Scottish Quotes - Page 6

• For instance, the notion of non-penal substitution. This idea, found in the work of the nineteenth century Scottish Reformed theologian John McLeod Campbell and based upon his reading of the letter to the Hebrews in particular, is that Christ offers up his life and death as a penitential act on our behalf, rather than as a punishment in our stead.

  Oliver D. Crisp

  Reading, Punishment, Ideas

  Source: edwardsstudies.com

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• I think the American justice system has a lot more issues than the European justice system, especially the Scottish justice system. We have a really nice mix of European codified law and the traditional English system of common law, which is what the American system is based on.

  Gerard Butler

  Nice, Thinking, Law

  Source: ca.askmen.com

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• My dad is a little Scottish guy with tattoos all over his arms.

  Scott Raab

  Tattoo, Dad, Guy

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• I'm Scottish first, and it's odd to hear that I'm a Scottish-American.

  Alan Cumming

  Firsts, Odd

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• Sean Connery wasn't the Scottish James Bond, and Daniel Craig wasn't the blue-eyed James Bond. So if I played him, I don't want to be called the black James Bond.

  Idris Elba

  Blue, Black, Want

  "Idris Elba: The Man Who Is Luther, Was Stringer, And Could Be James Bond". "Morning Edition" with Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. September 28, 2011.

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• I am a gay writer, but I am also a Scottish writer and some days a lazy writer, or a funny writer. Being gay is just a part of who I am.

  Damian Barr

  Gay, Who I Am, Lazy

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• I think the French agonise more about being French, I don't think English think about being English that much. I think the Scottish think about being Scottish and the Welsh think about being Welsh, but the English don't really care. But the French think about it all the time, it's an absolute preoccupation.

  Jonathan Meades

  Thinking, Care, Preoccupation

  Source: thequietus.com

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• On my best day, I cannot do Scottish people. I don't even believe that's a real accent, to be honest with you. I think they probably sound like us when they're in the house. It's how they keep people away from them.

  Russell Peters

  Real, Believe, Thinking

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• I get recognised in the street, but that's more from all the Scottish people who are down in Blackpool on their holidays.

  Charlie Adam

  Holiday, People, Streets

  "Blackpool's Charlie Adam goes with the flow but keen to make a splash". Interview with Ewan Murray, www.theguardian.com. November 19, 2010.

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• When I started the Imagination Library in my hometown, I never dreamed that one day we would be helping Scottish kids.

  Dolly Parton

  Kids, Imagination, One Day

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• As soon as I got successful, the Scottish press started picking on me. It's something they reserve just for me.

  Billy Connolly

  Successful, Reserves, Presses

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• I’m loving doing Outlander. We’ve got a great cast and we’re up in the Scottish Highlands. […] It’s big budget, they’re spending a lot of money on it. They’re going for a very gritty and realistic portrayal of the Highlands and I play Dougal MacKenzie, the War Chieftain of Clan MacKenzie. As that implies, he’s quite the serious character. There’s lots of political intrigue, there’s romance, there’s adventure and action and there’s time-travel.

  Graham McTavish

  War, Adventure, Character

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• This is a book for every fiddler who has realized halfway through playing an ancient Scottish air that the Ramones "I Wanna Be Sedated" is what folk music is really all about, and gone straight into it.

  Neil Gaiman

  Book, Air, Gone

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• Aye, wumman, if it's truly romantic, then it must be Scottish.

  P. C. Cast

  Ifs

  P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast (2010). “Burned: A House of Night Novel”, p.193, Macmillan

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• Well, my love,” said Alexia with prodigious daring to Lord Maccon, “shall we?” The earl started to move forward and then stopped abruptly and looked down at her, not moving at all. “Am I?” “Are you what?” She peeked up at him through her tangled hair, pretending confusion. There was no possible way she was going to make this easy for him. “Your love?” “Well, you are a werewolf, Scottish, naked, and covered in blood, and I am still holding your hand.” He sighed in evident relief. “Good. That is settled, then.

  Gail Carriger

  Moving, Hair, Blood

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• Every time a crime was committed by a Muslim, that person's faith was mentioned, regardless of its relevance. When a crime is committed by a Christian, do they mention his religion? ... When a crime is committed by a black man, it's mentioned in the first breath: 'An African American man was arrested today...' But what about German Americans? Anglo Americans? A white man robs a convenience store and do we hear he's of Scottish descent? In no other instance is the ancestry mentioned.

  Dave Eggers

  Christian, Men, White Man

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• Her honor will come to no harm at my hands,” Jack said. “’Tis not her honor but her tender heart that I worry about,” Alexander said. “She’s a delicate lass,” Hugh added. “Aye,” said Gregor. “A Scottish rose.” “Your tender, delicate rose had me ambushed, knocked unconscious, and forced to wed,” Jack ground out. “Facts you all know, if you’ve spoken to Hamish.” Dougal grinned, his teeth flashing whitely. “She has the devil’s own temper, our Fiona does.

  Karen Hawkins

  Heart, Hands, Worry

  Karen Hawkins (2007). “How to Abduct a Highland Lord”, p.136, Simon and Schuster

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• But, indeed, the science of logic and the whole framework of philosophical thought men have kept since the days of Plato and Aristotle, has no more essential permanence as a final expression of the human mind, than the Scottish Longer Catechism.

  George Herbert

  Plato, Philosophy, Philosophical

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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, Scotland

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

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• Well, if there is a spectrum between ethnic and civic forms of nationalism, which is a rather schematic way of looking at it, all nationalism contains elements of both, but Scotland is very far on the civic end of the spectrum. That is partly because nobody has ever been stupid enough to say that Scotland is an ethnicity in a genetic sense. A kingdom of Scotland existed long before anybody talked of a Scottish people. So that is one thing we have been spared.

  Neal Ascherson

  Stupid, Ethnicity, Scotland

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• Scottish golf is a more public game. It is more reasonably priced and they play faster. It isn't cart golf. The only reason resorts force you into carts is for the money. They are selling off the soul of the game for a few dollars.

  Daniel J. King

  Golf, Games, Play

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• Some time ago a little-known Scottish philosopher wrote a book on what makes nations succeed and what makes them fail. The Wealth of Nations is still being read today. With the same perspicacity and with the same broad historical perspective, Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson have retackled this same question for our own times. Two centuries from now our great-great- . . . -great grandchildren will be, similarly, reading Why Nations Fail.

  George Akerlof

  Book, Reading, Grandchildren

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• Today the brightest light in the Scottish political firmament has gone out.

  Jim Sillars

  Light, Political, Gone

  "Scottish politician Margo MacDonald dies aged 70" by Severin Carrell, www.theguardian.com. April 4, 2014.

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• We'll have more football later. Meanwhile, here are the highlights from the Scottish Cup final.

  Gary Newbon

  Football, Cups, Finals

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• I think that Scottish people, like Canadians, are often misunderstood and what I like about my Scottish friends and relatives is how quickly it can go from love to anger. It's a great dynamic.

  Mike Myers

  Anger, Thinking, People

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