123 Scottish Quotes for You to Enjoy

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

Today Song Genius Words Rest Ownership Rich Enjoy Enriched Melodic Claim Collected Responsible Folk Folk Songs Songs He Mainly Robert House Line Were His Scottish Burns Usable Treasure Kept

If you don't like Scottish weather, wait 30 minutes, and it is likely to change. Raymond Bonner

You Change Wait Weather Minutes Like Likely Scottish

I like Scottish people because they feel very true. They're always level and straight. They get a reputation for being hardened because of it, but I find them to be scrupulously honest people. Rupert Friend

People Reputation Find True Feel Like Because Always Very Scottish Get Being Straight Them Hardened Level Honest Honest People

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

When I first read 'Outlander' a few years ago, I was shocked to find that Jamie was the complete package: incredibly smart, incredibly witty, strong but emotionally vulnerable, passionate to a fault - and, well, the Scottish accent doesn't hurt! I actually stopped reading at several points to swoon over something he said... he's really that good. Alexandra Bracken

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Maybe it's the buildings, maybe it's the weather, but you can see it affects us - that Scottish gallows humour; our tendency towards bleakness, to look at things in a negative way. Those definitely come out in my writing. Allan Guthrie

Look at Scottish guys wearing kilts - you could look at them and laugh, but the way they carry themselves, how can you? You can wear some of the weirdest things and be cool. If you believe in it, that's what makes it cool. Andre Benjamin

You Believe Way Laugh Carry Wear Wearing Some Guys Could Weirdest Look Makes How Scottish Them Themselves Cool Things

The English are a tolerant bunch and, outside elements of the London elite, never much minded the rise of the Scottish Raj: after all, we were British, well-educated, reasonably cultivated and spoke with clear, classless accents. Andrew Neil

It seems to be a big thing to people that a Scottish player is going to play in the Champions League final, but hopefully that will become a more regular thing. Andrew Robertson

People Will Big Become Final Hopefully Seems More League Scottish Going Big Thing Regular Play Thing Player Champions Champions League

I was 13 when my parents moved to Israel, and I was put in a Scottish mission school. Ninety-nine percent of the children were Israeli... Suddenly, I found myself speaking the wrong language, dressed in the wrong clothes, picked up by the wrong mode of transportation - an embassy car instead of a bus. Arlie Russell Hochschild

Myself School Language Car Parents Clothes Ninety-Nine Ninety-Nine Percent Embassy Dressed Percent Picked Put Wrong Instead Mission Israel Israeli Were Up Scottish Mode Moved Children Bus Speaking Transportation Suddenly Found

My mother has only just got over the fact that I will never play Shrek's sister - because of the Scottish accent, she thought I'd be perfect. Ashley Jensen

Mother Will Thought Sister Only Fact Perfect Never Over She Accent Because Got Scottish Just Shrek Play

Mind you, if a blockbuster movie was offered, I wouldn't say no. I can do accents - I don't always have to be Scottish. Ashley Jensen

You Mind Say Accents Always Blockbuster Scottish Offered Movie

Hobbits are a lot like Scots. It's all about nature and enjoying their land, which is a very Scottish thing. Billy Boyd

Nature About Like Lot Very Scottish Which Land Thing Enjoying

The North American intellectual tradition began, I maintain, in the encounter of British Romanticism with assertive, pragmatic North American English - the Protestant plain style in both the U.S. and Canada, with its no-nonsense Scottish immigrants. Camille Paglia

I have a very musical family from my Scottish roots. Carice van Houten

Family Musical Very Scottish Roots

I have always loved Scottish music - all sorts of Celtic, Gaelic music. Carter Burwell

Music Sort Always Scottish Celtic Gaelic Loved

A perennial problem that has faced the Scottish Highlands is that, time and again, too many of the more talented young people have had to move elsewhere - even abroad - through a lack of opportunities that should have been available. Charles Kennedy

Time People Problem Opportunities Young Too Elsewhere Faced Abroad More Perennial Through Had Talented Been Scottish Lack Move Again Young People Available Should Many Even

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

People Down Recognised More Scottish Get Holidays Who Street

For months, people have been asking my views about the Scottish independence referendum, and I've been saying, 'It's not my country; I don't live here. Much as I love Scotland, I think it would be inappropriate to express a personal opinion regarding Scottish politics'. Diana Gabaldon

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