3621 quotes by scottish authors for you to enjoy

I've often thought having a politician for a parent must be like having a constantly embarrassing uncle. Johann Lamont

Thought Uncle Politician Embarrassing Must Constantly Parent Having Like Often

I spent ridiculous amounts of time as an activist and volunteer and was a teacher for 20 years. Johann Lamont

Teacher Time Spent Volunteer Years Ridiculous Activist Amount

I'd always step up to the mark to serve the people of the country. Johann Lamont

People Country Mark Step Always Up Serve

I don't agree with the Tories on most things. Johann Lamont

Tories Most Agree Things

Those of us who were part of creating the Scottish parliament believe we must always test constitutional arrangements. The real test is where do the powers lie? Is it in the best interests of Scotland? Johann Lamont

With the emergence of the Internet, it has become possible for creative and bold people with focus and determination to establish businesses in some of our remotest communities. But these will not work if they do not have reliable transport routes responding to the impatient modern customer. Johann Lamont

Work Creative People Determination Internet Will Focus Become Our Responding Possible Reliable Some Emergence Impatient Modern Establish Customer Communities Transport Businesses Bold Routes

When universities are forced to recruit more and more from outwith Scotland just to balance the books, it is inevitable that doors are being slammed shut on some of our brightest talent. Johann Lamont

Balance Inevitable Doors Our Books Some More More And More Recruit Talent Forced Scotland Just Being Slammed Brightest Shut Universities

Law is a bottomless pit. John Arbuthnot

Law Bottomless Pit

Empires won by conquest have always fallen either by revolt within or by defeat by a rival. John Boyd Orr

Defeat Rival Empires Within Always Fallen Won Revolt Either Conquest

After the First World War the economic problem was no longer one of production. It was the problem of finding markets to get the output of industry and agriculture dispersed and consumed. John Boyd Orr

War Problem World Agriculture First Markets Finding Economic Output Consumed Longer Industry First World First World War Get After Production World War

The increase of territory and power of empires by force of arms has been the policy of all great powers, and it has always been possible to get the approval of their state religion. John Boyd Orr

Great Religion Power Increase State Approval Possible Has-Been Empires Powers Force Arms Policy Territory Always Been Get

The real evil of the Russian communist state is not communism. It is the secret police and the concentration camp. John Boyd Orr

Communism Police Evil State Secret Russian Concentration Real Camp Communist

Science has produced such powerful weapons that in a war between great powers there would be neither victor nor vanquished. Both would be overwhelmed in destruction. John Boyd Orr

War Great Science Destruction Neither Would Would-Be Weapons Vanquished Both Powerful Between Powers Nor Overwhelmed Victor Produced

As I have tried to show, science, in producing the airplane and the wireless, has created a new international political environment to which governments must adjust their foreign policies. John Boyd Orr

Science Political Airplane Adjust Must Tried Wireless Environment New Policies Foreign Governments Which Created Producing Show International

Though the general principles of statecraft have survived the rise and fall of empires, every increase in knowledge has brought about changes in the political, economic, and social structure. John Boyd Orr

Knowledge Political Fall Every Increase Changes Though Brought About Rise General Structure Economic Empires Principles Survived Social

Prayer opens the heart to God, and it is the means by which the soul, though empty, is filled by God. John Buchan

God Prayer Soul Heart Though Opens Empty Which Means Filled

Without humility there can be no humanity. John Buchan

Humanity Humility Without

We can pay our debts to the past by putting the future in debt to ourselves. John Buchan

Future Past Pay Our Ourselves Putting Debt Debts

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