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 CONNOLLYA lot of people are too easily offended. Religious people, for instance. They’ve been offending other people for centuries.
More Billy Connolly Quotes
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I’m a big fan of the Mars Bar Diet. You don’t eat the Mars bar, you stick it up your arse and let a rottweiler chase you home.
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I’ve been a poser for f–ing years. I say, pose your arse off. You know, have a laugh.
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I just believe in the movie. I don’t care what the book was like. I don’t care what the previous film was like or other films were like. I care only about the script I’ve got.
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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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It seems to me that Islam and Christianity and Judaism all have the same god, and he’s telling them all different things.
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I was brought up as a Catholic. I’ve got A-level guilt.
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There’s nothing like it, but it’s not as good as you think it’s going to be. . . . I was disappointed because there are records of people finding things that have been there for years. I was hoping for a shirt button, or my club’s badge – but not a sausage.
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The great thing about Glasgow is that if there’s a nuclear attack it’ll look exactly the same afterwards.
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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 decided to stop drinking while it was still my idea.
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A well-balanced person has a drink in each hand.
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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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Save the Trees? Trees are the main cause of Forest Fires!
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I think the longer Britain is in Europe the better.
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People die all the time. It’s just that you’re not around.
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