Never run with scissors or other pointy objects.
BILLY CONNOLLYI’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.
More Billy Connolly Quotes
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Politically correct is the language of cowardice.
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A lot of people are too easily offended. Religious people, for instance. They’ve been offending other people for centuries.
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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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Outgrew the media… The negativity felt like a disease.
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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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I think the longer Britain is in Europe the better.
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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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Try to live in a place you like.
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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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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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I’ve always wanted to go to Switzerland to see what the army does with those wee red knives.
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I spent the whole time battering people I liked and singing with my arm round people I loathed.
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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 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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If I had a hammer, there’d be no more folksingers.
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