"In Scotland, when people congregate, they tend to argue and discuss and reason; in Orkney, they tell stories."

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Source : George Mackay Brown (1990). “George Mackay Brown: fiction - poetry - reviews : Stewart Conn, Tom Scott, Luis Ceruuda”

George Mackay Brown

#Scotland Quotes #People Quotes #Stories Quotes

“Having a clear faith, based on the creed of the church is often labeled today as fundamentalism. Whereas relativism, which is letting oneself be tossed and swept along by every wind of teaching, look like the only attitude acceptable to today's standards.”
“The harmonious efforts which our guitarists produce unconsciously represent one of the marvels of natural art.”
“You know what? I am actually not that much into voting. I think itâ€™s kinda crazy that a woman is running, because I think that women deal with a lot of emotions and menopause and PMS and stuff. Like, Iâ€™m so moody all the time, I know I couldnâ€™t be able to run a country, â€˜cause Iâ€™d be crying one day and yelling at people the next day, ya know?”
“I mean there are tons of reasons. Well first of all. I write my own record. I don't take other people's materials. And I have a job which is being Willa Ford on top of getting back in the studio and writing and recording.”
“Sometimes it works, sometimes it fails, but that's what we face when we're dealing with improvisation.”
“If I showed you scripts from my first few movies, the descriptions of my characters all said 'the ugly girl'.”
“Johnny Rotten. He's a big fan of mine. I used to see him out in the audience in England and he'd stand up and holler. He's funny. Smart too, and a nice guy. Don't think he's a jerk because he isn't.”
“And getting married this autumn was certainly an additional incentive to spend rather more time in England.”

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