I started to draw desert islands. They were just rough, shapes in the middle of the page. Then I began drawing shapes within those shapes and I was amazed how quickly the islands got better. It took off from there.
BILLY CONNOLLYI don’t believe in angels, no. But I do have a wee parking angel. It’s on my dashboard and you wind it up. The wings flap and it’s supposed to give you a parking space. It’s worked so far.
More Billy Connolly Quotes
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The religion in Scotland is one of the most patronising things… after the weather.
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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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There’s nothing like it, but it’s not as good as you think it’s going to be. . . . I was disappointed because there are records of people finding things that have been there for years. I was hoping for a shirt button, or my club’s badge – but not a sausage.
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Fame is being asked to sign your autograph on the back of a cigarette packet.
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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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Did your mother never tell you not to drink on an empty head?
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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 don’t believe in angels and I have trouble with the whole God thing. I don’t want to say I don’t believe in God, but I don’t think I do. But I believe in people who do.
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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’ve always wanted to go to Switzerland to see what the army does with those wee red knives.
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A fart is just your arse applauding.
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I’d always been scared of people with tertiary education and high intellects in case they found me wanting. I thought they viewed me as just a welder who knew a few jokes.
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Marriage is a wonderful invention: then again, so is a bicycle repair kit.
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I loved Japan. I used to read a lot about it when I was a child. And I always wanted to go. And it was delightful. I absolutely loved it. What a smashing place.
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So, have you heard about the oyster who went to a disco and pulled a mussel?
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