I still do my comedy and my performance stuff and my acting so it’s not all-consuming. But I do find myself drawing more and more these days.
BILLY CONNOLLYIf you give people a chance, they shine.
More Billy Connolly Quotes
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A fart is just your arse applauding.
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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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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 used to be a folk singer, but I was… dreadful. I had a voice like a goose farting in the fog.
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Politically correct is the language of cowardice.
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A mate of mine has just told me he’s shagging his girlfriend and her twin, I said how can you tell them apart, he said “her brothers got a moustache!”
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I don’t understand art-speak. My pictures are big doodles. I’m amazed what people come up with when they look at them.
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Paddy was in the delivery room when the midwife handed him a black baby. “Is this yours?” she asked “probably” said Paddy “she burns everything else”
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There are two seasons in Scotland: June and Winter.
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Never run with scissors or other pointy objects.
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Learn to feel sorry for music because, although it is the international language, it has no swear words.
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I’d always been scared of people with tertiary education and high intellects in case they found me wanting. I thought they viewed me as just a welder who knew a few jokes.
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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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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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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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