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.
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 give people a chance, they shine.
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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 was brought up a Catholic, for that you get an A level in guilt.
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A mate of mine has just told me he’s shagging his girlfriend and her twin, I said how can you tell them apart, he said “her brothers got a moustache!”
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When I read ‘Be real, don’t get caught acting,’ I thought, ‘How the hell do you do that?’.
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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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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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Never trust people who’ve only got one book.
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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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There are two seasons in Scotland: June and Winter.
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Don’t tell me how to do my job. I don’t come to your workplace and tell you how to sweep up.
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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’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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When you involved in an accident and someone asks “are you alright?” Yes fine thanks, I’ll just pick up my limbs and be off.
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Did your mother never tell you not to drink on an empty head?
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