O Scotia! my dear, my native soil! For whom my warmest wish to heaven is sent; Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content. (Quote by - Robert Burns)

He's taking over at the worst time, because Scotland are sitting so proudly at the top of their group. There's only one way they can go - they can either stay there or go the other way. (Quote by - Craig Brown)

But I fear, my lot being cast in Scotland, that beauty would not be content. (Quote by - Anne Boyd)

One of the attractive things about being in Scotland is that we have a very good pipeline of new people coming into the company from the excellent universities around us. (Quote by - David Milne)

Anybody who is thinking of applying for the Scotland job in the next eight or nine years should go get themselves checked out by about 15 psychiatrists. (Quote by - Martin O'Neill)

There are two seasons in Scotland - Winter and July. (Quote by - Billy Connelly)

The natural barriers between England and Scotland were not sufficient to prevent the extension of the Saxon settlements and kingdoms across the border. (Quote by - Goldwin Smith)

It's different in Scotland. People who come to readings are more interested in literature as such, but the readership in general is really quite diverse. It's a cliche, but it's said that people who read my books don't read any other books, and you do get that element. (Quote by - Irvine Welsh)

England have got the best fans in the world - and Scotland's fans are undoubtedly second to none! (Quote by - Kevin Keegan)

The English are not happy unless they are miserable, the Irish are not at peace unless they are at war, and the Scots are not at home unless they are abroad. (Quote by - George Orwell)

It requires a surgical operation to get a joke well into a Scotch understanding. (Quote by - Sydney Smith)

There are few more impressive sights in the world than a Scotsman on the make. (Quote by - J M Barrie)

I was born in London, and went to school in Scotland - I used to be dead tired when I got home at night. (Quote by - Norman Wisdom)

It's guid to be merry and wise, It's guid to be honest and true, It's guid to support Caledonia's cause, And bide by the buff and the blue! (Quote by - Robert Burns)

In all my travels I never met with any one Scotchman but what was a man of sense. I believe everybody of that country that has any, leaves it as fast as they can. (Quote by - Francis Lockier)

m embarrassed, the players are embarrassed, maybe all Scotland is embarrassed. (Quote by - Berti Vogts)

If it came to singing the national anthems, I'd probably sing both of them. (Quote by - Terry Butcher)

A glass of whisky in Scotland in the thirties cost less than a cup of tea. (Quote by - Catherine Helen Spence)

Our aim is to give Scotland an economic edge by reducing the taxes and burdens on wealth creators and making Scotland the most competitive of the current UK nations. (Quote by - Stewart Hosie)

There's a lot of fantasy about what Scotland is, and the shortbread tins and that sort of thing. (Quote by - Sean Connery)

The noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees is the high-road that leads him to England. (Quote by - Samuel Johnson)

Scotland is the Canada of England! (Quote by - Rainn Wilson)

I've played in pipe bands in Scotland, and I've always played guitars and drums and stuff. (Quote by - Ewan McGregor)

It was late in the afternoon in the spring of the year 1630; the hilltops of the south of Scotland were covered with masses of cloud, and a fierce wind swept the driving rain before it with such force that it was not easy to make way against it. (Quote by - George Alfred Henty)

We're in danger of going down the same road as Scotland and becoming a second division team. (Quote by - Graham Taylor)