There’s one of a figure with two heads that somebody thought must be a comment on the state of matrimony. None of it is a comment on anything.
BILLY CONNOLLYThe only time I would like to see was the 20s and 30s in America because I love the music and the style and the optimism, I wanted to see New York being built. I wanted to see all that, you know.
More Billy Connolly Quotes
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If Jesus was a Jew, how come he has a Mexican first name?
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If I had a hammer, there’d be no more folksingers.
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The religion in Scotland is one of the most patronising things… after the weather.
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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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The only time I would like to see was the 20s and 30s in America because I love the music and the style and the optimism, I wanted to see New York being built. I wanted to see all that, you know.
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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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I think of my life as a series of moments and I’ve found that the great moments often don’t have too much to them.
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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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Now, the country is in a terrible state, and you’ve blamed it on a number of things: Unemployment rate, the value of the pound and all that… wrll, it’s because the national anthem is boring.
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Never trust people who’ve only got one book.
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I hate those earnest TV documentaries that are the world according to people with glasses who know better than you.
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A fart is just your arse applauding.
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The strangest thing is at tea breaks, or coffee breaks or lunch, you forget you’re a zombie. And you’re talking about politics to somebody at the table and you forget that you have a bullet hole in your forehead.
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I was brought up as a Catholic. I’ve got A-level guilt.
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I don’t understand art-speak. My pictures are big doodles. I’m amazed what people come up with when they look at them.
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