The only time I would like to see was the 20s and 30s in America because I love the music and the style and the optimism, I wanted to see New York being built. I wanted to see all that, you know.
BILLY CONNOLLYPolitically correct is the language of cowardice.
More Billy Connolly Quotes
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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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Behind the proscenium arch, you can’t always hear what people in the audience are saying.
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A fart is just your arse applauding.
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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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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 think the longer Britain is in Europe the better.
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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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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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Revolution was written into the U.S. Constitution so it’s like they’re in a constant state of revolution. But then again, happiness is written into their constitution as well, which makes them pretty unique.
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Never trust people who’ve only got one book.
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I don’t understand art-speak. My pictures are big doodles. I’m amazed what people come up with when they look at them.
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The religion in Scotland is one of the most patronising things… after the weather.
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Acting is a different discipline. On stage I’m free to say what I please. But the change is very good for ya.
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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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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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