There are two things at which most men are grieved: when their faults are exposed, and when their virtues are concealed.
NORM MACDONALDWhen I hear a guy lost a battle to cancer, that really did bother me, that that’s a term. It implies that he failed and that somebody else that defeated cancer is heroic and courageous.
More Norm MacDonald Quotes
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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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When people told the audience that [Sam Kinison] was good, he was accepted after that.
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I can’t be naturalistic enough to make it sound real. So instead, I just wander around aimlessly knowing that I’ll be funny enough with stream of consciousness until I get to the actual explosively funny part.
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In estimating the adversities of life, we would seldom have much reason to complain of the evils we suffer, did we understand the dangers we daily escape.
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I don’t care for sex. I find it an embarrassing, dull exercise. I prefer sports, where you can win.
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Scientists believe they may have discovered a primitive form of life on Jupiter’s moon Europa. That primitive form of life? You guessed it, Frank Stallone.
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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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In love, we are best pleased when we please others.
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When I hear a guy lost a battle to cancer, that really did bother me, that that’s a term. It implies that he failed and that somebody else that defeated cancer is heroic and courageous.
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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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Few are more unhappy than those who have great ambition, but little energy to urge it into activity.
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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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Flattery succeeds best on minds previously occupied by conceit.
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The most frequent cause of regret for what we have done is because its effects interfere with what we would do.
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Instead of loving your enemies, have no enemies to love.
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