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Scotland Quotes

My parents were both from Scotland, but had been resident in Lower Canada some time before their marriage, which took place in Montreal; and in that city I spent most of my life.

Maria Monk, Theodore Dwight, John Jay Slocum, William K. Hoyte (1836). “Awful Disclosures of Maria Monk: As Exhibited in a Narrative of Her Sufferings During a Residence of Five Years as a Novice, and Two Years as a Black Nun, in the Hotel Dieu Nunnery at Montreal”, p.9, New York : Howe & Bates

Over the next few days we want cities, towns and villages across the UK to send a message to Scotland: stay with us.

"Are you heeding Ed Miliband's call to fly the Saltire across the UK?" by James Walsh, www.theguardian.com. September 9, 2014.

KILT, n. A costume sometimes worn by Scotchmen in America and Americans in Scotland.

Ambrose Bierce (2011). “Ambrose Bierce: The Devil's Dictionary, Tales, and Memoirs: The Devil's Dictionary, Tales, and Memoirs”, p.693, Library of America

God help England if she had no Scots to think for her.

George Bernard Shaw (2015). “George Bernard Shaw: The Collected Plays (Illustrated): 60 plays including Caesar and Cleopatra, Pygmalion, Saint Joan, The Apple Cart, Cymbeline, Androcles And The Lion, The Man Of Destiny, The Inca Of Perusalem and Macbeth Skit”, p.3448, e-artnow

I can't understand why people in Scotland rave about Darren Fletcher.

"From mundane to marvellous: Darren Fletcher's startling transformation" by Louise Taylor, www.theguardian.com. August 28, 2009.

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

"'My time as leader is nearly over but for Scotland the dream shall never die'". www.heraldscotland.com. September 20, 2014.

Beautiful, Glorious Scotland, has spoilt me for every other country.

Justin G. Turner, Linda Levitt Turner, Mary Todd Lincoln (1972). “Mary Todd Lincoln: her life and letters”, Random House Inc

In Scotland, when people congregate, they tend to argue and discuss and reason; in Orkney, they tell stories.

George Mackay Brown (1990). “George Mackay Brown: fiction - poetry - reviews : Stewart Conn, Tom Scott, Luis Ceruuda”