It seems to me that Islam and Christianity and Judaism all have the same god, and he’s telling them all different things.
BILLY CONNOLLYAs soon as I got successful, the Scottish press started picking on me. It’s something they reserve just for me.
More Billy Connolly Quotes
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So, have you heard about the oyster who went to a disco and pulled a mussel?
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It’s my mind, and I reserve the right to change it as often as I like.
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[To audience members who were arriving late] You haven’t missed a thing, I was just killing time ’til you got here.
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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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I don’t know why I should have to learn Algebra… I’m never likely to go there.
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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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If I had a hammer, there’d be no more folksingers.
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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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Politically correct is the language of cowardice.
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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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The religion in Scotland is one of the most patronising things… after the weather.
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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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Well, the film’s not only pricking the pomposity of the Church, it’s pricking the pomposity, and sometimes you would think fraudulence, of the insurance companies.
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Did your mother never tell you not to drink on an empty head?
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I love Los Angeles. It reinvents itself every two days.
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