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Billy Connolly Quotes

«If Jesus was a Jew, how come he has a Mexican first name?»
«I think my securities far outweigh my insecurities. I am not nearly as afraid of myself and my imagination as I used to be.»
«The great thing about Glasgow is that if there's a nuclear attack it'll look exactly the same afterwards.»
«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.»
Author: Billy Connolly (Actor) | Keywords: redundant, rotten
«My parents used to take me to the pet department and tell me it was a zoo.»
Author: Billy Connolly (Actor) | Keywords: department, PET, Take Me, zoo, zoos
«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.»
«I'm a citizen of the world. I like it that way. The world's a wonderful. I just think that some people are pretty badly represented. But when you speak to the people themselves they're delightful. They all want so little.»
«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.»
«I'm famous for my bottom dances, but you'll only see my bum and willy if you raise a million pounds within an hour.»
«I don't believe in angels, no. . . . But I do have a wee parking angel. It's on my dashboard and you wind it up. The wings flap and it's supposed to give you a parking space. It's worked so far.»

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