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.
BILLY CONNOLLYA fart is just your arse applauding.
More Billy Connolly Quotes
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I was brought up a Catholic, for that you get an A level in guilt.
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Don’t work out, work in.
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I’ve always been fascinated by the difference between the jokes you can tell your friends but you can’t tell to an audience.
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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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There’s an element of manners that should tell you that the ticket is dear and it’s a different venue.
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Politically correct is the language of cowardice.
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Try to live in a place you like.
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People who are willing to get off their arse to search the entire room for the TV remote because they refuse to walk to the TV and change the channel manually.
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Scotland has the only football team in the world that does a lap of disgrace.
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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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Without arts programmes there’s only reality TV, and reality TV needs the arts to show it what reality is.
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I don’t believe in angels and I have trouble with the whole God thing. I don’t want to say I don’t believe in God, but I don’t think I do. But I believe in people who do.
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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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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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A fart is just your arse applauding.
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