Learn to feel sorry for music because, although it is the international language, it has no swear words.
BILLY CONNOLLYI hate all those weathermen, too, who tell you that rain is bad weather. There’s no such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothing.
More Billy Connolly Quotes
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The more you know the less the better.
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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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People die all the time. It’s just that you’re not around.
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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.
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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 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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There’s a fine line you have to tread because you don’t know who is out there in the auditorium. A lot of people are too easily offended.
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Chic Murray once told me he fell in the street, and a woman said to him, “Did you fall?” He said, “No, I’m tryin’ to break a bar of chocolate in my back pocket.”
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A well-balanced person has a drink in each hand.
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I’ve always wanted to go to Switzerland to see what the army does with those wee red knives.
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In Mexico, everything on the menu is the same dish. The only difference is the way it’s folded.
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There’s an element of manners that should tell you that the ticket is dear and it’s a different venue.
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As soon as I got successful, the Scottish press started picking on me. It’s something they reserve just for me.
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I’ve always been fascinated by the difference between the jokes you can tell your friends but you can’t tell to an audience.
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My advice to you, if you want to lose a bit of weight: don’t eat anything that comes in a bucket. Buckets are the kitchen utensils of the farmyard.
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Scottish-Americans tell you that if you want to identify tartans, it’s easy – you simply look under the kilt, and if it’s a quarter-pounder, you know it’s a McDonald’s.
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I set out to be a cross between Lenny Bruce and Robert the Bruce.
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Whenever I wear something expensive it looks stolen.
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Don’t tell me how to do my job. I don’t come to your workplace and tell you how to sweep up.
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If Jesus was a Jew, how come he has a Mexican first name?
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My definition of an intellectual is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking of the Lone Ranger.
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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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I’ve never done a comedy club in my life. It’s weird because I don’t have the same background as most comics. I don’t have a history of going up and only doing eight minutes.
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I just believe in the movie. I don’t care what the book was like. I don’t care what the previous film was like or other films were like. I care only about the script I’ve got.
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Life is supposed to be fun. It’s not a job or occupation. We’re here only once and we should have a bit of a laugh.
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The human race has been set up. Someone, somewhere, is playing a practical joke on us. Apparently, women need to feel loved to have sex. Men need to have sex to feel loved. How do we ever get started.
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