Scotland Quotes

• I left Scotland when I was 16 because I had no qualifications for anything but the Navy, having left school at 13.

  

  Sean Connery
  • Scotland
  • Navy
  • Qualifications

• I had a fantasy that i'd drift up to Scotland and spend my life as a faux bodhisattua.

  

  David Bowie
  • Scotland
  • Fantasy Faux
  • Faux

• When you hear someone from the very north of Scotland speaking, I think its nice, very musical and harmonious.

  

  Sean Connery
  • Scotland
  • Harmonious
  • North

• The gradual colonization of the west from the Irish kingdom of Dál Riata during the first half of the first millennium AD, and the consolidation of their Gaelic kingdom in Scotland following their defeat by the Ui Neill, had an immense cultural impact in Scotland.

  

  Bryan Sykes
  • Irish
  • West
  • Colonization

• Scotland really is a spectacularly beautiful country with so much history. I always go to Culzean Castle in Ayrshire.

  

  Susan Eisenhower
  • Country
  • History
  • Scotland

• 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
  • People
  • Mind
  • India

• The media already attempts to assassinate my character in Scotland when I'm there, so my position is much more effective if I'm outside Scotland and am part of the voice of what the Scottish National Party is about.

  

  Sean Connery
  • Character
  • Media
  • Attemps

• The reason I'm patriotic about Scotland is because I think it's been dealt a really hard hand. It's marketed the world over as . . . haggis . . . bagpipes. But no one ever puts anything back into it.

  

  Alexander McQueen
  • World
  • Hand
  • Patriotic

• There are golfers everywhere who may never get a chance to play a links course in Scotland, a tree-lined course in America or the sand belts of Australia. Hopefully I can bring some of those elements into their backyards.

  

  Tiger Woods
  • America
  • Chance
  • Australia

• Scotland just isn't terribly Tory.

  

  Sara Sheridan
  • Scotland

• I started with rock n' roll and...then you start to take it apart like a child with a toy and you see there's blues and there's country...Then you go back from country into American music...and you end up in Scotland and Ireland eventually.

  

  Elvis Costello
  • Country
  • Child
  • Rock N Roll

• My favorite instrument is the snare drum. In Scotland, the snare drum is very prominent in Highland bands. The Scottish style of playing is in my blood. It's a very powerful instrument, but it can also be soothing, like velvet. It's a real challenge for composers.

  

  Evelyn Glennie
  • Style
  • Blood
  • Bands

• After I graduated from the University of Glasgow, I was a self-employed archaeologist going from dig to dig around Scotland, and it was not well-paid. I was an excavator, not a lecturer as well, so paying rent on a flat was tricky. In the end I decided to retrain as a journalist as I couldn't see a future in it.

  

  Neil Oliver
  • Future
  • Decided
  • University

• My caddy today was a Scot and he told me that he was cheering for Australia, which I thought was a bit harsh. But generally I've been amazed at how many people have come up to me here in Scotland and said: 'I've never really watched cricket before, but I was hooked all summer.' It's great.

  

  Andrew Strauss
  • Cricket
  • Scotland
  • Watched

• I tell you one you straight off in Scotland - Nick de Luca. I don't see his name quoted, but I've played against Nick quite a lot and he is a good player - one of the trickiest centres I've played against.

  

  Brian O'Driscoll
  • Scotland
  • Nick de Luca

• For me as leader my time is nearly over, but for Scotland the campaign continues and the dream shall never die.

  

  Alex Salmond
  • Dream
  • Die
  • Scotland

• I've played in pipe bands in Scotland, and I've always played guitars and drums and stuff.

  

  Ewan McGregor
  • Bands
  • Scotland
  • Guitars

• Iceland, though it lies so far to the north that it is partly within the Arctic Circle, is, like Norway, Scotland, and Ireland, affected by the Gulf Stream, so that considerable portions of it are quite habitable.

  

  Harry Houdini
  • Norway
  • Iceland
  • Arctic Circle

• I want to look beyond the legends, to find the real story of Scotland. And it's every bit as thrilling.

  

  Neil Oliver
  • Story
  • Look
  • Legends

• There's a lot of fantasy about what Scotland is, and the shortbread tins and that sort of thing.

  

  Sean Connery
  • Fantasy
  • Scotland

• It's Brazil 2 Scotland 1, so Scotland are back where they were at the start of the match.

  

  Barry Davies
  • Start
  • Scotland

• Scotland has never ceased to amaze the world with its forward vision, bold action and great educational institutions. Nothing makes me more proud than to promote this wonderful land with all its richness and diversity wherever I go.

  

  Evelyn Glennie
  • Action
  • Proud
  • Vision

• Scotland's voice has to be heard

  

  Nicola Sturgeon
  • Voice
  • Heard
  • Scotland

• I've always been hopeful about Scotland's prospects. And I now believe more than ever that Scotland is within touching distance of achieving independence and equality.

  

  Sean Connery
  • Equality
  • Independence
  • Hopeful

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