Politically correct is the language of cowardice.
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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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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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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My parents used to take me to the pet department and tell me it was a zoo.
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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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Who discovered we could get milk from cows, and what did he think he was doing at the time?
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It’s my mind, and I reserve the right to change it as often as I like.
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There’s no such thing as bad weather – only the wrong clothes.
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Marriage is a wonderful invention: then again, so is a bicycle repair kit.
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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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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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As soon as I got successful, the Scottish press started picking on me. It’s something they reserve just for me.
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Tread gently on anyone who looks at you sideways.
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Try to live in a place you like.
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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 was brought up as a Catholic. I’ve got A-level guilt.
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