53 Glasgow Quotes for You to Enjoy

I am half Scottish. My father is an expat from Glasgow, and on my mother's side there's a bit of French, a bit of Scottish, a bit of Irish. Adelaide Kane

Mother Father Half Side Bit Glasgow French Am Irish Scottish

I really want it to have an impact on the world. I want to be in a town on the other side of the world, and somebody walks up and says, 'That music you made in Glasgow, I listened to it every day, and it moved me.' Alex Kapranos

Glasgow's not a media center. When you're there, when you're hanging about, you feel quite detached from musical movements or fashions or anything like that. You do feel quite alone, in a good way. Alex Kapranos

Alone Good You Musical Way Detached About Good Way Glasgow Feel Like Quite Hanging Movements Anything Center Media Fashions

The photograph of the Queen sitting stiffly across the table from Glasgow resident Susan McCarron is so natural and expressive that it looks utterly fake. It looks like an artist's portrait, complete with symbolism, humour and poignancy. No wonder the palace and the press have interpreted it in such different ways. Amanda Foreman

Natural Queen Humour Complete Press Ways Photograph Table Poignancy No Wonder Glasgow Like Looks Fake Wonder Susan Sitting Artist Different Across Different Ways Palace Expressive Resident Utterly Portrait Interpreted Symbolism

When I went up to Glasgow University in 1967, student life was dominated by 13-hour debates on Fridays, when one of the student political clubs would form the 'government' for the day and attempt to push through a piece of legislation, which the other clubs either supported or opposed. Andrew Neil

Life Government Day Political Other Would Through Student Push Attempt Glasgow Supported For The Day Piece Opposed Debates Up Dominated Legislation Form Either Which Clubs University

I was brought up in Glasgow, and I was a big Celtic follower. Andrew Robertson

Follower Big Brought Glasgow Up Celtic

At the moment, my mother is the only one left in Glasgow, although it's certainly my home. Bill Forsyth

Home Mother Only Glasgow Although Left Certainly Moment

For me, Glasgow is all about the people and the spirit of the place. You have enough Gregg's bakers, though, I'll say that. The opening of the 1977 'Star Wars' movie was possibly the only time I've seen a longer queue round the block than in Glasgow for sausage rolls. That was quite an eye-opener. Darren Boyd

Time Me You People Seen Enough Say Though Possibly Spirit About Only Only Time Glasgow Longer Opening Block Queue Than Quite Rolls Movie Place Wars Star Star Wars Round Sausage

It's very hard to be cut off in Glasgow because it's such a small city. You know, we have the highest rate of per-capita imprisonment, certainly in Britain, maybe in Europe. We have a very high murder rate here. So most people will know someone who's been to prison. Denise Mina

You People Will Prison High City Someone Rate Small Highest Glasgow Know Most Because Been Off Very Imprisonment Maybe Cut Hard Certainly Europe Here Britain

I just got an honorary degree from Glasgow University, and I had to wear around very painful shoes so that I didn't laugh all the way through the ceremony because I felt like an outlaw. Denise Mina

People always say that Glasgow has had umpteen social problems but keeps finding ways of getting over its difficulties and transforming itself. Maybe, belonging to the city I'm able to renew myself too, and keep extending out into some new area. Edwin Morgan

Myself People Problems Difficulties Too Say Ways Out City Finding Able Some Area Had Glasgow Over New Renew Always Itself Getting Maybe Transforming Social Social Problems Keep Keeps Extending Belonging

I've always found Glasgow to be a wonderful city - warm and funny and full of kindness. Gail Honeyman

Funny Kindness Wonderful City Glasgow Always Warm Full Found

Glasgow's really friendly, with this impressive mix of real solidarity and identity that's very personal. George MacKay

Solidarity Glasgow Identity Real Mix Friendly Impressive Very Personal Really

I sang in a rock band when I was training as a lawyer. You know, not professional, we just did it for fun. We just did gigs all over Edinburgh and some in Glasgow and some at festivals. Gerard Butler

You Training Lawyer Band Gigs Some Glasgow Over Know Edinburgh Rock Rock Band Festivals Did Just Sang Fun Professional

I was training to be a lawyer... I was president of the law society at Glasgow University, and my bass guitarist was my secretary of my law society; the lead guitarist and writer worked at the law firm that I worked. Gerard Butler

Training Law Guitarist Lawyer Society Bass President Secretary Law Firm Writer Lead Firm Glasgow Worked University

Moving to Glasgow from Feyenoord was a life-changing experience. Henrik Larsson

Experience Life-Changing Glasgow Moving

Growing up in inner-city Glasgow, it sometimes seemed to me money hadn't been invented. Jack Bruce

Me Money Sometimes Seemed Invented Glasgow Been Up Growing Growing Up

I actually went to drama school at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama in Glasgow, so I stayed in my home town the whole time. However, I see more of my friends now than I did then. It's strange. James McAvoy

Music Time Home Strange School Drama Drama School See Stayed More Glasgow Town Academy However Friends Scottish Than Did Then Home Town Whole Now Actually Royal

When I was deputy chairman I could travel from Glasgow to Edinburgh without leaving Tory land. In a two-week period I covered every constituency in which we had an MP. There were 14. Now we have only one. We appear to have given up. Jeffrey Archer

I remember going to see Billy Graham in a cinema in Glasgow, and he was down in London. I used to go and hear preachers, and then we always went to church and Sunday school. That mattered a lot to me. Johann Lamont

Me Cinema Remember School Church Sunday Down Sunday School See London He Glasgow Always Go Hear Lot Preachers Mattered Going Graham Then Used Billy Billy Graham

My granny would come out and stay with us in the winter, and we would listen to the reports from the coastal stations and have a discussion in the middle of Glasgow about what the weather was like in Tiree. Johann Lamont

Winter Weather Stations Out Would Stay About Glasgow Come Like Discussion Reports Listen Middle Us Granny Coastal

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