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Quotes by Scottish authors

Scottish FlagWelcome to Scottish Quotes, the best source for all things Scottish! Below you will locate a broad option of renowned Scottish quotes, from the amusing to the inspiring. Whether you're searching for a little wit or a little bit of knowledge, you'll locate it right here. We've collected quotes from several of Scotland's a lot of precious figures, consisting of Robert Burns, Sir Walter Scott, and also Robert Louis Stevenson. So, take a look around and also find the perfect quote to show your family and friends.
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Small: Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us
Samuel Smiles
"Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us"
Samuel Smiles, Author
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Small: Globalisation will make our societies more creative and prosperous, but also more vulnerable
"Globalisation will make our societies more creative and prosperous, but also more vulnerable"
Lord Robertson, Diplomat
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Small: Television sounded really different than the Ramones sounded really different than us sounded really different
David Byrne
"Television sounded really different than the Ramones sounded really different than us sounded really different than Blondie sounded really different than the Sex Pistols"
David Byrne, Musician
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Small: Narrative is linear, but action has breadth and depth as well as height and is solid
Thomas Carlyle
"Narrative is linear, but action has breadth and depth as well as height and is solid"
Thomas Carlyle, Writer
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Small: The true university of these days is a collection of books
Thomas Carlyle
"The true university of these days is a collection of books"
Thomas Carlyle, Writer
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Small: Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience
Adam Smith
"Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience"
Adam Smith, Economist
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Small: How often we fail to realize our good fortune in living in a country where happiness is more than a lack of tr
"How often we fail to realize our good fortune in living in a country where happiness is more than a lack of tragedy"
Paul Sweeney, Politician
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Small: Its easier for the generous to forgive, than for offence to ask it
"Its easier for the generous to forgive, than for offence to ask it"
James Thomson, Musician
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Small: Real beauty knocks you a little bit off kilter
David Byrne
"Real beauty knocks you a little bit off kilter"
David Byrne, Musician
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Small: It didnt even occur to me that Im the last person in the world who should play salsa or Brazilian music
David Byrne
"It didn't even occur to me that I'm the last person in the world who should play salsa or Brazilian music"
David Byrne, Musician
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Small: To some extent I happily dont know what Im doing. I feel that its an artists responsibility to trust that
David Byrne
"To some extent I happily don't know what I'm doing. I feel that it's an artist's responsibility to trust that"
David Byrne, Musician
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Small: Ive been in beautiful landscapes where one is tempted to whip out a camera and take a picture. Ive learned to
David Byrne
"I've been in beautiful landscapes where one is tempted to whip out a camera and take a picture. I've learned to resist that"
David Byrne, Musician
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Small: Im afraid that everything will get homogenized and be the same
David Byrne
"I'm afraid that everything will get homogenized and be the same"
David Byrne, Musician
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Small: My favorite time of day is to get up and eat leftovers from dinner, especially spicy food
David Byrne
"My favorite time of day is to get up and eat leftovers from dinner, especially spicy food"
David Byrne, Musician
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Small: When we started, a lot of bands sounded really different from one another
David Byrne
"When we started, a lot of bands sounded really different from one another"
David Byrne, Musician
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Small: I find rebellion packaged by a major corporation a little hard to take seriously
David Byrne
"I find rebellion packaged by a major corporation a little hard to take seriously"
David Byrne, Musician
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Small: Thats the one for my tombstone... Here lies David Byrne. Why the big suit?
David Byrne
"That's the one for my tombstone... Here lies David Byrne. Why the big suit?"
