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.
BILLY CONNOLLYMy definition of an intellectual is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking of the Lone Ranger.
More Billy Connolly Quotes
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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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When I was 12, we went from Glasgow to Aberdeen on a school trip. It was called fresh air fortnight.
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The more you know the less the better.
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A fart is just your arse applauding.
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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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When you are waiting for the bus and someone asks, “Has the bus come yet?”. If the bus came would I be standing here?
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I think the longer Britain is in Europe the better.
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I’d never consciously left home to see a zombie movie. They were fine by me, but I had no intention of ever being in one. But I’ve been learning more about it as I’ve been doing interviews. I
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Save the Trees? Trees are the main cause of Forest Fires!
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If I had a hammer, there’d be no more folksingers.
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People die all the time. It’s just that you’re not around.
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I loathe hecklers. I haven’t got a good syllable to say. When you come out of the club circuit and into the concert hall, they should be gone.
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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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In Mexico, everything on the menu is the same dish. The only difference is the way it’s folded.
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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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