Behind the proscenium arch, you can’t always hear what people in the audience are saying.
BILLY CONNOLLYIn Mexico, everything on the menu is the same dish. The only difference is the way it’s folded.
More Billy Connolly Quotes
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Who discovered we could get milk from cows, and what did he think he was doing at the time?
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I spent the whole time battering people I liked and singing with my arm round people I loathed.
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Marriage is a wonderful invention: then again, so is a bicycle repair kit.
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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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I don’t have wild dogs chasing people with scripts away from my door. I get my share. I’ve done okay. But I usually do independent stuff because that’s mostly what I’m offered.
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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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[To audience members who were arriving late] You haven’t missed a thing, I was just killing time ’til you got here.
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Oh aye…my Father would thrash me every now and then. He’d talk while he did it too! He’d hit me and shout, ‘Have ye had enough?’ Had enough? Whit kind of question is that? ‘Why, Father, would another kick in the balls be out of the question???’
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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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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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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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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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Paddy was in the delivery room when the midwife handed him a black baby. “Is this yours?” she asked “probably” said Paddy “she burns everything else”
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My parents used to take me to the pet department and tell me it was a zoo.
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