Quotes by Nicola Sturgeon

I am quite driven. I know what I think, and I know what I want to achieve, but I also hope that people who are asked to describe me would describe me as pretty down-to-earth, loyal, friendly. The more experience I have got in politics, I think the more I have allowed me to shine through.

I worry about the direction of the U.K. and U.K. politics and governance in the event of a Brexit.

I am the granddaughter of an English woman. I love England and her people and, regardless of politics, consider you to be family... and always will.

When I was growing up, I was lucky to benefit from a first class education.

The importance of education is ingrained in Scottish history.

My political awakening, if I can be as grand as to call it that, was all about what was happening around me. It wasnt some romantic, patriotic vision of Scotland going back to what it had been 300 years previously.

I drove my mum and dad mad.