Scotland Quotes - Page 4

• 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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• 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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• 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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• Touch his head, and he will bargain and argue with you to the last; Touch his heart, and he falls upon your breast.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Fall, Heart, Lasts

  Andrew Carnegie, Margaret Barclay Wilson (1915). “A Carnegie Anthology”

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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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• People in Scotland appreciate homegrown talent, but it's getting harder and harder to get films made in Britain.

  Robert Carlyle

  People, Appreciate, Talent

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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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• In Scotland, when people congregate, they tend to argue and discuss and reason; in Orkney, they tell stories.

  George Mackay Brown

  People, Stories, Arguing

  George Mackay Brown (1990). “George Mackay Brown: fiction - poetry - reviews : Stewart Conn, Tom Scott, Luis Ceruuda”

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• Scotland small? Our multiform, infinite Scotland SMALL?

  Hugh MacDiarmid

  Infinite, Scots

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• [About a tiresome colleague]: He could bore for Scotland.

  Ian Rankin

  Bores, Colleagues, Tiresome

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• Ever since her trip with Alexia to Scotland, Mrs. Tunstell had rather a taste for foreign travel. Alexia blamed it on the kilts.

  Gail Carriger

  Kilts, Taste, Foreign Travel

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• And now she was just Gabby, currently staying in a dreamy, magnificent castle in Scotland with a Fae prince who did all kinds of non-nasty, non-inhuman things like tearing up lists of names, and returning tadpoles to lakes, and saving people's lives. Not to mention kissing with all the otherwordly splendor of a horny angel.

  Karen Marie Moning

  Angel, Kissing, Names

  Karen Marie Moning (2004). “The Immortal Highlander”, p.217, Delacorte Press

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• I will see to this; you see to your sister. Be quick about it. It won’t be long before I come for you, and you’d best be ready, Jess, with my ring still gracing your hand. You won’t stay me then. I’ll drag you to Scotland in irons if I have to.” He left her in a rush. As always, taking her heart with him.

  Sylvia Day

  Heart, Hands, Iron

  Sylvia Day (2012). “Seven Years to Sin”, p.217, Penguin UK

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• There are no crimes and no criminals in these days. What is the use of having brains in our profession? I know well that I have it in me to make my name famous. No man lives or has ever lived who has brought the same amount of study and of natural talent to the detection of crime which I have done. And what is the result? There is no crime to detect, or, at most, some bungling villainy with a motive so transparent that even a Scotland Yard official can see through it.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Men, Names, Natural Talent

  Arthur Conan Doyle (2016). “Sherlock Holmes. The best stories”, p.18, "Издательство ""Проспект"""

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• She knew what he had in mind. He'll propose in Scotland on my birthday. There was no doubt as to what her answer would be.

  Jana Oliver

  Doubt, Mind, My Birthday

  Jana Oliver (2012). “Foretold: A Demon Trappers Novel”, p.352, Macmillan

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• When the British Open is in Scotland, there's something special about it. And when it's at St. Andrews, it's even greater.

  Jack Nicklaus

  Golf, Special, British

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• Knox was engaged in a theological discussion with scientist John Scott Haldane. 'In a universe containing millions of planets,' reasoned Haldane, 'is it not inevitable that life should appear on at least one of them?' 'Sir,' replied Knox, 'if Scotland Yard found a body in your cabin trunk, would you tell them: 'There are millions of trunks in the world; surely one of them must contain a body? I think the would still want to know who put it there'.

  Ronald Knox

  Knowledge, Science, Thinking

  "The Little, Brown Book of Anecdotes". Book by Clifton Fadiman, p. 541, October 31, 2009.

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• It is one of the most hauntingly beautiful places in the world, the history is fascinating, the men are handsome and the whisky is delicious. But don't eat the macaroni pies.

  J. K. Rowling

  Beautiful, Wise, Witty

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• Scotland cannot be the only 'something for nothing' country in the world.

  Johann Lamont

  Country, World

  "Labour's wretched silence on child poverty" by Kevin McKenna, www.theguardian.com. September 29, 2012.

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• When we stage the Olympics it will inspire kids all over the country. A kid in Scotland or Ireland will be encouraged to take up sport.

  Daley Thompson

  Motivational, Sports, Country

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• I had been walking one afternoon in Scotland and thought: Why don't I just keep going? There was, I said, a magic in leaving a line of footprints stretching across Asia.

  Rory Stewart

  Leaving, Magic, Afternoon

  Rory Stewart (2009). “The Places In Between”, p.30, Pan Macmillan

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• I have spoken to Paul and he is now talking to his family and seeing where his future lies, whether it be here or back in Scotland, said Worthington. Obviously I'm delighted with the way he played today and also the way he performed at Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday when he only knew he would be playing 15 minutes before the game.

  Nigel Worthington

  Lying, Games, Talking

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