I hate those earnest TV documentaries that are the world according to people with glasses who know better than you.
BILLY CONNOLLYWhenever I wear something expensive it looks stolen.
More Billy Connolly Quotes
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Never run with scissors or other pointy objects.
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I became a welder. I was actually becoming an Engineer and I joined the wrong queue. And so I became a welder, without knowing what a welder was.
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When I was 12, we went from Glasgow to Aberdeen on a school trip. It was called fresh air fortnight.
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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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Who discovered we could get milk from cows, and what did he think he was doing at the time?
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Whenever I wear something expensive it looks stolen.
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Revolution was written into the U.S. Constitution so it’s like they’re in a constant state of revolution. But then again, happiness is written into their constitution as well, which makes them pretty unique.
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The more you know the less the better.
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I’ve always wanted to go to Switzerland to see what the army does with those wee red knives.
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A lot of people are too easily offended. Religious people, for instance. They’ve been offending other people for centuries.
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Chic Murray once told me he fell in the street, and a woman said to him, “Did you fall?” He said, “No, I’m tryin’ to break a bar of chocolate in my back pocket.”
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It seems to me that Islam and Christianity and Judaism all have the same god, and he’s telling them all different things.
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I always look skint. When I buy a Big Issue, people take it out of my hand and give me a pound.
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I don’t have wild dogs chasing people with scripts away from my door. I get my share. I’ve done okay. But I usually do independent stuff because that’s mostly what I’m offered.
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Learn to feel sorry for music because, although it is the international language, it has no swear words.
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