Glasgow Humour Quotes & Sayings

When you were riding on the crest of a wave, youwere most likely to be missing out on something. — Knute Rockne

Sylvia Plath was just a month and a half older than I, and when she committed suicide I was only 30 - and very shocked and sorry. I never knew her personally. — Anne Stevenson

What is a "canty day", Dennis?'
'I've never troubled to ask. Something like hogmanay, I expect.'
'What is that?'
'People being sick on the pavement in Glasgow.'
'Oh. — Evelyn Waugh

And I used to listen to a lot of jazz. — Debra Wilson

German readers are much like Brits or Americans: They read for the thrill of it, the occasional shudder down the spine, knowing it's not real - but looking over their shoulders anyway, just in case. — Brian Lumley

Had I so interfered in behalf of the rich, the powerful, the intelligent, the so-called great, or in behalf of any of their friends ... every man in this court would have deemed it an act worthy of reward rather than punishment. — John Brown

There's so much light in Broughty Ferry. I think the humour in Glasgow is darker, because it's much more gloomy, there's a perpetual misery there. — Brian Cox

Syria is a multi-confessional state: in addition to Sunni and Shia Muslims, there are Alawites, Orthodox and other Christian confessions, Druzes, and Kurds. — Sergei Lavrov

It is a different world and they [the Supreme Court] should speak for justice, not prejudice ... I seek justice, not in some distant tomorrow, not in some study commission, but now while I Iive. — Martha Griffiths

Love is an ocean of emotion, No waters however can quench love nor can floods drown it — Julie Gamble

All the earth is mine, and I have a right to go all over it and through it. — Apollonius Of Tyana

Coulda made something o' himself. But a luckless man. All his days a luckless man. The kinna man woulda got two complimentary tickets for the Titanic." The unintentional humour of her remark was like her natural appetite for life reasserting itself. Harkness couldn't stop smiling. It was as if Glasgow couldn't shut the wryness of its mouth even at the edge of the grave. — William McIlvanney

My mum always said you get more fun at a Glasgow stabbing than an Edinburgh wedding. — Caro Ramsay

Ender leaned his head against the wall of the corridor and cried until the bus came. I am just like Peter. Take my monitor away, and I am just like Peter. — Orson Scott Card

What's supposed to be and what is, are two very different things. — Rebecca McNutt

Does this thing I wish to do express more life, more happiness, more peace to myself, and at the same time harm no one? If it does, it is right. It is not selfish. — Ernest Holmes

I think there are white alumni out there who wouldn't mind having an African American president of their school, but would be reluctant to have an African American coach, because he represents the school so. I think it's just sheer backward racism. — Frank Deford

War is wonderful. They'll never stamp it out. It's one of the few times people can act their best. It's so economical in terms of gesture and motion, every single gesture is precise, every effort is at its maximum. Nobody goofs off. Everybody is responsible for his brother. — Leonard Cohen

When you least expect it, you run in to an old friend from school, or the neighbour's cat, not Mary the Virgin Mother of God. — Margot McCuaig