A Quote by Billy Connolly

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

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Billy Connolly
Scottish - Comedian
Born: November 24, 1942

In the dictionary under redundant it says see redundant.

Robin Williams

The written word is redundant on the high seas. Why? Because paper gets wet too easily.

Walter Moers

The best thing that can happen to anybody is to be sacked or made redundant because often that's when you think, "I don't want to become one of the living dead. I haven't got anything to lose, now I can start to follow my own dreams."

Tom Hodgkinson

Being made redundant is a personal tragedy.

Gyles Brandreth

I was made redundant from a job as a PA in a shirt-making company in 1996. I was devastated. I had been there for three years, and it was a job I really liked.

Lisa Jewell

Don’t repeat yourself. It’s not only repetitive, it’s redundant, and people have heard it before.

Daniel Handler

The experience of seeing your entire team made redundant is eye-opening.

Judith McKenna

I think "creative preaching" is redundant.

Max Lucado

I actually think looking to the past for inspiration is pretty redundant.

Kevin Parker

If we keep an optimistic view about the future, we definitely have to look for our place. Not to be redundant. And that means we have to emphasize what makes us unique.

Garry Kasparov

I think that all services will have downtime. No matter how much you prepare, have redundant systems, or audit, there will periodically be a black swan event that is completely unlike whatever you've experienced before. It even happens to Google!

Matt Mullenweg

My dad worked for Kodak and was made redundant when I was about 14. Despite this, my parents did everything they could to help me and my sister do what we wanted to do.

Tom Fletcher

I don't consciously think of any certain direction when I'm writing. I only try not to be repetitive or redundant.

Jim Root

If man ever comes to perfect equilibrium with the environment, we'll all be redundant, perhaps because you won't need art or letters.

Peter O'Toole

In the modern world, nationalism remains a very important force. We delude ourselves into thinking that globalization has made all of that redundant and that everyone just wants to be like America.