I used to be a folk singer, but I was… dreadful. I had a voice like a goose farting in the fog.
BILLY CONNOLLYScottish-Americans tell you that if you want to identify tartans, it’s easy – you simply look under the kilt, and if it’s a quarter-pounder, you know it’s a McDonald’s.
More Billy Connolly Quotes
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People who are willing to get off their arse to search the entire room for the TV remote because they refuse to walk to the TV and change the channel manually.
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If you haven’t heard a good rumour by 11:00am, start one.
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Never run with scissors or other pointy objects.
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Did your mother never tell you not to drink on an empty head?
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Try to live in a place you like.
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Acting is a different discipline. On stage I’m free to say what I please. But the change is very good for ya.
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The great thing about Glasgow is that if there’s a nuclear attack it’ll look exactly the same afterwards.
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I’ve always liked it here. Part of me is Irish. My family comes from the west coast, so whenever I come to Ireland I get a wee tingling in my heart that I’m where I belong.
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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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When I read ‘Be real, don’t get caught acting,’ I thought, ‘How the hell do you do that?’.
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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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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 once travelled to Adelaide on Emu Airways. I was 5,000 ft up in the air when someone pointed out to me that emus can’t fly
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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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The religion in Scotland is one of the most patronising things… after the weather.
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