The only time I would like to see was the 20s and 30s in America because I love the music and the style and the optimism, I wanted to see New York being built. I wanted to see all that, you know.
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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Never trust people who’ve only got one book.
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Now, the country is in a terrible state, and you’ve blamed it on a number of things: Unemployment rate, the value of the pound and all that… wrll, it’s because the national anthem is boring.
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Whenever I wear something expensive it looks stolen.
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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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When you involved in an accident and someone asks “are you alright?” Yes fine thanks, I’ll just pick up my limbs and be off.
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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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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.
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People die all the time. It’s just that you’re not around.
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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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I don’t aim to offend.
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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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Did your mother never tell you not to drink on an empty head?
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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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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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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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