If you give people a chance, they shine.
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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I can’t believe in Christianity, but I think Jesus was a wonderful teacher.
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Marriage is a wonderful invention: then again, so is a bicycle repair kit.
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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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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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I hate those earnest TV documentaries that are the world according to people with glasses who know better than you.
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I hate all those weathermen, too, who tell you that rain is bad weather. There’s no such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothing.
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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.
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I once travelled to Adelaide on Emu Airways. I was 5,000 ft up in the air when someone pointed out to me that emus can’t fly
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If I had a hammer, there’d be no more folksingers.
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I used to be a folk singer, but I was… dreadful. I had a voice like a goose farting in the fog.
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When I was 12, we went from Glasgow to Aberdeen on a school trip. It was called fresh air fortnight.
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I’m a huge film star… but you have to hurry to the movies, because I usually die in the first 15 f–ing minutes. I’m the only guy I know who died in a f–ing Muppet movie.
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I just believe in the movie. I don’t care what the book was like. I don’t care what the previous film was like or other films were like. I care only about the script I’ve got.
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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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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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