It seems to me that Islam and Christianity and Judaism all have the same god, and he’s telling them all different things.
BILLY CONNOLLYI used to be a folk singer, but I was… dreadful. I had a voice like a goose farting in the fog.
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There’s one of a figure with two heads that somebody thought must be a comment on the state of matrimony. None of it is a comment on anything.
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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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The world needs more Edwin Morgans, people who can take the language and swing it round their heads and don’t care what you think.
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Politically correct is the language of cowardice.
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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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I just believe in the movie. I don’t care what the book was like. I don’t care what the previous film was like or other films were like. I care only about the script I’ve got.
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I don’t aim to offend.
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If you want to lose a bit of weight, don’t eat anything out of a bucket.
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The religion in Scotland is one of the most patronising things… after the weather.
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Tread gently on anyone who looks at you sideways.
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So, have you heard about the oyster who went to a disco and pulled a mussel?
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Don’t vote, it only encourages them.
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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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Learn to feel sorry for music because, although it is the international language, it has no swear words.
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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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