Billy Bennett Quotes

Billy Bennett shares cheeky, irreverent humor that mixes playful banter with vivid caricature.

18 quotes

  1. 'Twas the fifteenth anniversary of her twenty-second year, So he smiled at her as sweetly as a hog And asked what present she would like. And jestingly she said: 'Your green tie for my little yellow dog.'

  2. There's a cockeyed yellow poodle to the north of Conga Pooch; There's a little hot cross bun that's turning green; There's a double-jointed woman doing tricks in Chu-Chin-Chow, And you're a better man than I am, Gunga Din.

  3. She knows I'm a deserter from the Scottish Fusiliers, She knows I stole a blind-man's can...that got me seven years! She knows I've been connected with a gang of West-End Pests, And the police have had me twice inside the cage; And she knows I mix with ladies that have got a shady past, But my mother doesn't know I'm on the stage.

  4. And you can't part a boy from his father, You can't part a boy from his dad, You can't part a Scotchman from money No matter how many he's had. You can't part the skin of a sausage Or a dad from his fond son and heir, And you can't part the hair on a bald-headed man For there'll be no parting there.

  5. Remember what the Patriarch King Solomon Told his harem on the night they'd had a few: 'Teetotalum overcoatum asqua scutum atomack Sonata with tomoto, laringitis, cul de sac.' Translation: 'If your rhubarb's fallen try and bend it back.' That's a motto for the likes of me and you.

  6. Billy Bennett - I speak of the artist - was forthright, bawdy, and wholesome:[His] grossness had that gusto about it which is like a high wind blowing over a noisome place.

  7. Every economy is uncertain. Referring to this or any economy as 'uncertain' is an unnecessary and pessimistic redundancy.

  8. If you have not taken the time to define what happiness means to you, what have your spent your whole life pursuing?

  9. Communication is about being effective, not always about being proper.

  10. It is not our mistakes that define who we are; it is how we recover from those mistakes.

  11. Frustration, although quite painful at times, is a very positive and essential part of success.

  12. Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity.

  13. Most of us are consumed with our own thoughts and desires and are not always thinking about what other people may want. This is not necessarily being egocentric; it is just being human.

  14. Avoiding the phrase 'I don't have time...', will soon help you to realize that you do have the time needed for just about anything you choose to accomplish in life.

  15. It's not people who resent successful people; it's resentful people who resent successful people.

  16. A dream becomes a goal when action is taken toward its achievement.

  17. Using rhetorical questions in speeches is a great way to keep the audience involved. Don't you think those kinds of questions would keep your attention?

  18. Untapped potential is the difference between where a person is now and where he or she can be.