I’d always been scared of people with tertiary education and high intellects in case they found me wanting. I thought they viewed me as just a welder who knew a few jokes.
BILLY CONNOLLYThere’s no such thing as bad weather – only the wrong clothes.
More Billy Connolly Quotes
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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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The world needs more Edwin Morgans, people who can take the language and swing it round their heads and don’t care what you think.
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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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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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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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It’s my mind, and I reserve the right to change it as often as I like.
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I don’t aim to offend.
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Don’t buy one of those baby intercoms. Babies pretend to be dead. They’re bastards, and they do it on purpose.
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Don’t work out, work in.
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A well-balanced person has a drink in each hand.
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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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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 was brought up a Catholic, for that you get an A level in guilt.
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There are two seasons in Scotland: June and Winter.
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