The religion in Scotland is one of the most patronising things… after the weather.
BILLY CONNOLLYI don’t think I’ve ever died on stage. I’ve had jokes that died on stage. I’ve told a joke and absolutely nothing. They didn’t know it was the end of the joke.
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A mate of mine has just told me he’s shagging his girlfriend and her twin, I said how can you tell them apart, he said “her brothers got a moustache!”
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I used to have Mad Cow’s disease, but I’m alright Nooooooooow.
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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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If I had a hammer, there’d be no more folksingers.
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A well-balanced person has a drink in each hand.
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I love Los Angeles. It reinvents itself every two days.
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I’m a citizen of the world. I like it that way. The world’s a wonderful. I just think that some people are pretty badly represented. But when you speak to the people themselves they’re delightful. They all want so little.
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Did your mother never tell you not to drink on an empty head?
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I’ve never done a comedy club in my life. It’s weird because I don’t have the same background as most comics. I don’t have a history of going up and only doing eight minutes.
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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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I’ve always wanted to go to Switzerland to see what the army does with those wee red knives.
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It seems to me that Islam and Christianity and Judaism all have the same god, and he’s telling them all different things.
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There’s no such thing as bad weather – only the wrong clothes.
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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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I still do my comedy and my performance stuff and my acting so it’s not all-consuming. But I do find myself drawing more and more these days.
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