I’ve always wanted to go to Switzerland to see what the army does with those wee red knives.
BILLY CONNOLLYThere’s an element of manners that should tell you that the ticket is dear and it’s a different venue.
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People die all the time. It’s just that you’re not around.
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I was brought up a Catholic, for that you get an A level in guilt.
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I love Scotland and I speak about it a lot, so people think I’m desperate to go back. They just take it upon themselves to say I’m going back, but I’m not. I’d rather concentrate on becoming a citizen of the world.
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There’s no such thing as bad weather – only the wrong clothes.
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The more you know the less the better.
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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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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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If Jesus was a Jew, how come he has a Mexican first name?
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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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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.
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The religion in Scotland is one of the most patronising things… after the weather.
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So, have you heard about the oyster who went to a disco and pulled a mussel?
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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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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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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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