Billy Connolly on themselves
Billy Connolly88 quotes“I love Scotland and I speak about it a lot, so people think I’m desperate to go back. They just take it upon themselves to say I’m going back, but I’m not. I’d rather concentrate on becoming a citizen of the world.”
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There are two seasons in Scotland: June and Winter.
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Billy ConnollyBilly Connolly My parents used to take me to the pet department and tell me it was a zoo.
Billy ConnollyBilly Connolly Don’t tell me how to do my job. I don’t come to your workplace and tell you how to sweep up.
Billy ConnollyBilly Connolly People who are willing to get off their arse to search the entire room for the TV remote because they refuse to walk to the TV and change the channel manually.
Billy ConnollyBilly Connolly Wisdom isn’t an old guy on top of a mountain in a loin cloth. It isn’t an answer. It’s a question.
Billy ConnollyBilly Connolly I used to have Mad Cow’s disease, but I’m alright Nooooooooow.
Billy ConnollyBilly Connolly So, have you heard about the oyster who went to a disco and pulled a mussel?
Billy ConnollyBilly Connolly Never run with scissors or other pointy objects.
Billy ConnollyBilly Connolly Oh aye…my Father would thrash me every now and then. He’d talk while he did it too! He’d hit me and shout, ‘Have ye had enough?’ Had enough? Whit kind of question is that? ‘Why, Father, would another kick in the balls be out of the question???’
Billy ConnollyBilly Connolly I’ve always wanted to go to Switzerland to see what the army does with those wee red knives.
Billy ConnollyBilly Connolly It seems to me that Islam and Christianity and Judaism all have the same god, and he’s telling them all different things.
Billy ConnollyBilly Connolly Outgrew the media… The negativity felt like a disease.
Billy ConnollyBilly Connolly Tread gently on anyone who looks at you sideways.
Billy ConnollyBilly Connolly Killing a guy and stealing his wife and child isn’t too nice a thing to do.
Billy ConnollyBilly Connolly Save the Trees? Trees are the main cause of Forest Fires!
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