Did your mother never tell you not to drink on an empty head?
BILLY CONNOLLYI once travelled to Adelaide on Emu Airways. I was 5,000 ft up in the air when someone pointed out to me that emus can’t fly
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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 loved Japan. I used to read a lot about it when I was a child. And I always wanted to go. And it was delightful. I absolutely loved it. What a smashing place.
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I hate those earnest TV documentaries that are the world according to people with glasses who know better than you.
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The religion in Scotland is one of the most patronising things… after the weather.
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Fame is being asked to sign your autograph on the back of a cigarette packet.
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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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Politically correct is the language of cowardice.
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There are two seasons in Scotland: June and Winter.
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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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I used to have Mad Cow’s disease, but I’m alright Nooooooooow.
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It’s my mind, and I reserve the right to change it as often as I like.
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Wisdom isn’t an old guy on top of a mountain in a loin cloth. It isn’t an answer. It’s a question.
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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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I’m not going to throw away the hand of friendship to suit 100 Trotskyites in Glasgow.
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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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