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I don't believe in angels and I have trouble with the whole God thing. I don't want to say I don't believe in God, but I don't think I do. But I believe in people who do. ↗

— Billy Connolly

#believe #god #i #i believe #i believe in

He who makes a beast of himself removes himself from the pain of being human. ↗

— Dr. Samuel Johnson

#life

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 Connolly

#been #before #blow #i #made

Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#government #men #rest #us #violence

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. ↗

— Billy Connolly

#citizen #delightful #i #just #like

It seems to me that Islam and Christianity and Judaism all have the same god, and he's telling them all different things. ↗

— Billy Connolly

#different #different things #god #islam #judaism

Behind the proscenium arch, you can't always hear what people in the audience are saying. ↗

— Billy Connolly

#arch #audience #behind #hear #people

Once you become successful, people know where you live, the type of house you live in, the kind of car you drive, the clothes you wear, and so it would be patronising to go and talk like a welder. Welding's a mystery to me now. You can't go back, your life changes every day. ↗

— Billy Connolly

#become #car #changes #clothes #day

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 Connolly

#because #being #built #i #i love

I'm so over the moon that I have the opportunity to represent my country at a third Olympic Games. ↗

— Libby Trickett

#games #i #moon #olympic #olympic games