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.
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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There’s no such thing as bad weather – only the wrong clothes.
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The strangest thing is at tea breaks, or coffee breaks or lunch, you forget you’re a zombie. And you’re talking about politics to somebody at the table and you forget that you have a bullet hole in your forehead.
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A well-balanced person has a drink in each hand.
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When I was 12, we went from Glasgow to Aberdeen on a school trip. It was called fresh air fortnight.
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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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Don’t work out, work in.
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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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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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American sex shops are the most bizarre. They sell these inflatable dolls, but they also sell just the head — supposedly for people to drive along the highway with.
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The more you know the less the better.
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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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I decided to stop drinking while it was still my idea.
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[To audience members who were arriving late] You haven’t missed a thing, I was just killing time ’til you got here.
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I’ve been a poser for f–ing years. I say, pose your arse off. You know, have a laugh.
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I used to have Mad Cow’s disease, but I’m alright Nooooooooow.
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