I love Scotland and I speak about it a lot, so people think I’m desperate to go back. They just take it upon themselves to say I’m going back, but I’m not. I’d rather concentrate on becoming a citizen of the world.
BILLY CONNOLLYIt seems to me that Islam and Christianity and Judaism all have the same god, and he’s telling them all different things.
More Billy Connolly Quotes
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Try to live in a place you like.
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Tread gently on anyone who looks at you sideways.
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People who announce they are going to the toilet. Thanks that’s an image I really didn’t need.
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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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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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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 always look skint. When I buy a Big Issue, people take it out of my hand and give me a pound.
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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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I’ve always wanted to go to Switzerland to see what the army does with those wee red knives.
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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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If you want to lose a bit of weight, don’t eat anything out of a bucket.
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American sex shops are the most bizarre. They sell these inflatable dolls, but they also sell just the head — supposedly for people to drive along the highway with.
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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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I don’t know why I should have to learn Algebra… I’m never likely to go there.
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I used to have Mad Cow’s disease, but I’m alright Nooooooooow.
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