland, even in crime novels.

  Denise Mina

  Witty, Real, Crime Novels

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• L.A. is fun, but it feels like one of those towns in the north of Scotland where there's an oil rig just off the coast and whether or not you work for the oil rig, everyone is connected to it.

  Chris O'Dowd

  Fun, Oil, Towns

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• In the late-'80s, there was a big push to make American football big in Scotland. The Super Bowl was on TV, but it didn't really catch on. When I was a kid, though, I became a big Miami Dolphins fan. I don't really know why - I just liked the logo, I guess. I didn't really know what was going on.

  Kevin McKidd

  Football, Kids, Miami Dolphins

  "Today" Interview, www.today.com. Ocotber 1, 2007.

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• I was born in Scotland and have lived there all my life. I speak conversational Cantonese with my dad when I'm at home, and very basic Mandarin.

  Katie Leung

  Dad, Home, Speak

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• Surprisingly enough, I haven't had a letter from Amateur Boxing Scotland bosses offering their congratulations for my Melbourne medal win.

  Kenny Anderson

  Congratulations, Winning, Offering

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