I have been made redundant before and it is a terrible blow; redundant is a rotten word because it makes you think you are useless.
BILLY CONNOLLYLearn to feel sorry for music because, although it is the international language, it has no swear words.
More Billy Connolly Quotes
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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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A lot of people are too easily offended. Religious people, for instance. They’ve been offending other people for centuries.
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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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If you give people a chance, they shine.
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There are two seasons in Scotland: June and Winter.
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I don’t have wild dogs chasing people with scripts away from my door. I get my share. I’ve done okay. But I usually do independent stuff because that’s mostly what I’m offered.
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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’ve always wanted to go to Switzerland to see what the army does with those wee red knives.
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Learn to feel sorry for music because, although it is the international language, it has no swear words.
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There’s no such thing as bad weather – only the wrong clothes.
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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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It’s my mind, and I reserve the right to change it as often as I like.
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I set out to be a cross between Lenny Bruce and Robert the Bruce.
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I started to draw desert islands. They were just rough, shapes in the middle of the page. Then I began drawing shapes within those shapes and I was amazed how quickly the islands got better. It took off from there.
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I think the longer Britain is in Europe the better.
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