Paddy was in the delivery room when the midwife handed him a black baby. “Is this yours?” she asked “probably” said Paddy “she burns everything else”
BILLY CONNOLLYIn Mexico, everything on the menu is the same dish. The only difference is the way it’s folded.
More Billy Connolly Quotes
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Revolution was written into the U.S. Constitution so it’s like they’re in a constant state of revolution. But then again, happiness is written into their constitution as well, which makes them pretty unique.
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There’s one of a figure with two heads that somebody thought must be a comment on the state of matrimony. None of it is a comment on anything.
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Don’t buy one of those baby intercoms. Babies pretend to be dead. They’re bastards, and they do it on purpose.
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Scotland has the only football team in the world that does a lap of disgrace.
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I was brought up a Catholic, for that you get an A level in guilt.
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[To audience members who were arriving late] You haven’t missed a thing, I was just killing time ’til you got here.
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There’s nothing like it, but it’s not as good as you think it’s going to be. . . . I was disappointed because there are records of people finding things that have been there for years. I was hoping for a shirt button, or my club’s badge – but not a sausage.
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I hate those earnest TV documentaries that are the world according to people with glasses who know better than you.
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I always look skint. When I buy a Big Issue, people take it out of my hand and give me a pound.
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Learn to feel sorry for music because, although it is the international language, it has no swear words.
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My parents used to take me to the pet department and tell me it was a zoo.
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I’ve never done a comedy club in my life. It’s weird because I don’t have the same background as most comics. I don’t have a history of going up and only doing eight minutes.
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Scottish-Americans tell you that if you want to identify tartans, it’s easy – you simply look under the kilt, and if it’s a quarter-pounder, you know it’s a McDonald’s.
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Without arts programmes there’s only reality TV, and reality TV needs the arts to show it what reality is.
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I don’t believe in angels and I have trouble with the whole God thing. I don’t want to say I don’t believe in God, but I don’t think I do. But I believe in people who do.
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