I think the longer Britain is in Europe the better.
BILLY CONNOLLYI set out to be a cross between Lenny Bruce and Robert the Bruce.
More Billy Connolly Quotes
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didn’t even know there were specialist zombie magazines and clubs. I heard the other day that a radio station had asked people if they`d made preparations for an attack by zombies, and a staggering number of people replied yes!
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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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I’m a huge film star… but you have to hurry to the movies, because I usually die in the first 15 f–ing minutes. I’m the only guy I know who died in a f–ing Muppet movie.
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There are two seasons in Scotland: June and Winter.
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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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Don’t vote, it only encourages them.
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Whenever I wear something expensive it looks stolen.
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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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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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Once you become successful, people know where you live, the type of house you live in, the kind of car you drive, the clothes you wear, and so it would be patronising to go and talk like a welder. Welding’s a mystery to me now. You can’t go back, your life changes every day.
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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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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 love Scotland and I speak about it a lot, so people think I’m desperate to go back. They just take it upon themselves to say I’m going back, but I’m not. I’d rather concentrate on becoming a citizen of the world.
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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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If you give people a chance, they shine.
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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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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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I became a welder. I was actually becoming an Engineer and I joined the wrong queue. And so I became a welder, without knowing what a welder was.
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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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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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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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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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I decided to stop drinking while it was still my idea.
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The more you know the less the better.
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My parents used to take me to the pet department and tell me it was a zoo.
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