David Byrne, Musician
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Small: Everythings intentional. Its just filling in the dots
David Byrne
"Everything's intentional. It's just filling in the dots"
David Byrne, Musician
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Small: Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight
Thomas Carlyle
"Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight"
Thomas Carlyle, Writer
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Small: No pressure, no diamonds
Thomas Carlyle
"No pressure, no diamonds"
Thomas Carlyle, Writer
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Small: A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one
Thomas Carlyle
"A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one"
Thomas Carlyle, Writer
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Small: Blessed is he who has found his work let him ask no other blessedness
Thomas Carlyle
"Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness"
Thomas Carlyle, Writer
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Small: Mans unhappiness, as I construe, comes of his greatness it is because there is an Infinite in him, which with
Thomas Carlyle
"Man's unhappiness, as I construe, comes of his greatness; it is because there is an Infinite in him, which with all his cunning he cannot quite bury under the Finite"
Thomas Carlyle, Writer
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Small: Happiness never lays its finger on its pulse
Adam Smith
"Happiness never lays its finger on its pulse"
Adam Smith, Economist
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Small: Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition
"Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition"
Alexander Smith, Poet
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Small: Trees are your best antiques
"Trees are your best antiques"
Alexander Smith, Poet
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Small: There is no ghost so difficult to lay as the ghost of an injury
"There is no ghost so difficult to lay as the ghost of an injury"
Alexander Smith, Poet
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Small: The past history of our globe must be explained by what can be seen to be happening now. No powers are to be e
"The past history of our globe must be explained by what can be seen to be happening now. No powers are to be employed that are not natural to the globe, no action to be admitted except those of which we know the principle"
James Hutton, Scientist
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Small: He was certainly in a confused state. I used to go and visit him in Callan Park. They were really - to me they
"He was certainly in a confused state. I used to go and visit him in Callan Park. They were really - to me they were the best poets those two writing in those days but it wasn't very encouraging because, well, they weren't getting far were they?"
Robert Adamson, Philosopher
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Small: Of this they drank half a pint every day, and sometimes more or less, as it operated, by way of gentle physic.
James Lind
"Of this they drank half a pint every day, and sometimes more or less, as it operated, by way of gentle physic. Two others had each two oranges and one lemon given them every day. These they ate with greediness, at different times, upon an empty stomach"
James Lind, Scientist
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Small: All of our affairs, since the union of crowns, have been managed by the advice of English ministers, and the p
"All of our affairs, since the union of crowns, have been managed by the advice of English ministers, and the principal offices of the kingdom filled with such men, as the court of England knew would be subservient to their designs"
Andrew Fletcher, Writer
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Small: A lawyer who does not know men is handicapped
William Dunbar
"A lawyer who does not know men is handicapped"
William Dunbar, Poet
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Small: In the New Testament, religion is grace and ethics is gratitude
"In the New Testament, religion is grace and ethics is gratitude"
Thomas Erskine, Theologian
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Small: What is fame? an empty bubble Gold? a transient, shining trouble
"What is fame? an empty bubble; Gold? a transient, shining trouble"
James Grainger, Poet
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Small: If youve got a huge Hollywood star in your film, theyre getting 32 million, and everyone else gets their bus f
"If you've got a huge Hollywood star in your film, they're getting $32 million, and everyone else gets their bus fare"
Robbie Coltraine, Actor
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Small: I am not an Englishman, I was never an Englishman, and I dont ever want to be one. I am a Scotsman! I was a Sc
Sean Connery
"I am not an Englishman, I was never an Englishman, and I don't ever want to be one. I am a Scotsman! I was a Scotsman and I will always be one"
Sean Connery, Actor
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Small: Well, he doesnt make me laugh. I think Ive got a fair sense of humour but I cant really see it in him.
Ian St. John
"Well, he doesn't make me laugh. I think I've got a fair sense of humour but I can't really see it in him. I've listened to his show on the radio on a Saturday morning, and that's a load of mince as well"
Ian St. John, Athlete
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Small: We are all failures at least, all the best of us are
J. M. Barrie
"We are all failures at least, all the best of us are"
J. M. Barrie, Novelist
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Small: I think in the corridors of power these dangerous kinds of orders are issued in a much more vague way, passed
"I think in the corridors of power these dangerous kinds of orders are issued in a much more vague way, passed down two or three levels of command before they're given to the assassin"
Eddie Campbell, Artist
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Small: People who know, know. The others, it really doesnt matter
"People who know, know. The others, it really doesn't matter"
David McCallum, Actor
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