Salmond's Quotes

#1. I won't say I've never felt in Alex Salmond's shadow, but latterly, when Alex was leader, I didn't. It's more about my awareness of the fact I became First Minister during a parliamentary term. That means you're First Minister, but you haven't been elected in your own right as First Minister.

Nicola Sturgeon

#2. Can you imagine saying 'Hi' to Sam Jackson and he goes and gives you a hug? It's like being hugged by a lion.

Demian Bichir

#3. Sometimes to find the light, you have to go through the deepest darkness.

Jared Leto

#4. As you get older, you kind of take on things and become kind of different than what you used to be as a kid, obviously.

Michael Angarano

#5. We intend to lead a government of purpose and direction so that we can offer the people of this nation the opportunity to move forward to independence, democracy and equality.

Alex Salmond

#6. When he did not smile, his face looked inanimate, only his eyes remained alive, active with a cold, brilliant clarity of perception.

Ayn Rand

#7. We are Scotland's independence generation. And our time is now

Alex Salmond

#8. What is the real question is not whether to be, but how to be?

Gayle Forman

#9. I and Alex Salmond are not in competition - we are on the same side; we are on the same team, working together.

Nicola Sturgeon

#10. While the religious divisions in our world are self-evident, many people still imagine that religious conflict is always caused by a lack of education, by poverty, or by politics.

Sam Harris

#11. I admire [Alex] Salmond in many ways but my problem with him has always been this independence thing within the EU, which is rubbish.

Nigel Farage

#12. Everything in everybody's life is ... significant. And everybody is alert, watching for the meanings.

Tom Wolfe

#13. It is a war built on lies that has fanned the flames of international terrorism

Alex Salmond

#14. If the oil runs out, we'll be reduced to fracking Alex Salmond.

Rory Bremner

#15. Only someone who doesn't understand art tells an artist their art somehow failed. How the fuck can art fail? Art can't be graded, because it's going to mean something different to everyone. You can't apply a mathematical absolute to art because there is no one formula for self-expression.

Kevin Smith

#16. The rocks will melt with the sun before tuition fees are introduced in Scotland.

Alex Salmond

#17. Our internationalism is the driver of our nationalism.

Alex Salmond

#18. I'm manifestly not the same as Alex Salmond. I'm a different gender, for example ... I'm being flippant, but maybe this is a partly gender-driven difference: I'm very keen that we find a way of reaching out across party divides to find things we agree on, as well as the things we disagree on.

Nicola Sturgeon

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

Alex Salmond

#20. Dave Mackay was the kind of footballer that legends are built around. He was simply the greatest - tough as teak on the pitch and a real gentleman off it.

Alex Salmond

#21. It's good advice, but I expect it will be hard to follow; good advice is apt to be, I think.

L.M. Montgomery