#scottish

I'm Scottish first, and it's odd to hear that I'm a Scottish-American. ↗

— Alan Cumming

#hear #i #odd #scottish

In the Scottish Orkneys, the little stone houses with their single large room and central hearth had an extraordinary range of built-in furniture. ↗

— Stephen Gardiner

#central #extraordinary #furniture #had #hearth

I just read an 800-page history of the Scottish Enlightenment and, honestly, I may as well just start it again now, because I cannot remember a single thing. I can barely remember where Scotland is. ↗

— Hugh Laurie

#barely #because #cannot #enlightenment #history

What happens when there is a conflict between the Scottish parliament, if it was established, and the Westminster parliament? Who is supreme? ↗

— John Major

#conflict #established #happens #parliament #scottish

I'm fiercely proud to be Scottish. ↗

— Ewan McGregor

#i #proud #scottish

My theory is that all of Scottish cuisine is based on a dare. ↗

— Mike Myers

#based #cuisine #dare #scottish #theory

Many miles away there's a shadow on the door of a cottage on the Shore of a dark Scottish lake. ↗

— Walter Scott

#cottage #dark #door #lake #many

It would ha' been a good deal easier, if ye'd only been a witch. ↗

— Diana Gabaldon

#epic #fraser #graphic-novel #outlander #romance

The Scottish government set a goal of increasing exports by 50% by 2017. That is ambitious. Is it achievable? ↗

— Tom Hunter

#exports #goal #government #increasing #scottish

Though the continued march of intellect and education have nearly obliterated from the mind of the Scots a belief in the marvelous, still a love of the supernatural lingers among the more mountainous districts of the northern kingdom; for 'the Schoolmaster' finds it no easy task, even when aided by all the light of science, to uproot the prejudices of more than two thousand years. ("The Phantom Regiment") ↗

— James Grant

#scots #scotsman #scottish #supernatural #superstition