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Sir William Connolly , (born 24 November 1942) is a Scottish stand-up comedian, musician, presenter, actor and artist. He is sometimes known, especially in his homeland, by the Scots nickname " The Big Yin " (“The Big One”). Connolly’s first trade, in the early 1960s, was as a welder (specifically a boilermaker) in the Glasgow shipyards, but he gave it up towards the end of the decade to pursue a career as a folk singer. He first sang in the folk rock band The Humblebums alongside friends Gerry Rafferty and Tam Harvey. He stayed with them until 1974 before beginning singing as a solo artist. In the early 1970s, Connolly made the transition from folk singer with a comedic persona to fully fledged comedian, for which he is now best known.
“I think of my life as a series of moments and I’ve found that the great moments often don’t have too much to them. They’re not huge, complicated events; they’re just magical wee moments when somebody says ‘I love you’ or ‘You’re a really good at what you do’ or simply ‘You’re a good person’.”
“The desire to be a politician should bar you for life from ever becoming one.”
“Marriage is a wonderful invention; but then again so is a bicycle repair kit.”
“People often say that football and boxing are the ways out of the working class and they are your ticket out of that kind of life, if you happen to want to leave it. But, for me, the library is the key. That is where the escape tunnel is. All of the knowledge in the world is there. The great brains of the world are at your fingertips.”
“Never trust a man who, when left alone in a room with a tea cozy, doesn’t try it on. ”
“Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes. After that who cares? He’s a mile away and you’ve got his shoes!”
“My definition of an intellectual is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking of the Lone Ranger.”
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- - - - - - -“The desire to be a politician should bar you for life from ever becoming one.”
“Marriage is a wonderful invention; but then again so is a bicycle repair kit.”
“People often say that football and boxing are the ways out of the working class and they are your ticket out of that kind of life, if you happen to want to leave it. But, for me, the library is the key. That is where the escape tunnel is. All of the knowledge in the world is there. The great brains of the world are at your fingertips.”
“Never trust a man who, when left alone in a room with a tea cozy, doesn’t try it on. ”
“Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes. After that who cares? He’s a mile away and you’ve got his shoes!”
“My definition of an intellectual is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking of the Lone Ranger.”