In Mexico, everything on the menu is the same dish. The only difference is the way it’s folded.
BILLY CONNOLLYSo, have you heard about the oyster who went to a disco and pulled a mussel?
More Billy Connolly Quotes
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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 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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I think the longer Britain is in Europe the better.
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Sometimes there’s a tackiness about Route 66 that out-tacks any tackiness I’ve ever seen anywhere else. And the Meramec Caverns are the pinnacle of that tack.
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The religion in Scotland is one of the most patronising things… after the weather.
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I used to have Mad Cow’s disease, but I’m alright Nooooooooow.
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I set out to be a cross between Lenny Bruce and Robert the Bruce.
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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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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???’
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Outgrew the media… The negativity felt like a disease.
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If I had a hammer, there’d be no more folksingers.
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Try to live in a place you like.
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I don’t believe in angels, no. But I do have a wee parking angel. It’s on my dashboard and you wind it up. The wings flap and it’s supposed to give you a parking space. It’s worked so far.
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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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Don’t vote, it only encourages them.
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