233 Quotes by Billy Connolly


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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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    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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    I love fishing. It’s transcendental meditation with a punchline.

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    I’d always been scared of people with tertiary education and high intellects in case they found me wanting. I thought they viewed me as just a welder who knew a few jokes.

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    Where do you go when you die? The same place you were before you were born; nowhere! It’s over!

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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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    Honestly some folk will take offence at anything, I met a bloke with no legs this morning while at the bus stop, all I asked was “How are you getting on?”

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    I’ve always liked it here. Part of me is Irish. My family comes from the west coast, so whenever I come to Ireland I get a wee tingling in my heart that I’m where I belong.

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