My parents used to take me to the pet department and tell me it was a zoo.
BILLY CONNOLLYIf you give people a chance, they shine.
More Billy Connolly Quotes
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[To audience members who were arriving late] You haven’t missed a thing, I was just killing time ’til you got here.
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If Jesus was a Jew, how come he has a Mexican first name?
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Marriage is a wonderful invention: then again, so is a bicycle repair kit.
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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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I decided to stop drinking while it was still my idea.
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I’ve always been fascinated by the difference between the jokes you can tell your friends but you can’t tell to an audience.
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There’s no such thing as bad weather – only the wrong clothes.
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I don’t aim to offend.
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A fart is just your arse applauding.
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Did your mother never tell you not to drink on an empty head?
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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 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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Once you become successful, people know where you live, the type of house you live in, the kind of car you drive, the clothes you wear, and so it would be patronising to go and talk like a welder. Welding’s a mystery to me now. You can’t go back, your life changes every day.
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The human race has been set up. Someone, somewhere, is playing a practical joke on us. Apparently, women need to feel loved to have sex. Men need to have sex to feel loved. How do we ever get started.
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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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