I was brought up as a Catholic. I’ve got A-level guilt.
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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There are two seasons in Scotland: June and Winter.
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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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I used to have Mad Cow’s disease, but I’m alright Nooooooooow.
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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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Who discovered we could get milk from cows, and what did he think he was doing at the time?
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People who announce they are going to the toilet. Thanks that’s an image I really didn’t need.
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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 once travelled to Adelaide on Emu Airways. I was 5,000 ft up in the air when someone pointed out to me that emus can’t fly
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Don’t vote, it only encourages them.
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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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Scotland has the only football team in the world that does a lap of disgrace.
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Did your mother never tell you not to drink on an empty head?
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When you are waiting for the bus and someone asks, “Has the bus come yet?”. If the bus came would I be standing here?
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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 know why I should have to learn Algebra… I’m never likely to go there.
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