If you haven’t heard a good rumour by 11:00am, start one.
BILLY CONNOLLYDid your mother never tell you not to drink on an empty head?
More Billy Connolly Quotes
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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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Learn to feel sorry for music because, although it is the international language, it has no swear words.
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I have been made redundant before and it is a terrible blow; redundant is a rotten word because it makes you think you are useless.
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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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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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Scotland has the only football team in the world that does a lap of disgrace.
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I am totally, absolutely romantic. When I broke up with a girl I would listen to the most heart-breaking music and make it worse. That’s what girls do. I think I am a girl really.
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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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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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Tread gently on anyone who looks at you sideways.
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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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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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I’m not going to throw away the hand of friendship to suit 100 Trotskyites in Glasgow.
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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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I’ve always wanted to go to Switzerland to see what the army does with those wee red knives.
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