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”
BILLY CONNOLLYNow, the country is in a terrible state, and you’ve blamed it on a number of things: Unemployment rate, the value of the pound and all that… wrll, it’s because the national anthem is boring.
More Billy Connolly Quotes
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Don’t work out, work in.
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When I read ‘Be real, don’t get caught acting,’ I thought, ‘How the hell do you do that?’.
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Life 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.
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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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I was brought up as a Catholic. I’ve got A-level guilt.
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I think age is terribly overrated. You’re okay as long as you don’t grow up. By all means grow old, but don’t mature. Remain childlike, retain wonder, the ability to be flabbergasted by something.
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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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I have been made redundant before and it is a terrible blow; redundant is a rotten word because it makes you think you are useless.
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There are two seasons in Scotland: June and Winter.
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I don’t understand art-speak. My pictures are big doodles. I’m amazed what people come up with when they look at them.
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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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People who are willing to get off their arse to search the entire room for the TV remote because they refuse to walk to the TV and change the channel manually.
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I loved Japan. I used to read a lot about it when I was a child. And I always wanted to go. And it was delightful. I absolutely loved it. What a smashing place.
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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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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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