[To audience members who were arriving late] You haven’t missed a thing, I was just killing time ’til you got here.
BILLY CONNOLLYNever run with scissors or other pointy objects.
More Billy Connolly Quotes
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A lot of people are too easily offended. Religious people, for instance. They’ve been offending other people for centuries.
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If Jesus was a Jew, how come he has a Mexican first name?
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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.
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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 think the longer Britain is in Europe the better.
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I was brought up a Catholic, for that you get an A level in guilt.
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There’s no such thing as bad weather – only the wrong clothes.
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People die all the time. It’s just that you’re not around.
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I once travelled to Adelaide on Emu Airways. I was 5,000 ft up in the air when someone pointed out to me that emus can’t fly
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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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When I was 12, we went from Glasgow to Aberdeen on a school trip. It was called fresh air fortnight.
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Did your mother never tell you not to drink on an empty head?
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The more you know the less the better.
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American sex shops are the most bizarre. They sell these inflatable dolls, but they also sell just the head — supposedly for people to drive along the highway with.
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I used to be a folk singer, but I was… dreadful. I had a voice like a goose farting in the fog.
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