123 Scottish Quotes for You to Enjoy

Taxing people for having a spare bedroom and forcing them into rent arrears or the possibility of losing homes they have lived in for years has always been a cruel and heartless measure, and so it is good that the Scottish Parliament has been able to step in. Nicola Sturgeon

Good People Losing Forcing Possibility Has-Been Able Having Parliament Cruel Step Always Rent Bedroom Been Years Scottish Heartless Spare Them Taxing Measure Lived Homes

Scottish politics, U.K. politics, is not really like American politics in this respect. Not everybody is absolutely obsessed with image. I'm not saying the United States is obsessed with image. Nicola Sturgeon

Politics Saying Respect Everybody States Absolutely Obsessed Like Scottish American Really American Politics United United States Image

I'm quite hypercritical of myself. It's a very Scottish thing, always thinking that you've got to be that bit better than everyone else to be good enough. Nicola Sturgeon

Myself Good You Better Thinking Enough Else Everyone Everyone Else Bit Always Got Very Scottish Than Quite Thing

The SNP became a minority government in 2007, then a majority one in 2011. But Labour viewed what was happening as some kind of aberration. They felt the problem wasn't theirs: they didn't have to change; the Scottish people had just gone down this wrong road, and if they waited long enough, they would find their way back. Nicola Sturgeon

Government Change People Problem Minority Long Gone Down Enough Back Way Kind Would Aberration Find Some Had Road Wrong Majority Became Felt Waited Scottish Labour Just Happening Then Viewed

My heritage is Scottish and a lot of Irish, too. Perdita Weeks

Heritage Too Lot Irish Scottish

I haven't found anything to complain about. But being Scottish, it won't be long. Peter Capaldi

Long Complain About Scottish Being Anything Found

I do feel Scottish in some way. Maybe it's to do with visiting my grandparents here every summer as a child, but I am aware of my Scottish ancestry. It's there all right, but it would be pushing it to label me a Scottish painter. Or, indeed, an anywhere painter. Peter Doig

Me Every Summer Way Indeed Ancestry Visiting Would Would-Be Some Pushing Feel Am Label Scottish Child Maybe Anywhere Grandparents Painter Aware Right Here

Scotland forms a crucial part of our Armed Forces which should not be jeopardised by rushed cuts or a rush to the exit from the U.K. Defence jobs are vital to the Scottish economy and yet independence puts thousands of jobs at risk. Philip Hammond

Independence Defence Our Jobs Thousands Vital Rush Rushed Risk Crucial Part Puts Armed Armed Forces Economy Forces Exit Scotland Scottish Which Forms Cuts Should

All nationalism is based on racism and hate. I'm Scottish; I was born in Scotland, as my parents, as my grandparents. Philip Kerr

Racism Hate Parents Nationalism Born Scotland Scottish Grandparents Based

I have Scottish genes: my grandfather was Scottish. My father was a voracious drinker. So, drinking came naturally to me. Pooja Bhatt

Me Father Drinking Drinker Voracious Genes Came Scottish Grandfather Naturally

My dad's Scottish, and I always used to say I was, too. Rachael Stirling

Too Say Always Scottish Used Dad

My Mother is Swedish and my Father is Scottish, he played for Charlton in the 1960's and was in the Army, he captained the British forces team. We then moved to S.A. because a lot of players did that at the time. Richard Gough

Time Army Mother Father Charlton He Forces Because Lot Scottish Did Moved Then Swedish Team Played Players British

I'm hugely fond of Scotland. My daughter, Jemma, was born in the Simpson Memorial Maternity Hospital in Edinburgh, and it always tickled me that she was so vexed she didn't have a Scottish accent even though she was brought up down south. Rick Wakeman

I love the Scottish accent; it is very sexy. Rita Ora

Love Sexy Accent Very Scottish

The Scottish fans are the best in the world. I love them. Roberto Mancini

Love Best World Fans Scottish Them

For some time, Scotland's greatest exports to England have included whisky and Scottish MPs. Or, in the case of Charles Kennedy, both. All these links, politically, economically, culturally, are part of my Union. Would Glasgow's brilliant Commonwealth Games or the Edinburgh Festival be any better for our being independent? I doubt it. Rory Bremner

Time Better Brilliant Doubt Our Independent Would Charles Some Case Both Part Glasgow Economically Edinburgh Greatest Links Scotland Festival Scottish Any Politically Being Commonwealth Whisky Games England Union Exports Included Kennedy

Shipping is so cheap that it makes more financial sense for Scottish cod to be sent 10,000 miles to China to be filleted, then sent back to Scottish shops and restaurants, than to pay Scottish filleters. Rose George

Financial Sense Pay Back Restaurants More Cheap Makes Shipping Scottish Than Shops China Sent Then Miles

First and foremost, Scotland is my home, and I do consider myself Scottish, but I also feel very British, and I hope that Scotland stays within the Union. I have a real concern about independence. Rose Leslie

Hope Myself Home Independence First Consider Stays About Feel Also Concern Within Real Foremost Very Scotland Scottish Union British

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

Scottish writers are particularly successful in the crime genre. Sara Sheridan

Crime Writers Particularly Genre Scottish Successful

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