There’s an element of manners that should tell you that the ticket is dear and it’s a different venue.
BILLY CONNOLLYThe only time I would like to see was the 20s and 30s in America because I love the music and the style and the optimism, I wanted to see New York being built. I wanted to see all that, you know.
More Billy Connolly Quotes
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I spent the whole time battering people I liked and singing with my arm round people I loathed.
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Who discovered we could get milk from cows, and what did he think he was doing at the time?
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Acting is a different discipline. On stage I’m free to say what I please. But the change is very good for ya.
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I’m not going to throw away the hand of friendship to suit 100 Trotskyites in Glasgow.
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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 don’t aim to offend.
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If I had a hammer, there’d be no more folksingers.
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I don’t think I’ve ever died on stage. I’ve had jokes that died on stage. I’ve told a joke and absolutely nothing. They didn’t know it was the end of the joke.
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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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When you involved in an accident and someone asks “are you alright?” Yes fine thanks, I’ll just pick up my limbs and be off.
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Killing a guy and stealing his wife and child isn’t too nice a thing to do.
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There are two seasons in Scotland: June and Winter.
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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 think of my life as a series of moments and I’ve found that the great moments often don’t have too much to them.
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I was brought up as a Catholic. I’ve got A-level guilt.
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