I’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.
BILLY CONNOLLYPeople die all the time. It’s just that you’re not around.
More Billy Connolly Quotes
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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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There are two seasons in Scotland: June and Winter.
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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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I don’t know why I should have to learn Algebra… I’m never likely to go there.
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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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I’ve always wanted to go to Switzerland to see what the army does with those wee red knives.
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Tread gently on anyone who looks at you sideways.
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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 don’t understand art-speak. My pictures are big doodles. I’m amazed what people come up with when they look at them.
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If you haven’t heard a good rumour by 11:00am, start one.
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Life is supposed to be fun. It’s not a job or occupation. We’re here only once and we should have a bit of a laugh.
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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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The more you know the less the better.
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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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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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