I’ve always wanted to go to Switzerland to see what the army does with those wee red knives.
BILLY CONNOLLYI spent the whole time battering people I liked and singing with my arm round people I loathed.
More Billy Connolly Quotes
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Fame is being asked to sign your autograph on the back of a cigarette packet.
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In Mexico, everything on the menu is the same dish. The only difference is the way it’s folded.
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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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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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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 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 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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There’s a fine line you have to tread because you don’t know who is out there in the auditorium. A lot of people are too easily offended.
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I’ve been a poser for f–ing years. I say, pose your arse off. You know, have a laugh.
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Without arts programmes there’s only reality TV, and reality TV needs the arts to show it what reality is.
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American sex shops are the most bizarre. They sell these inflatable dolls, but they also sell just the head — supposedly for people to drive along the highway with.
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A well-balanced person has a drink in each hand.
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If you haven’t heard a good rumour by 11:00am, start one.
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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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There’s nothing like it, but it’s not as good as you think it’s going to be. . . . I was disappointed because there are records of people finding things that have been there for years. I was hoping for a shirt button, or my club’s badge – but not a sausage.
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