I’ve always been fascinated by the difference between the jokes you can tell your friends but you can’t tell to an audience.
BILLY CONNOLLYWell, 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.
More Billy Connolly Quotes
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Try to live in a place you like.
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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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As soon as I got successful, the Scottish press started picking on me. It’s something they reserve just for me.
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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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Tread gently on anyone who looks at you sideways.
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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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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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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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I’ve been a poser for f–ing years. I say, pose your arse off. You know, have a laugh.
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I don’t know why I should have to learn Algebra… I’m never likely to go there.
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There’s no such thing as bad weather – only the wrong clothes.
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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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A lot of people are too easily offended. Religious people, for instance. They’ve been offending other people for centuries.
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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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I think the longer Britain is in Europe the better.
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