Scotland Quotes

Lord, give me Scotland or I die!

I have travelled around the globe. I have seen the Canadian and American Rockies, the Andes, the Alps and the Highlands of Scotland, but for simple beauty, Cape Breton outrivals them all!

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.

It is never difficult to distinguish between a Scotsman with a grievance and a ray of sunshine.

What most people don't understand is that UFOs are on a cosmic tourist route. That's why they're always seen in Arizona, Scotland, and New Mexico. Another thing to consider is that all three of those destinations are good places to play golf. So there's possibly some connection between aliens and golf.

There are two seasons in Scotland: June and Winter.

For 3 Million you could give everyone in Scotland a shovel, and we could dig a hole so deep we could hand her over to Satan in person.

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

Of all the small nations of this earth, perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind.

Remember, the Arctic didn't have any ice. And the Northwest Passage was wide open. They were raising grapes in Scotland for God sakes, had a huge winery. Iceland was a farming community. As some of the glaciers retreated they found villages that were covered with ice.

I have no time for those who say there is no way Scotland could go it alone. I know first-hand the contribution Scotland and Scots make to Britain's success - so for me there's no question about whether Scotland could be an independent nation.

Scotland small? Our multiform, infinite Scotland SMALL?

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

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

The government are considering spending £3million on a state funeral for Margaret Thatcher when she dies. For £3million they could buy everyone in Scotland a shovel, and we'll dig a hole deep enough to deliver her to Satan ourselves.

One good thing about rain in Scotland. Most of it ends up as scotch.

Our Scottish theory ... is that every country has need of Scotchmen, but that Scotland has no need of the citizens of any other country.

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

[Macbeth] is historically set in a place depicted by Shakespeare as brutal and violent, incredibly superstitious, and that's something that I do believe is Scottish.

The English are not happy unless they are miserable, the Irish are not at peace unless they are at war, and the Scots are not at home unless they are abroad.

Touch his head, and he will bargain and argue with you to the last; Touch his heart, and he falls upon your breast.

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

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

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

Scotland is the country above all others that I have seen, in which a man of imagination may carve out his own pleasures; there are so many inhabited solitudes.