Quotes about kilt

A collection of quotes on the topic of kilt.

Quotes about kilt

“Stark looked strong and healthy and totally gorgeous. I was distracting myself by wondering what exactly Scottish guys did, or didn't, wear under those kilts when he turned to face me.
His smile lit up his eyes. "I can practically hear you thinking.”

Kristin Cast book Awakened

Source: Awakened

Smile, Guy, Thinking, Strong

“Like most true Scots I despise the haggis, the kilt and the caber. Unlike most true Scots, I am not Scottish.”

Simon Munnery (1967) British comedian

Attention Scum! (2001), Episode One

“The national dress of Great Britain is, from the ground up, a pair of Roman sandals, a kilt, a gunbelt, a t-shirt bearing the likeness of Mr. T, a garland of flowers and a horned Viking helmet.”

Ben Croshaw (1983) English video game journalist

How to be British
Fully Ramblomatic, Features

Flowers

“Kilt, n. A costume sometimes worn by Scotchmen in America and Americans in Scotland.”

Ambrose Bierce book The Devil's Dictionary

The Devil's Dictionary (1911)

“We are a shining example of a country where multiple identities work. Where you can be Welsh and Hindu and British, Northern Irish and Jewish and British; where you can wear a kilt and a turban; where you can wear a hijab covered in poppies. Where you can support Man Utd, the Windies and Team GB at the same time. Of course, I’d rather you supported West Ham.”

David Cameron (1966) Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Speech in London, which caused derision as Cameron had previously claimed to support Aston Villa. Various sources including The Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/apr/25/david-cameron-mocked-for-aston-villa-gaffe (April 2015) <br class="br">2010s, 2015

Support, Time, Country

“I was just looking for a time and place in which to set a historical novel because I wanted to practise writing one. I wasn’t going to show it to anyone, let alone get it published, so it didn’t really matter where I set it. I saw this young man in a kilt and thought that was quite fetching, so why not Scotland in the 18th century?”

Diana Gabaldon (1952) American author

On what inspired her to write a historical novel in “Caught Between Two Worlds – Diana Gabaldon Interview” https://www.scotsmagazine.com/articles/diana-gabaldon-outlander-inspiration/ in The Scots Magazine (2018 Mar 2)

Time