Quotes About Scotland

If they thought their sovereignty worth keeping, the handful of lords who divided Scotland between them must unite. And unite before religious division caught and struck them apart for ever.

On the day that his grannie was killed by the English, Sir William Scott the Younger of Buccleuch was at Melrose Abbey, marrying his aunt.

I grant," said Lady Buccleuch with a certain grim amusement, "that the pure springs of chivalry may be a little muddy in the Hawick area, but that's no proper excuse for calling his father an unprincipled old rogue, and every other peer in Scotland a traitorous scoundrel.

Lord Culter watched them come. There was about him none of the mad abandon of the bridegroom. A sober, thickset figure with brown hair and reliable grey eyes, Richard Crawford in his thirties was a man of wealth and tried power. He waited, his face stony, and before Buccleuch opened his mouth, he spoke. "If it's about Lymond, don't trouble, Buccleuch." "It's about Lymond," said Sir Wat grimly, and let fly.

Gardington was made over to me once, by the Crown. It's one of their standard good-conduct prizes for espionage.' Philippa said, rather blankly, 'I thought you were spying at that time for Scotland.' 'Well, I wasn't spying for England,' Lymond said.

We've all those, and we've the rest, like yourself, who carry the throne on their backs from generation to generation—maybe just because you've so much at stake in Scotland that there's no other game worth the risk; still you do it.

man had blandly abstained. He had been right: it would have lost him money. But not in Scotland

Ridiculed as Knox the knave and a runagate Scot, he was outlawed and forbidden to preach by the archbishop of St. Andrews, and orders were issued that he be shot on sight if he failed to comply. Knox did not comply. Years later, a would-be assassin fired a shot through a window of Knox's house in Edinburgh, narrowly missing his mark.? Still Knox preached.

Father, will justice ever reign in Scotland?

The archbishop of St. Andrews threatened that if Knox preached, he would be shot on sight. Knox preached anyway, from Perth to Fife and beyond. As a result, the summer of 1559 saw an extraordinary revival spread throughout Scotland.59

Five minutes later, a young man walking rapidly in the opposite direction pulled up short and stopped in front of Sandra. He exclaimed blithely: "I say, what luck! I wondered if I'd ever see you again." His tone was so delighted that she blushed just a little. He stooped to the dog. "What a jolly little fellow. What's his name?" "MacTavish." "Oh, very Scotch.

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.

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People in Scotland have a queer idea of the arts. They think you can be an artist in your spare time, though nobody expects you to be a spare-time dustman, engineer, lawyer or brain surgeon.

Something I notice speaking to writers from south of Hadrian's Wall is that the culture is different. At base, I think Scotland values its creative industries differently from England.

Of course I've had my moments of wanting to go back to Scotland, and I almost did a couple of times, but other things just came up.

Scotland is the Canada of England!

A lot of Scots have settled in Canada over the years and it's a very easy place for Scots - they understand us, we understand them.

As far as single payer, it works in Canada. It works incredibly well in Scotland.

The whole idea of Hogmanay is part of your life growing up in Scotland. It's a big deal. It's one of the biggest celebrations ever. It was always about 'Where you going? What are you doing?'

I have always loved Scottish music - all sorts of Celtic, Gaelic music.

'Mull of Kintyre' was the biggest single of all time up until 'Don't They Know It's Christmas' by that big charity.

I won't be chasing down players who have retired. I only want players who are 100% committed to Scotland.

The Scotsman' is a cheerleader for devolution.