Quotes about scotland
scotland choices up-to-you
I come more to Scotland than I ever used to, so I feel more connected to it, more part of the zeitgeist. You know when you realize you have a choice and I'm choosing my homeland. It's funny: when you get older these things creep up to you. Alan Cumming
scotland fantasy faux
I had a fantasy that i'd drift up to Scotland and spend my life as a faux bodhisattua. David Bowie
scotland today derby
But there is always that unpredictability about a derby match and that's what it was today. Alex Ferguson
scotland independence generations
We are Scotland's independence generation. And our time is now Alex Salmond
scotland sides poetic
The poetic side of me is Scottish. Annie Lennox
scotland church edinburgh
It was here in Edinburgh that in the 1980s I joined with many others to protest against Margaret Thatcher as she arrived to address the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. Douglas Alexander
scotland theatre looking-forward
I'm looking forward to locking swords with Douglas Henshall and working against the stunning backdrop of Shetland. I came to Scotland a lot in the 70s and 80s in various theatre productions and of course to film Hallam Foe but this is the furthest I've ever been. Ciaran Hinds
scotland casts
But I fear, my lot being cast in Scotland, that beauty would not be content. Anne Boyd
scotland america costumes
KILT, n. A costume sometimes worn by Scotchmen in America and Americans in Scotland. Ambrose Bierce
scotland states courses
The question is not whether Scotland can survive as a separate state. Of course it could. Alistair Darling
scotland people mind
The South is one of those kingdoms of the mind, like India or Scotland, that are neat and understandable only to people who have never been there. Alistair Cooke
scotland looks switzerland
I look upon Switzerland as an inferior sort of Scotland. Sydney Smith
scotland rough-edges doctrine
The old truth that Calvin preached, that Augustine preached, that Paul preached, is the truth that I must preach to-day, or else be false to my conscience and my God. I cannot shape the truth; I know of no such thing as paring off the rough edges of a doctrine. John Knox's gospel is my gospel. That which thundered through Scotland must thunder through England again. Charles Spurgeon
scotland half denmark
The second half was easy to sum up - and absolute shambles! (on England losing to Denmark 4-1) Alan Hansen
scotland glasses tea
A glass of whisky in Scotland in the thirties cost less than a cup of tea. Catherine Helen Spence
scotland space progress
James's expedition to Scotland is wholly imaginary, though there appears to have been space for it during Henry's progress to the North to pay his devotions at Beverley Minster. Charlotte Mary Yonge
scotland america australia
I'm popular in the United States and I'm popular in England. England is just more concentrated. The people are closer together. Venues are closer together. Many albums of mine have been popular in England, but, no hit singles. All the hit singles I had were before I went to England. So, I'm not necessarily more popular in England, I'm just popular in England, and more so for my performances than hit records. But, I enjoy doing concert halls all over America, England, Scotland and Australia. Jack Jones
scotland squares soul
Wherever a Scotsman goes, here goes Burns. His grand whole, catholic soul squares with the good of all; therefore we find him in everything, everywhere. John Muir
scotland too-much boat
We Slovenians are even better misers than you Scottish. You know how Scotland began? One of us Slovenians was spending too much money, so we put him on a boat and he landed in Scotland. Slavoj Zizek
scotland shock
Pre-tournament Scotland were our 50/1 outsiders, so to say this is a shock is an understatement.
scotland leaving magic
I had been walking one afternoon in Scotland and thought: Why don't I just keep going? There was, I said, a magic in leaving a line of footprints stretching across Asia. Rory Stewart
scotland bells
There is nothing better for me than to bring the bells in, in Scotland. Sharleen Spiteri
scotland hiking places-to-go
I love Scotland, mainly for its landscape. I like walking, and it's a great place to go hiking. Toby Stephens
scotland people rave
I can't understand why people in Scotland rave about Darren Fletcher. Roy Keane
scotland kevin england
England have the best fans in the world and Scotlands fans are second to none Kevin Keegan
scotland england canada
Scotland is the Canada of England! Rainn Wilson
scotland europe want
If the U.K. were threatening to withdraw from Europe, I would certainly want Scotland to be out of that. Peter Higgs
scotland
Scotland just isn't terribly Tory. Sara Sheridan
scotland people appreciate
People in Scotland appreciate homegrown talent, but it's getting harder and harder to get films made in Britain. Robert Carlyle
scotland doe scotsmen
A Scotchman must be a very sturdy moralist who does not love Scotland better than truth. Samuel Johnson
scotland england high-road
The noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees is the high road that leads him to England.
scotland kingdoms england
The natural barriers between England and Scotland were not sufficient to prevent the extension of the Saxon settlements and kingdoms across the border.
scotland islands born
I was born in the island of Ireland. I have Irish traits in me - we don't all have the traits of what came from Scotland, there is the celtic factor... and I am an Irishman because you cannot be an Ulsterman without being an Irishman Ian Paisley