Don’t vote, it only encourages them.
BILLY CONNOLLYI’m a citizen of the world. I like it that way. The world’s a wonderful. I just think that some people are pretty badly represented. But when you speak to the people themselves they’re delightful. They all want so little.
More Billy Connolly Quotes
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If you haven’t heard a good rumour by 11:00am, start one.
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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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The strangest thing is at tea breaks, or coffee breaks or lunch, you forget you’re a zombie. And you’re talking about politics to somebody at the table and you forget that you have a bullet hole in your forehead.
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I think age is terribly overrated. You’re okay as long as you don’t grow up. By all means grow old, but don’t mature. Remain childlike, retain wonder, the ability to be flabbergasted by something.
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A well-balanced person has a drink in each hand.
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I was brought up a Catholic, for that you get an A level in guilt.
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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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My definition of an intellectual is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking of the Lone Ranger.
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I still do my comedy and my performance stuff and my acting so it’s not all-consuming. But I do find myself drawing more and more these days.
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My advice to you, if you want to lose a bit of weight: don’t eat anything that comes in a bucket. Buckets are the kitchen utensils of the farmyard.
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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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Scotland has the only football team in the world that does a lap of disgrace.
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There are two seasons in Scotland: June and Winter.
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There’s no such thing as bad weather – only the wrong clothes.
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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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