I think of my life as a series of moments and I’ve found that the great moments often don’t have too much to them.
BILLY CONNOLLYI’ve been a poser for f–ing years. I say, pose your arse off. You know, have a laugh.
More Billy Connolly Quotes
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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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It’s my mind, and I reserve the right to change it as often as I like.
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I’ve never done a comedy club in my life. It’s weird because I don’t have the same background as most comics. I don’t have a history of going up and only doing eight minutes.
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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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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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There’s one of a figure with two heads that somebody thought must be a comment on the state of matrimony. None of it is a comment on anything.
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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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In Mexico, everything on the menu is the same dish. The only difference is the way it’s folded.
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The human race has been set up. Someone, somewhere, is playing a practical joke on us. Apparently, women need to feel loved to have sex. Men need to have sex to feel loved. How do we ever get started.
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I don’t understand art-speak. My pictures are big doodles. I’m amazed what people come up with when they look at them.
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I always look skint. When I buy a Big Issue, people take it out of my hand and give me a pound.
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Don’t buy one of those baby intercoms. Babies pretend to be dead. They’re bastards, and they do it on purpose.
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The strangest thing is at tea breaks, or coffee breaks or lunch, you forget you’re a zombie. And you’re talking about politics to somebody at the table and you forget that you have a bullet hole in your forehead.
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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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The world needs more Edwin Morgans, people who can take the language and swing it round their heads and don’t care what you think.
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