A woman's mind is as complex as the contents of her handbag; even when you get to the bottom of it, there is ALWAYS something at the bottom to surprise you!
Billy ConnollyMy definition of an intellectual is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking of the Lone Ranger.
Billy ConnollyI hate all those weathermen, too, who tell you that rain is bad weather. There's no such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothing.
Billy ConnollyAvoid people who say they know the answer. Keep the company of people who are trying to understand the question.
Billy ConnollyWell, the film's not only pricking the pomposity of the Church, it's pricking the pomposity, and sometimes you would think fraudulence, of the insurance companies. I had never read anything like this until I was doing the film, but Mark [Joffe, the director] and people showed me stuff where, like a flood, it mattered where the water came from. If you're flooded from above, you get the money; if you're flooded from below, you don't. What's that about?
Billy Connolly