I loved Japan. I used to read a lot about it when I was a child. And I always wanted to go. And it was delightful. I absolutely loved it. What a smashing place.
BILLY CONNOLLYWhen you are waiting for the bus and someone asks, “Has the bus come yet?”. If the bus came would I be standing here?
More Billy Connolly Quotes
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Marriage is a wonderful invention: then again, so is a bicycle repair kit.
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Wisdom isn’t an old guy on top of a mountain in a loin cloth. It isn’t an answer. It’s a question.
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The religion in Scotland is one of the most patronising things… after the weather.
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Once you become successful, people know where you live, the type of house you live in, the kind of car you drive, the clothes you wear, and so it would be patronising to go and talk like a welder. Welding’s a mystery to me now. You can’t go back, your life changes every day.
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I don’t think I’ve ever died on stage. I’ve had jokes that died on stage. I’ve told a joke and absolutely nothing. They didn’t know it was the end of the joke.
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If you want to lose a bit of weight, don’t eat anything out of a bucket.
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I’m a big fan of the Mars Bar Diet. You don’t eat the Mars bar, you stick it up your arse and let a rottweiler chase you home.
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If you give people a chance, they shine.
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People who announce they are going to the toilet. Thanks that’s an image I really didn’t need.
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I think of my life as a series of moments and I’ve found that the great moments often don’t have too much to them.
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Behind the proscenium arch, you can’t always hear what people in the audience are saying.
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I was brought up a Catholic, for that you get an A level in guilt.
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I don’t know why I should have to learn Algebra… I’m never likely to go there.
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Save the Trees? Trees are the main cause of Forest Fires!
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I don’t understand art-speak. My pictures are big doodles. I’m amazed what people come up with when they look at them.
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