Scottish Roots Quotes

I've always loved the fans in Scotland and have a little Scottish blood of my own.

My mom came to the U.S. very young, and then she married very young. But she was never American. She was always Scottish and would make sure that I knew that I was, too.

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

My mother Diana was a true-blue aristocrat, descended from William the Conqueror and listed in 'Burke's Peerage.' My father David, from a poor Scottish family, was a doctor.

I do feel Scottish in some way. Maybe it's to do with visiting my grandparents here every summer as a child, but I am aware of my Scottish ancestry. It's there all right, but it would be pushing it to label me a Scottish painter. Or, indeed, an anywhere painter.

My background is Scottish.

I'm as Scottish as they come.

My mum's maiden name was Dalglish, so I have Scottish blood in me.

Ah, Scotland. I am three-parts Scottish and terribly proud of it, although maybe we should divide it into eighths, because my two-eighths are Danish and English, the Lumley part. But the bulk of the rest of me is Scottish - and Scottish ministers especially.

Both my parents are Scottish, and although I grew up in Canada after moving over, all of my family are proud to be Scots.

Right from the very beginning, I knew I wanted to write palpably Scottish fiction.

I'll always have a relationship with Scotland.

My dad's Scottish, and I always used to say I was, too.

Anyone who knows anything about me knows that I am a very patriotic guy, in terms of my Scottishness and my roots.

I grew up in a Glaswegian house because my parents are fairly Glaswegian-sounding.

I have a very musical family from my Scottish roots.

My roots are Scottish. My dad's parents are from Scotland, and my mum's dad is Scots.

I come from a heavy-lidded people. My family, you'll see pictures of them, and it's the same thing all the way back to Scotland.

I still feel very Scottish.