Scottish Quotes - Page 7

• My grandfather, Harry Ferguson, was a butcher in Hill of Beath; so even though my grandparents lived in some poverty, we got loads of beef. My grandmother, Meg, was a fine Scottish cook who did slow cooking.

  Kenneth Cranham

  Grandmother, Grandparent, Cooking

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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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• 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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• 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 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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• 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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• 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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• Robert Burns enriched Scottish song with his genius and is mainly responsible for the rich treasure house of song that we enjoy today. He collected folk songs, retained the melodic line, kept what words were usable and rewrote the rest. He didn't claim ownership.

  Jimmy Reid

  Song, House, Genius

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• The Scottish Labour Party, while I have breath in my body, will listen to the views of trade unionists.

  Johann Lamont

  Party, Views, Body

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• I think because I did become a well-known face in my thirties and not in my twenties, I was pretty settled in my boots and I knew who I was. And I think there's a sort of Scottish thing, too, where you don't take yourself too seriously, and you don't get carried away with your own sense of self-importance.

  Ashley Jensen

  Thinking, Self, Twenties

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• I've never played Scots or got the chance to do my Scottish accent. I'm always trying it out in auditions, but they always say no. I'd love to act in a Scottish accent for once.

  Callum Keith Rennie

  Always Trying, Auditions, Chance

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• Both my parents are Scottish, and although I grew up in Canada after moving over, all of my family are proud to be Scots.

  Callum Keith Rennie

  Moving, Parent, Canada

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• The Scottish are not shy when it comes to expressing themselves.

  Ken Stott

  Shy

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• I love the 6 Nations rugby. I feel very Scottish then. I feel very Scottish now, sitting in the middle of Chelsea. But thats part of our heritage - being part of Britain, part of Europe. I love being European.

  Rory Bremner

  Love Is, Europe, Heritage

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• I would love to play a British character one day. My accent wavers between Scottish and Irish very easily, though.

  Chris Lilley

  Character, Play, One Day

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I feel Scottish when with English people, and when I'm with Scottish people, I realise I'm English.

  Nina Conti

  People, Feels, Realising

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• The debate can be put in the form of the question: Resolved, that the best of money managers cannot be demonstrated to be able to deliver the goods of superior portfolio-selection performance. Any jury that reviews the evidence, and there is a great deal of relevant evidence, must at least come out with the Scottish verdict: Superior investment performance is unproved.

  Paul Samuelson

  Investing, Able, Portfolios

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• As a child I was a good boy. Even if I wasn't playing tennis I don't think I'd have done things like smoking or getting drunk. I'm lucky I never liked the taste of alcohol - I know, I'm Scottish so what's wrong with me? - but I never even liked the smell of the stuff. It's the same with smoking, it never appealed to me. I guess I missed out on my Kevin-The-Teenager phase.

  Andy Murray

  Children, Teenager, Thinking

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• After I began to make some money, my brain-damaged accountant put me in one business after another that went bad. The only one that panned out was a small bank, an old Scottish firm with London offices in Pall Mall. I was a director. We sold out to a larger bank. That was the only successful venture I've had, apart from acting.

  Sean Connery

  Successful, Office, Brain

  "Sean Connery Learns 'The Chicago Way'". Interview with Roger Ebert, www.rogerebert.com. September 21, 1986.

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• The scotch egg is such a Scottish food. It's as though a great Scottish chef said: I need a tasty snack. Let's take an egg... and wrap it in meat!! Makes it a bit harder.

  Bill Bailey

  Funny, Humor, Scotch

  "Never Mind the Buzzcocks". Comedy, Game-Show, Music, 1996 - 2015.

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• I've got a bit of Scottish Blood... On my kitchen knife!!

  Milton Jones

  Funny, Humor, Blood

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• On the most Scottish thing he'd ever seen: I was going through a town called Bathgate at around 11 o'clock at night. And there was a guy leaning and pissing against a front door. He then took out his keys and went inside.

  Frankie Boyle

  Funny, Humor, Night

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• I think I'll be Scottish in every movie I write. They always try to talk me out of it, but Woody Allen is always a nebbish New Yorker. Why shouldn't I be a goofy Glaswegian?

  Craig Ferguson

  Writing, Thinking, Trying

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• We don't know anything about Scottish history. All we know is that an American guy painted his face blue and somehow they won.

  Greg Proops

  Blue, Guy, Faces

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• I've always loved the fans in Scotland and have a little Scottish blood of my own.

  Dolly Parton

  Blood, Scotland, Littles

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