#scots

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. ↗

— David Cameron

#alone #britain #contribution #could #first-hand

I come from a very critical culture. You know the Scots. They're always saying: 'Oh, no. It will never work. You'll never amount to anything. You've got to know your place in the world.' ↗

— Craig Ferguson

#amount #anything #come #critical #culture

I think Shakespeare is like a dialect. If I heard a broad Scots accent, I'd probably struggle at first but then I'd start to look for words I recognise and I'd get the gist. I think Shakespeare is like that. ↗

— Ralph Fiennes

#broad #dialect #first #get #heard

I am not an Englishman, I was never an Englishman, and I don't ever want to be one. I am a Scotsman! I was a Scotsman and I will always be one. ↗

— Sean Connery

#am #englishman #ever #i #i am

You think to judge me, MacKinnon? I've littered the ground wi' the corpses of men like you." Iain raised his blade and smiled. "You've never met a man like me. ↗

— Pamela Clare

#historical-romance #scotsmen #death

The Irish seem to have more fire about them than the Scots. ↗

— Sean Connery

#fire #irish #more #scots #seem

Mary Queen of Scots was my first love, and that is always something special. ↗

— Antonia Fraser

#first #first love #love #mary #queen

After Mary Queen of Scots, I turned to the farthest subject possible: Cromwell. ↗

— Antonia Fraser

#cromwell #farthest #i #mary #possible

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 Žižek

#misers #money #scotland #scots #slovenians

[Connor, prepared to sacrifice himself to save Sarah] God, I pray, give me the strength to live the next hour well. ↗

— Pamela Clare

#sacrifice #scotsman #historical-romance