I set out to be a cross between Lenny Bruce and Robert the Bruce.
BILLY CONNOLLYRevolution was written into the U.S. Constitution so it’s like they’re in a constant state of revolution. But then again, happiness is written into their constitution as well, which makes them pretty unique.
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People who are willing to get off their arse to search the entire room for the TV remote because they refuse to walk to the TV and change the channel manually.
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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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A lot of people are too easily offended. Religious people, for instance. They’ve been offending other people for centuries.
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I spent the whole time battering people I liked and singing with my arm round people I loathed.
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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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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’m not going to throw away the hand of friendship to suit 100 Trotskyites in Glasgow.
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I worry about ridiculous things, you know, how does a guy who drives a snowplough get to work in the morning. … That can keep me awake for days.
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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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Scottish-Americans tell you that if you want to identify tartans, it’s easy – you simply look under the kilt, and if it’s a quarter-pounder, you know it’s a McDonald’s.
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Now, the country is in a terrible state, and you’ve blamed it on a number of things: Unemployment rate, the value of the pound and all that… wrll, it’s because the national anthem is boring.
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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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Don’t buy one of those baby intercoms. Babies pretend to be dead. They’re bastards, and they do it on purpose.
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A well-balanced person has a drink in each hand.
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Never run with scissors or other pointy objects.
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