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.
BILLY CONNOLLYDon’t work out, work in.
More Billy Connolly Quotes
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People die all the time. It’s just that you’re not around.
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I’m not going to throw away the hand of friendship to suit 100 Trotskyites in Glasgow.
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Sometimes there’s a tackiness about Route 66 that out-tacks any tackiness I’ve ever seen anywhere else. And the Meramec Caverns are the pinnacle of that tack.
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If Jesus was a Jew, how come he has a Mexican first name?
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There’s no such thing as bad weather – only the wrong clothes.
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There’s nothing like it, but it’s not as good as you think it’s going to be. . . . I was disappointed because there are records of people finding things that have been there for years. I was hoping for a shirt button, or my club’s badge – but not a sausage.
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Once you become successful, people know where you live, the type of house you live in, the kind of car you drive, the clothes you wear, and so it would be patronising to go and talk like a welder. Welding’s a mystery to me now. You can’t go back, your life changes every day.
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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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Without arts programmes there’s only reality TV, and reality TV needs the arts to show it what reality is.
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Fame is being asked to sign your autograph on the back of a cigarette packet.
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There’s nothing better than a fight, especially when you’re watching it from a safe place. You can yell encouragement! Hit him with the left, he’s a big Jessie!
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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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Acting is a different discipline. On stage I’m free to say what I please. But the change is very good for ya.
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Don’t vote, it only encourages them.
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I used to be a folk singer, but I was… dreadful. I had a voice like a goose farting in the fog.
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