I used to be a folk singer, but I was… dreadful. I had a voice like a goose farting in the fog.
BILLY CONNOLLYMarriage is a wonderful invention: then again, so is a bicycle repair kit.
More Billy Connolly Quotes
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My parents used to take me to the pet department and tell me it was a zoo.
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Never trust people who’ve only got one book.
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Now, the country is in a terrible state, and you’ve blamed it on a number of things: Unemployment rate, the value of the pound and all that… wrll, it’s because the national anthem is boring.
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The religion in Scotland is one of the most patronising things… after the weather.
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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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I’ve always liked it here. Part of me is Irish. My family comes from the west coast, so whenever I come to Ireland I get a wee tingling in my heart that I’m where I belong.
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For me, it’s about the desire to win. My audience becomes a crowd of wild animals and I have to be the lion-tamer or be eaten.
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Acting is a different discipline. On stage I’m free to say what I please. But the change is very good for ya.
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So, have you heard about the oyster who went to a disco and pulled a mussel?
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I set out to be a cross between Lenny Bruce and Robert the Bruce.
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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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Never run with scissors or other pointy objects.
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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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I used to have Mad Cow’s disease, but I’m alright Nooooooooow.
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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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