I’m a huge film star… but you have to hurry to the movies, because I usually die in the first 15 f–ing minutes. I’m the only guy I know who died in a f–ing Muppet movie.
BILLY CONNOLLYThe world needs more Edwin Morgans, people who can take the language and swing it round their heads and don’t care what you think.
More Billy Connolly Quotes
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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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If you haven’t heard a good rumour by 11:00am, start one.
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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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Behind the proscenium arch, you can’t always hear what people in the audience are saying.
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For me, it’s about the desire to win. My audience becomes a crowd of wild animals and I have to be the lion-tamer or be eaten.
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I don’t think I’ve ever died on stage. I’ve had jokes that died on stage. I’ve told a joke and absolutely nothing. They didn’t know it was the end of the joke.
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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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A well-balanced person has a drink in each hand.
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I don’t believe in angels and I have trouble with the whole God thing. I don’t want to say I don’t believe in God, but I don’t think I do. But I believe in people who do.
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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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Save the Trees? Trees are the main cause of Forest Fires!
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As soon as I got successful, the Scottish press started picking on me. It’s something they reserve just for me.
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When people say “it’s always the last place you look”. Of course it is. Why would you keep looking after you’ve found it?
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If Jesus was a Jew, how come he has a Mexican first name?
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I don’t aim to offend.
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