I think of my life as a series of moments and I’ve found that the great moments often don’t have too much to them.
BILLY CONNOLLYI used to be a folk singer, but I was… dreadful. I had a voice like a goose farting in the fog.
More Billy Connolly Quotes
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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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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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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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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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Save the Trees? Trees are the main cause of Forest Fires!
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Behind the proscenium arch, you can’t always hear what people in the audience are saying.
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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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The religion in Scotland is one of the most patronising things… after the weather.
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There’s nothing better than a fight, especially when you’re watching it from a safe place. You can yell encouragement! Hit him with the left, he’s a big Jessie!
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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 want to lose a bit of weight, don’t eat anything out of a bucket.
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I think age is terribly overrated. You’re okay as long as you don’t grow up. By all means grow old, but don’t mature. Remain childlike, retain wonder, the ability to be flabbergasted by something.
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My advice to you, if you want to lose a bit of weight: don’t eat anything that comes in a bucket. Buckets are the kitchen utensils of the farmyard.
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I set out to be a cross between Lenny Bruce and Robert the Bruce.
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Paddy was in the delivery room when the midwife handed him a black baby. “Is this yours?” she asked “probably” said Paddy “she burns everything else”
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