Scotland S Independence Quotes

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

Alex Salmond

#2. Scotland can exist fully if we dream hard enough, Julie. I just can't relate to that Scottish deep-fried-chip-on-the-shoulder. Trainspotting was wrong: it feels fucking great being Scottish. We're becoming something, Julie. I can feel it. We're getting dressed up.

Alan Bissett

#3. I want there to be another independence referendum at some stage. I want Scotland to be independent, but I wouldn't choose to have it happen because England votes to come out of the E.U.

Nicola Sturgeon

#4. I will say that anyone who supports Scottish independence should go to Athens. Because nothing works. It is a disaster. It is a ruined, dirty place where people do not have money or future prospects. The day one after independence, Scotland would be worse.

Philip Kerr

#5. Scotland is the only case in the world where the poor part of a territory wants to separate from the rich part. If independence came, one option is to keep the pound as its currency, so that all economic decisions will continue to be taken by the Bank of England.

Philip Kerr

#6. Scotland needs comedy more than ever. With the independence debate, finally after 300 years, reaching room temperature.

Rory Bremner

#7. The lighting changes were definitely the biggest thing and the biggest reason that people don't shoot stop motion outdoors.

Kirsten Lepore

#8. If the Scottish people decide to opt for independence, it would not be a good idea for Scotland to maintain a very rigid link to the pound.

Mohamed El-Erian

#9. I've always been the long-term relationship, go-home-and-meet-mom girl.

Sophia Bush

#10. Scotland is not a region of the U.K.; Scotland is a nation, and if we cannot protect our interests within a U.K. that is going to be changing fundamentally, then that right of Scotland to consider the options of independence has to be there.

Nicola Sturgeon

#11. Gentlemen, like a bee do not give up to work that nectar in the soul of your queen until she has enough sweetness to be shared by both of you.

Gloria D. Gonsalves

#12. I have forgotten much that I thought I knew, and learned again much that I had forgotten. I can see many things far off, but many things that are close at hand I cannot see. Tell

J.R.R. Tolkien

#13. Joy needs no object; it is our own nature.

Sathya Sai Baba

#14. Liadia broke the Wraith Alliance."
Black Knife stilled. "How do you know that?"
"A refugee told me."
"Who?"
"I didn't ask for a name. I didn't want you to go after anyone, if you found out."
He tilted his head a fraction. "You don't trust me?"
"Of course not. You're a vigilante.

Jodi Meadows

#15. The reason I can give wonder is that I feel wonder about the world: the stars, a tree, my body - everything.

Doug Henning

#16. Independence is the only way Scotland can realise its full political and cultural potential in the 21st century.

Tariq Ali

#17. The Russian action in Chechnya could be likened to the British Army reducing Edinburgh to rubble and expelling a couple of million Scottish people in response to a unilateral declaration of independence by Scotland

Amjad M. Jaimoukha

#18. Pleading with those eyes, it's obvious what I'm meant to do. I embrace the beauty and kiss it deeply.

Patrick Bryant

#19. Scotland forms a crucial part of our Armed Forces which should not be jeopardised by rushed cuts or a rush to the exit from the U.K. Defence jobs are vital to the Scottish economy and yet independence puts thousands of jobs at risk.

Philip Hammond

#20. He had to do it in secret. He didn't want people to think he was buying forgiveness or understanding. Those two things should not be for sale, at any price.

Barry Lyga

#21. I don't feel we need to be independent for me to feel confident in my Scottish identity. I think Scotland is pretty comfortable in its identity. We won't need independence to preserve it ... if we don't become independent, it won't disappear; it isn't under existential threat.

Nicola Sturgeon

#22. Cultivate a positive mental attitude. Your attitude influences your perceptions and your perceptions influence your decisions and your decisions influence your reality.

Deon Potgieter

#23. We will drain our dearest veins,
But they shall be free.

Robert Burns

#24. Propaganda in the ordinary sense of the term plays a less important part in a consumer society, where people greet all official pronouncements with suspicion.

Christopher Lasch

#25. I've always been hopeful about Scotland's prospects. And I now believe more than ever that Scotland is within touching distance of achieving independence and equality.

Sean Connery

#26. But as a Scot with a lifelong love of Scotland and the arts, I believe the opportunity of independence is too good to miss. Simply put there is no more creative an act than creating a new nation.

Sean Connery

#27. Clearly, if it is sensible to hold a referendum on independence, it is crucial that we have one on marriage. It is the only way the country can move forward on this issue. Let all those who have a view on this subject place their trust in the Scottish people and let Scotland decide.

Keith O'Brien