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.
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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There’s no such thing as bad weather – only the wrong clothes.
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I loathe hecklers. I haven’t got a good syllable to say. When you come out of the club circuit and into the concert hall, they should be gone.
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I’m a big fan of the Mars Bar Diet. You don’t eat the Mars bar, you stick it up your arse and let a rottweiler chase you home.
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I hate all those weathermen, too, who tell you that rain is bad weather. There’s no such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothing.
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Outgrew the media… The negativity felt like a disease.
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My parents used to take me to the pet department and tell me it was a zoo.
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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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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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A mate of mine has just told me he’s shagging his girlfriend and her twin, I said how can you tell them apart, he said “her brothers got a moustache!”
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Don’t tell me how to do my job. I don’t come to your workplace and tell you how to sweep up.
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I can’t believe in Christianity, but I think Jesus was a wonderful teacher.
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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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It’s my mind, and I reserve the right to change it as often as I like.
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There are two seasons in Scotland: June and Winter.
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I worry about ridiculous things, you know, how does a guy who drives a snowplough get to work in the morning. … That can keep me awake for days.
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