Proud Scotland Quotes

#1. 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

#2. Whenever the urge to kiss him came over me, I would kiss him. No more living life halfway. We had to go full tilt, just like the card players did. I would hit instead of stay. Always. We

Emma Scott

#3. Birth Control and abortion are turning out to be the great eugenic advances of our time.

Frederick Osborn

#4. Madness in great ones must not unwatched go.

William Shakespeare

#5. Ah, Scotland. I am three-parts Scottish and terribly proud of it, although maybe we should divide it into eighths, because my two-eighths are Danish and English, the Lumley part. But the bulk of the rest of me is Scottish - and Scottish ministers especially.

Joanna Lumley

#6. England may as well dam up the waters of the Nile with bulrushes as to fetter the step of Freedom, more proud and firm in this youthful land than where she treads the sequestered glens of Scotland, or couches herself among the magnificent mountains of Switzerland.

Lydia M. Child

#7. If you are a Scot living outside of Scotland but still in the UK, you are not allowed to vote in the referendum. This leaves over a million of loyal, proud Scots disenfranchised. It gives me the rage.

Damian Barr

#8. How do you know when it's over?"
"Maybe when you feel more in love with your memories than with the person standing in front of you.

Gunnar Ardelius

#9. Most of the serious disagreement I get comes through email or social media, where people are more comfortable.

Roxane Gay

#10. I had a tough career. I then resolved to find peace. And, I finally found Islam.

Nicolas Anelka

#11. Liam was too Scottish-'
'Oh but so Scottish, Bel! Come on, the bagpipes? The interminable quotations from Braveheart? Anyone who's proud of coming from Scotland obviously has issues-

Paul Murray

#12. I have met a great many people on their way towards God and I wonder why they have chosen to look for him rather than themselves.

Jeanette Winterson

#13. If human beings weren't 'dumbable' enough to be made soldiers, war would be nothing but an exchange of swear words between a handful of individuals.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

#14. I'm proud of the culture I come from - we're a small country and a close-knit community.

Sara Sheridan