I spent the whole time battering people I liked and singing with my arm round people I loathed.
BILLY CONNOLLYSo, have you heard about the oyster who went to a disco and pulled a mussel?
More Billy Connolly Quotes
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I’ve always been fascinated by the difference between the jokes you can tell your friends but you can’t tell to an audience.
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People die all the time. It’s just that you’re not around.
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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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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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Whenever I wear something expensive it looks stolen.
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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’ve always liked it here. Part of me is Irish. My family comes from the west coast, so whenever I come to Ireland I get a wee tingling in my heart that I’m where I belong.
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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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Fame is being asked to sign your autograph on the back of a cigarette packet.
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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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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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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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In Mexico, everything on the menu is the same dish. The only difference is the way it’s folded.
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If you haven’t heard a good rumour by 11:00am, start one.
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Politically correct is the language of cowardice.
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