I was brought up as a Catholic. I’ve got A-level guilt.
BILLY CONNOLLYIf you give people a chance, they shine.
More Billy Connolly Quotes
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I don’t believe in angels, no. But I do have a wee parking angel. It’s on my dashboard and you wind it up. The wings flap and it’s supposed to give you a parking space. It’s worked so far.
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Don’t work out, work in.
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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.
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If you give people a chance, they shine.
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I loved Japan. I used to read a lot about it when I was a child. And I always wanted to go. And it was delightful. I absolutely loved it. What a smashing place.
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The strangest thing is at tea breaks, or coffee breaks or lunch, you forget you’re a zombie. And you’re talking about politics to somebody at the table and you forget that you have a bullet hole in your forehead.
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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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If you haven’t heard a good rumour by 11:00am, start one.
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I used to have Mad Cow’s disease, but I’m alright Nooooooooow.
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I don’t think I’ve ever died on stage. I’ve had jokes that died on stage. I’ve told a joke and absolutely nothing. They didn’t know it was the end of the joke.
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I’ve never done a comedy club in my life. It’s weird because I don’t have the same background as most comics. I don’t have a history of going up and only doing eight minutes.
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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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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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I think of my life as a series of moments and I’ve found that the great moments often don’t have too much to them.
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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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