I’m a citizen of the world. I like it that way. The world’s a wonderful. I just think that some people are pretty badly represented. But when you speak to the people themselves they’re delightful. They all want so little.
BILLY CONNOLLYDon’t tell me how to do my job. I don’t come to your workplace and tell you how to sweep up.
More Billy Connolly Quotes
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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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When people say “it’s always the last place you look”. Of course it is. Why would you keep looking after you’ve found it?
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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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Now, the country is in a terrible state, and you’ve blamed it on a number of things: Unemployment rate, the value of the pound and all that… wrll, it’s because the national anthem is boring.
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I don’t aim to offend.
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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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When you are waiting for the bus and someone asks, “Has the bus come yet?”. If the bus came would I be standing here?
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Politically correct is the language of cowardice.
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There are two seasons in Scotland: June and Winter.
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If you give people a chance, they shine.
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A well-balanced person has a drink in each hand.
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I was brought up as a Catholic. I’ve got A-level guilt.
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There’s nothing better than a fight, especially when you’re watching it from a safe place. You can yell encouragement! Hit him with the left, he’s a big Jessie!
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I used to have Mad Cow’s disease, but I’m alright Nooooooooow.
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For me, it’s about the desire to win. My audience becomes a crowd of wild animals and I have to be the lion-tamer or be eaten.
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