As soon as I got successful, the Scottish press started picking on me. It’s something they reserve just for me.
BILLY CONNOLLYLife is supposed to be fun. It’s not a job or occupation. We’re here only once and we should have a bit of a laugh.
More Billy Connolly Quotes
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There’s a fine line you have to tread because you don’t know who is out there in the auditorium. A lot of people are too easily offended.
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Once you become successful, people know where you live, the type of house you live in, the kind of car you drive, the clothes you wear, and so it would be patronising to go and talk like a welder. Welding’s a mystery to me now. You can’t go back, your life changes every day.
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So, have you heard about the oyster who went to a disco and pulled a mussel?
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If I had a hammer, there’d be no more folksingers.
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I used to have Mad Cow’s disease, but I’m alright Nooooooooow.
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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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American sex shops are the most bizarre. They sell these inflatable dolls, but they also sell just the head — supposedly for people to drive along the highway with.
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I’m a big fan of the Mars Bar Diet. You don’t eat the Mars bar, you stick it up your arse and let a rottweiler chase you home.
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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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People who announce they are going to the toilet. Thanks that’s an image I really didn’t need.
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Scotland has the only football team in the world that does a lap of disgrace.
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I love Scotland and I speak about it a lot, so people think I’m desperate to go back. They just take it upon themselves to say I’m going back, but I’m not. I’d rather concentrate on becoming a citizen of the world.
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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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A lot of people are too easily offended. Religious people, for instance. They’ve been offending other people for centuries.
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Well, the film’s not only pricking the pomposity of the Church, it’s pricking the pomposity, and sometimes you would think fraudulence, of the insurance companies.
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