I always told everybody the perfect joke would be where the setup and punch line were identical.
NORM MACDONALDI want you to buy this pit bull. This will protect your valuables.’ I don’t own anything very valuable. If I buy the pit bull, that would be the most valuable thing I own. I’d have to buy something to protect it then.
More Norm MacDonald Quotes
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Chastity is oftener owing to diffidence and shame, than to fortitude of reason or virtue.
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Instead of loving your enemies, have no enemies to love.
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There are two indiscretions that generally distinguish fools: a readiness to report whatever they hear, and a practice of communicating with secrecy what is commonly understood.
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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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The standard of morals is as variable as morals themselves; of which every nation has a different code, and every custom a different reading.
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I don’t know the difference between a hippie and a hipster but, it’s fun to watch either one of them get beat up.
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Most men will go farther to give advice than to follow their own opinion.
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During misfortunes, nothing aggravates our condition more, than to be esteemed deserving of them.
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Violent people usually express their love of a thing by their hatred of its opposite.
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The first principle of solid wisdom is discretion, without it all the erudition of life is merely bagatelle.
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I don’t have any ambition.
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Ignorance is better than knowledge misapplied.
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It is necessary to be tolerant, in order to be tolerated.
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Comedy is surprises, so if you’re intending to make somebody laugh and they don’t laugh, that’s funny.
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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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