Never run with scissors or other pointy objects.
BILLY CONNOLLYI’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.
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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I don’t aim to offend.
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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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There are two seasons in Scotland: June and Winter.
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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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The human race has been set up. Someone, somewhere, is playing a practical joke on us. Apparently, women need to feel loved to have sex. Men need to have sex to feel loved. How do we ever get started.
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The more you know the less the better.
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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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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’m a citizen of the world. I like it that way. The world’s a wonderful. I just think that some people are pretty badly represented. But when you speak to the people themselves they’re delightful. They all want so little.
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Scottish-Americans tell you that if you want to identify tartans, it’s easy – you simply look under the kilt, and if it’s a quarter-pounder, you know it’s a McDonald’s.
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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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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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Without arts programmes there’s only reality TV, and reality TV needs the arts to show it what reality is.
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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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