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.
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
More Billy Connolly Quotes
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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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The more you know the less the better.
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A well-balanced person has a drink in each hand.
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Don’t vote, it only encourages them.
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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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[To audience members who were arriving late] You haven’t missed a thing, I was just killing time ’til you got here.
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Paddy was in the delivery room when the midwife handed him a black baby. “Is this yours?” she asked “probably” said Paddy “she burns everything else”
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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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If you haven’t heard a good rumour by 11:00am, start one.
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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.
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I became a welder. I was actually becoming an Engineer and I joined the wrong queue. And so I became a welder, without knowing what a welder was.
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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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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 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 worry about ridiculous things, you know, how does a guy who drives a snowplough get to work in the morning. … That can keep me awake for days.
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