Portal:Scotland/Selected quote/Week 42, 2016

“ ... Art is the only work open to people who can't get along with others and still want to be special. ... ”

— Alasdair Gray

“ ... Maybe that's why in England you have better horses, and in Scotland we have better men. ... ”

— James Boswell responding to Samuel Johnson:

("In England we wouldn't think of eating oats. We only feed them to Horses.")