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.
BILLY CONNOLLYI always look skint. When I buy a Big Issue, people take it out of my hand and give me a pound.
More Billy Connolly Quotes
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Marriage is a wonderful invention: then again, so is a bicycle repair kit.
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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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In Mexico, everything on the menu is the same dish. The only difference is the way it’s folded.
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There’s no such thing as bad weather – only the wrong clothes.
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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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I spent the whole time battering people I liked and singing with my arm round people I loathed.
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Save the Trees? Trees are the main cause of Forest Fires!
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A well-balanced person has a drink in each hand.
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Learn to feel sorry for music because, although it is the international language, it has no swear words.
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Politically correct is the language of cowardice.
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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 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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I used to be a folk singer, but I was… dreadful. I had a voice like a goose farting in the fog.
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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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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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