3610 quotes by scottish authors for you to enjoy

Silence is more eloquent than words. Thomas Carlyle

Silence Words Eloquent More Than

A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect. Walter Scott

Knowledge History Mechanic Lawyer Possesses Some Architect He Mere Mason Venture Call Himself Without May Literature Working

One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters through a marsh, without either honor or observation. Walter Scott

Life Risks Worth Honor Men Glorious Action Waters Those Marsh Sluggish Steal Crowded Through Observation Noble Hour Like Without Years Existence Either Which Mean Decorum Full Whole Filled Paltry Chance

The awful importance of this life is that it determines eternity. William Barclay

Life Determines Importance Eternity Awful

On the road from the City of Skepticism, I had to pass through the Valley of Ambiguity. Adam Smith

Valley City Through Had Road Pass Ambiguity Skepticism

As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed, and demand a rent even for its natural produce. Adam Smith

I would impress upon your minds the fact that if you want to do a man justice, you should believe what a man says himself rather than what people say he says. Alexander Graham Bell

You Man Justice People Impress Believe Minds Say Says Would People Say Rather Fact He Himself Than Want Should Your

Concentration is my motto - first honesty, then industry, then concentration. Andrew Carnegie

Honesty First My Motto Concentration Industry Motto Then

Never trust a man, who when left alone with a tea cosey... Doesn't try it on. Billy Connolly

Alone Man Trust Try Tea Never Left Who

As a soccer player, I wanted an FA Cup winner's medal. As an actor you want an Oscar. As a chef it's three-Michelin's stars, there's no greater than that. So pushing yourself to the extreme creates a lot of pressure and a lot of excitement, and more importantly, it shows on the plate. Gordon Ramsay

You Yourself Pressure Winner Stars Extreme More Pushing Excitement Greater Chef Importantly Lot Cup Than Want Wanted Soccer Creates Plate Shows Medal Actor Player Oscar