Allan Ramsay may refer to:
- Allan M. Ramsay, professor of computer science
- Allan Ramsay (poet) (1686–1758), also known as Allan Ramsay the Elder, Scottish poet
- Allan Ramsay (artist) (1713–1784), also known as Allan Ramsay the Younger, Scottish portrait painter
- Allan Ramsay (portrait painter born 1959), painter
Famous quotes containing the words allan and/or ramsay:
“Hast thou not dragged Diana from her car,
And driven the hamadryad from the wood
To seek a shelter in some happier star?
Hast thou not torn the naiad from her flood,
The elfin from the green grass, and from me
The summer dream beneath the tamarind tree?”
—Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)
“The source of Pyrrhonism comes from failing to distinguish between a demonstration, a proof and a probability. A demonstration supposes that the contradictory idea is impossible; a proof of fact is where all the reasons lead to belief, without there being any pretext for doubt; a probability is where the reasons for belief are stronger than those for doubting.”
—Andrew Michael Ramsay (1686–1743)