There’s no such thing as bad weather – only the wrong clothes.
BILLY CONNOLLYI’ve always wanted to go to Switzerland to see what the army does with those wee red knives.
More Billy Connolly Quotes
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Save the Trees? Trees are the main cause of Forest Fires!
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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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I set out to be a cross between Lenny Bruce and Robert the Bruce – my main thrust was the body and its functions and malfunctions – the absurdity of the thing.
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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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Wisdom isn’t an old guy on top of a mountain in a loin cloth. It isn’t an answer. It’s a question.
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It’s my mind, and I reserve the right to change it as often as I like.
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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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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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Fame is being asked to sign your autograph on the back of a cigarette packet.
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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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I’ve always wanted to go to Switzerland to see what the army does with those wee red knives.
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Tread gently on anyone who looks at you sideways.
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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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I think the longer Britain is in Europe the better.
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I don’t believe in angels, no. But I do have a wee parking angel. It’s on my dashboard and you wind it up. The wings flap and it’s supposed to give you a parking space. It’s worked so far.
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