I spent the whole time battering people I liked and singing with my arm round people I loathed.
BILLY CONNOLLYWhen people say “it’s always the last place you look”. Of course it is. Why would you keep looking after you’ve found it?
More Billy Connolly Quotes
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If you want to lose a bit of weight, don’t eat anything out of a bucket.
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Oh aye…my Father would thrash me every now and then. He’d talk while he did it too! He’d hit me and shout, ‘Have ye had enough?’ Had enough? Whit kind of question is that? ‘Why, Father, would another kick in the balls be out of the question???’
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The more you know the less the better.
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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 decided to stop drinking while it was still my idea.
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I worry about ridiculous things, you know, how does a guy who drives a snowplough get to work in the morning. … That can keep me awake for days.
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I hate those earnest TV documentaries that are the world according to people with glasses who know better than you.
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People die all the time. It’s just that you’re not around.
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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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When people say “it’s always the last place you look”. Of course it is. Why would you keep looking after you’ve found it?
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Wisdom isn’t an old guy on top of a mountain in a loin cloth. It isn’t an answer. It’s a question.
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There’s an element of manners that should tell you that the ticket is dear and it’s a different venue.
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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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I love Scotland and I speak about it a lot, so people think I’m desperate to go back. They just take it upon themselves to say I’m going back, but I’m not. I’d rather concentrate on becoming a citizen of the world.
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The religion in Scotland is one of the most patronising things… after the weather.
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