There’s one of a figure with two heads that somebody thought must be a comment on the state of matrimony. None of it is a comment on anything.
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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I hate those earnest TV documentaries that are the world according to people with glasses who know better than you.
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The 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.
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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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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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If you want to lose a bit of weight, don’t eat anything out of a bucket.
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The great thing about Glasgow is that if there’s a nuclear attack it’ll look exactly the same afterwards.
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People who announce they are going to the toilet. Thanks that’s an image I really didn’t need.
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Save the Trees? Trees are the main cause of Forest Fires!
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I set out to be a cross between Lenny Bruce and Robert the Bruce – my main thrust was the body and its functions and malfunctions – the absurdity of the thing.
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I used to have Mad Cow’s disease, but I’m alright Nooooooooow.
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So, have you heard about the oyster who went to a disco and pulled a mussel?
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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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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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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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Well, the film’s not only pricking the pomposity of the Church, it’s pricking the pomposity, and sometimes you would think fraudulence, of the insurance companies.
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