I set out to be a cross between Lenny Bruce and Robert the Bruce.
BILLY CONNOLLYI 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.
More Billy Connolly Quotes
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Don’t vote, it only encourages them.
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The religion in Scotland is one of the most patronising things… after the weather.
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If Jesus was a Jew, how come he has a Mexican first name?
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There’s an element of manners that should tell you that the ticket is dear and it’s a different venue.
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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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If I had a hammer, there’d be no more folksingers.
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Never trust people who’ve only got one book.
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My definition of an intellectual is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking of the Lone Ranger.
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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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I started to draw desert islands. They were just rough, shapes in the middle of the page. Then I began drawing shapes within those shapes and I was amazed how quickly the islands got better. It took off from there.
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didn’t even know there were specialist zombie magazines and clubs. I heard the other day that a radio station had asked people if they`d made preparations for an attack by zombies, and a staggering number of people replied yes!
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I’d never consciously left home to see a zombie movie. They were fine by me, but I had no intention of ever being in one. But I’ve been learning more about it as I’ve been doing interviews. I
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So, have you heard about the oyster who went to a disco and pulled a mussel?
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Oh aye…my Father would thrash me every now and then. He’d talk while he did it too! He’d hit me and shout, ‘Have ye had enough?’ Had enough? Whit kind of question is that? ‘Why, Father, would another kick in the balls be out of the question???’
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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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