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.
BILLY CONNOLLYMarriage is a wonderful invention: then again, so is a bicycle repair kit.
More Billy Connolly Quotes
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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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If Jesus was a Jew, how come he has a Mexican first name?
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I was brought up a Catholic, for that you get an A level in guilt.
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I always look skint. When I buy a Big Issue, people take it out of my hand and give me a pound.
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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’s an element of manners that should tell you that the ticket is dear and it’s a different venue.
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Scotland has the only football team in the world that does a lap of disgrace.
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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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I 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.
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Don’t vote, it only encourages them.
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Never run with scissors or other pointy objects.
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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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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 loathe hecklers. I haven’t got a good syllable to say. When you come out of the club circuit and into the concert hall, they should be gone.
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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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