I’ve always wanted to go to Switzerland to see what the army does with those wee red knives.
BILLY CONNOLLYIf Jesus was a Jew, how come he has a Mexican first name?
More Billy Connolly Quotes
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I am totally, absolutely romantic. When I broke up with a girl I would listen to the most heart-breaking music and make it worse. That’s what girls do. I think I am a girl really.
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Save the Trees? Trees are the main cause of Forest Fires!
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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 spent the whole time battering people I liked and singing with my arm round people I loathed.
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The religion in Scotland is one of the most patronising things… after the weather.
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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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I’ve been a poser for f–ing years. I say, pose your arse off. You know, have a laugh.
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If you haven’t heard a good rumour by 11:00am, start one.
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When I was 12, we went from Glasgow to Aberdeen on a school trip. It was called fresh air fortnight.
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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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Try to live in a place you like.
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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 was brought up a Catholic, for that you get an A level in guilt.
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I set out to be a cross between Lenny Bruce and Robert the Bruce.
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I think age is terribly overrated. You’re okay as long as you don’t grow up. By all means grow old, but don’t mature. Remain childlike, retain wonder, the ability to be flabbergasted by something.
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