Comedy is surprises, so if you’re intending to make somebody laugh and they don’t laugh, that’s funny.
NORM MACDONALDEver see this? It’s a homeless guy but he’s got a dog… The dog’s really thrilled with this idea. The dog’s going, Hey pal, I can do this by myself pretty well. The longest walk in the world you got me on here.
More Norm MacDonald Quotes
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I don’t really like politics that much. And I like the order and simplicity of sports. They have an ending. You can argue with your friends about it, but in the end you still like sports. I almost love the fantasy world of sports more than the real world.
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The joy a person is usually seen to express at the conversion of another to his opinion is seldom more than the impulse of egotistical satisfaction at being considered worthy of didactic imitation.
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There are two things which a man should scrupulously avoid: giving advice that he would not follow, and asking advice when he is determined to pursue his own opinion.
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Instead of loving your enemies, have no enemies to love.
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A great cause of evil in the world is that men seldom think themselves criminal if they offer the same injustice to others that has been successfully practiced on themselves.
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Few are more unhappy than those who have great ambition, but little energy to urge it into activity.
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They say that if you’re afraid of homosexuals, it means that deep down inside you’re actually a homosexual yourself. That worries me because I’m afraid of dogs.
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During misfortunes, nothing aggravates our condition more, than to be esteemed deserving of them.
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In love, we are best pleased when we please others.
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Flattery succeeds best on minds previously occupied by conceit.
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Enjoyment inflames love in some men, and extinguishes it in others: the wind that assists large vessels, upsets small ones.
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Many frequently change their principles, but seldom their practices.
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Ignorance is better than knowledge misapplied.
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Reason is always weak where prejudice is strong.
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Some people are so much afraid of being deceived, that they never venture to trust; like misers, their avarice destroys their gain.
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