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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More Billy Connolly Quotes
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Chic Murray once told me he fell in the street, and a woman said to him, “Did you fall?” He said, “No, I’m tryin’ to break a bar of chocolate in my back pocket.”
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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 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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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’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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I’ve always wanted to go to Switzerland to see what the army does with those wee red knives.
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Never trust people who’ve only got one book.
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Learn to feel sorry for music because, although it is the international language, it has no swear words.
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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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Killing a guy and stealing his wife and child isn’t too nice a thing to do.
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When people say “it’s always the last place you look”. Of course it is. Why would you keep looking after you’ve found it?
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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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I worry about ridiculous things, you know, how does a guy who drives a snowplough get to work in the morning. … That can keep me awake for days.
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If you haven’t heard a good rumour by 11:00am, start one.
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My definition of an intellectual is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking of the Lone Ranger.
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