Scotland Quotes - Page 12

I can't understand why people in Scotland rave about Darren Fletcher.

Roy Keane

People, Rave, Darren

"From mundane to marvellous: Darren Fletcher's startling transformation" by Louise Taylor, www.theguardian.com. August 28, 2009.

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If you think you're an alcoholic, go to Scotland. You're not an alcoholic. These people are such drunken, toothless hillbillies - I've never seen anything like it. People in Scotland drink while they're drinking.

Jay Mohr

Drinking, Thinking, People

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It is never difficult to distinguish between a Scotsman with a grievance and a ray of sunshine.

P. G. Wodehouse

Sunshine, Rays, Scottish

'Blandings Castle and Elsewhere' (1935) 'The Custody of the Pumpkin'

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Stop the world, Scotland wants to get on.

Winnie Ewing

World, Want

Winnie Ewing (2004). “Stop the World: The Autobiography of Winnie Ewing”, Birlinn Publishers

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While some of them acknowledge the obligation of natural morality in their mode of conducting their cases, and preserve their individual character as gentlemen, there are others who acknowledge no law, human or divine, but the law of Scotland.

George Combe

Character, Law, Gentleman

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Withal I did infer your lineaments,
Being the right idea of your father,
Both in your form and nobleness of mind;
Laid open all your victories in Scotland,
Your discipline in war, wisdom in peace,
Your bounty, virtue, fair humility;
Indeed, left nothing fitting for your purpose
Untouch'd or slightly handled in discourse.

William Shakespeare

Father, War, Humility

William Shakespeare, Janis Lull (2009). “King Richard III”, p.152, Cambridge University Press

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Remember, the Arctic didn't have any ice. And the Northwest Passage was wide open. They were raising grapes in Scotland for God sakes, had a huge winery. Iceland was a farming community. As some of the glaciers retreated they found villages that were covered with ice.

Don Young

Ice, Agriculture, Community

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On general principles, it is best that I should not leave the country. Scotland Yard feels lonely without me, and it causes an unhealthy excitement among the criminal classes.

Arthur Conan Doyle

Country, Lonely, Travel

"The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax" (1911)

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I'm a bit of a Scotophile. I have a house on the Black Isle, so I'm in Scotland quite a lot and think Edinburgh is just the most beautiful city.

Penelope Keith

Beautiful, Thinking, Cities

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We now have political chaos. We've got parties in Ireland saying they want to merge with Northern Ireland. You've got parties in Scotland saying you want to leave the U.K. You've got the Spanish government saying it would like to take ownership of Gibraltar, which is a British overseas territory... So just the politics of this is a mess.

Tim Harford

Party, Government, Political

"Episode 707: Brexit". "Planet Money" with Robert Smith, Jacob Goldstein, www.npr.org. June 24, 2016.

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He is improving all the time. He is only 21 and who knows what he is capable of.
(on Cristiano Ronaldo)

Alex Ferguson

Cristiano Ronaldo, Improving, Knows

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

Katharine Isabelle

Dad, Roots, Parent

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It is true that I once refused to eat haggis in Scotland and this did not sit well with the local population.

Rick Riordan

Travel, Population, Wells

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Samuel Johnson Is Indignant:that Scotland has so few trees.

Lydia Davis

Tree, Indignant, Johnson

Lydia Davis (2002). “Samuel Johnson Is Indignant: Stories”, p.44, Macmillan

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...He went to Scotland and studied under Lister...("Lister was persecuted by the British Medical Association. He was threatened with having his license revoked.") Yet in Lister's hospital virtually no one died as a result of operations because Lister had developed a carbolic acid wash and disinfectant. Dr. Keen came back from Scotland...He was referred to as a crazy Listerite.....He was denied an opportunity to practice in every hospital in Philadelphia.

Paul Douglas

Crazy, Dark, Opportunity

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Scotland can't afford to take their minds off the gas

Andy Townsend

Mind, Gas

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Scotland's voice has to be heard

Nicola Sturgeon

Voice, Heard

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I am wholeheartedly in favour of an independent Scotland.

Ken Stott

Independent, Favour, Wholeheartedly

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I should say that being independent in the modern model means independent in a very interdependent world. An independent Scotland is not apart from the rest of the United Kingdom.

Nicola Sturgeon

Mean, Independent, World

"Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon on striking balance with Cameron’s UK". "PBS NewsHour" with Judy Woodruff, www.pbs.org. June 11, 2015.

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The religion in Scotland is one of the most patronising things... after the weather.

Billy Connolly

Weather, Religion

"Billy Connolly: Live". Documentary, Comedy, 1994.

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He's a normal, likable, straightforward boy.
(on David Beckham)

Alex Ferguson

Boys, Normal, Beckham

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David impresses by his example on the field. He never stops running, he plays with supreme confidence, he always tries his hardest and he scores important goals.
(on David Beckham)

Alex Ferguson

Running, Play, Goal

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We once went 13 games without winning. There's always pressure here. Winning is always important here. How do you handle yourself and compose yourself is important.
(on Manchester United)

Alex Ferguson

Winning, Games, Important

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This is an unusual Scotland side because they have good players.

Javier Clemente

Soccer, Football, Player

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I think his team are mirroring Stuart Pearce as the player he was.
(on Manchester City)

Alex Ferguson

Team, Player, Thinking

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