Billy Connolly Quotes (1942-)

Actor, Musician, Artist

About Billy Connolly

Sir William Connolly, CBE (born 24 November 1942) is a Scottish stand-up comedian, musician, presenter, actor, and artist. He is sometimes known, especially in his native Scotland, by the nickname "The Big Yin" ("The Big One", a reference to his 6' height).

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“It's pish!”
“Aromatherapy bollox!”
“You've made a happy man very old.”
“Don't vote, it just encourages them.”
“Poos himself on stage, classic Billy”
“'' Never trust anybody with only one book.”
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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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“People die all the time. It's just that you're not around.”
“''For years I thought the club's name was Partick Thistle Nil.”
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“I came here on Concorde today... and I arrived before I fucking left!”
“I know at least... oh my God, at least 127 words. And I still prefer "Fuck".”
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“There is no such thing as bad language: it's just our morals that are fucked.”
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“Scotland has the only football team in the world that does a lap of disgrace.”
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“'' The desire to be a politician should bar you for life from ever being one.”
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“Toblerones! It's impossible to eat a fucking Toblerone without hurting yourself!”
“The religion in Scotland is one of the most patronising things... after the weather.”
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“Who the fuck are you? Get out of my house...and take that fucking bulldozer with you.”
“[stamps his foot, which knocks his drink over] Oh fuck, I did this last night as well!”
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“I used to be a folk singer, but I was... dreadful. I had a voice like a goose farting in the fog.”
“The working classes, the ones they refer to in those political programmes as "the ordinary people"”
“'' The great thing about Glasgow is that if there's a nuclear attack it'll look exactly the same afterwards.”
“Don't buy one of those baby intercoms. Babies pretend to be dead. They're bastards, and they do it on purpose.”
“Recently, I turned 60... and even more recently, I turned 62. That was a bastard, I don't even remember the 61.”
“Life is a waste of time. Time is a waste of life. Get wasted all the time and you'll have the time of your life.”
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Billy Connolly on Weather

“Those weathermen, too, who tell you that rain is bad weather. There's no such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothing, so get yourself a sexy raincoat.”
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About Billy Connolly

Sir William Connolly, CBE (born 24 November 1942) is a Scottish stand-up comedian, musician, presenter, actor, and artist. He is sometimes known, especially in his native Scotland, by the nickname "The Big Yin" ("The Big One", a reference to his 6' height).