I decided to stop drinking while it was still my idea.
BILLY CONNOLLYWhen I was 12, we went from Glasgow to Aberdeen on a school trip. It was called fresh air fortnight.
More Billy Connolly Quotes
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I have been made redundant before and it is a terrible blow; redundant is a rotten word because it makes you think you are useless.
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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 am totally, absolutely romantic. When I broke up with a girl I would listen to the most heart-breaking music and make it worse. That’s what girls do. I think I am a girl really.
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I’ve been a poser for f–ing years. I say, pose your arse off. You know, have a laugh.
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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 just believe in the movie. I don’t care what the book was like. I don’t care what the previous film was like or other films were like. I care only about the script I’ve got.
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Tread gently on anyone who looks at you sideways.
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I was brought up a Catholic, for that you get an A level in guilt.
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The more you know the less the better.
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Don’t vote, it only encourages them.
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I set out to be a cross between Lenny Bruce and Robert the Bruce.
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When I was 12, we went from Glasgow to Aberdeen on a school trip. It was called fresh air fortnight.
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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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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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I started to draw desert islands. They were just rough, shapes in the middle of the page. Then I began drawing shapes within those shapes and I was amazed how quickly the islands got better. It took off from there.
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