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.
BILLY CONNOLLYWhen you are waiting for the bus and someone asks, “Has the bus come yet?”. If the bus came would I be standing here?
More Billy Connolly Quotes
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A well-balanced person has a drink in each hand.
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I think the longer Britain is in Europe the better.
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Wisdom isn’t an old guy on top of a mountain in a loin cloth. It isn’t an answer. It’s a question.
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I don’t have wild dogs chasing people with scripts away from my door. I get my share. I’ve done okay. But I usually do independent stuff because that’s mostly what I’m offered.
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Well, the film’s not only pricking the pomposity of the Church, it’s pricking the pomposity, and sometimes you would think fraudulence, of the insurance companies.
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If you give people a chance, they shine.
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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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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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Politically correct is the language of cowardice.
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In Mexico, everything on the menu is the same dish. The only difference is the way it’s folded.
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If you haven’t heard a good rumour by 11:00am, start one.
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Whenever I wear something expensive it looks stolen.
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I was brought up a Catholic, for that you get an A level in guilt.
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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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I set out to be a cross between Lenny Bruce and Robert the Bruce.
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