There are two seasons in Scotland: June and Winter.
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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Don’t vote, it only encourages them.
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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 don’t know why I should have to learn Algebra… I’m never likely to go there.
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I’d never consciously left home to see a zombie movie. They were fine by me, but I had no intention of ever being in one. But I’ve been learning more about it as I’ve been doing interviews. I
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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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I once travelled to Adelaide on Emu Airways. I was 5,000 ft up in the air when someone pointed out to me that emus can’t fly
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I always look skint. When I buy a Big Issue, people take it out of my hand and give me a pound.
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Whenever I wear something expensive it looks stolen.
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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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I set out to be a cross between Lenny Bruce and Robert the Bruce.
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Without arts programmes there’s only reality TV, and reality TV needs the arts to show it what reality is.
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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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It’s my mind, and I reserve the right to change it as often as I like.
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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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Never run with scissors or other pointy objects.
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