The young compliment their greatness on the number of their friends; the old, on the confidence of them.
NORM MACDONALDImprudent restrictions often force youth farther than enticement would carry them; and careless limitation is frequently worse than no injunction.
More Norm MacDonald Quotes
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During misfortunes, nothing aggravates our condition more, than to be esteemed deserving of them.
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It is vain to complain of fortune while we fail in policy and conduct.
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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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Liberty, like health, appears most precious when lost.
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I’m thankful for women. I think women are more intelligent than men. Also, without women, there would be no cookies.
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I 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.
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Back in the old days, a man could just get sick and die. Now they have to wage a battle. So my Uncle Bert is waging a courageous battle, which I’ve seen, because I go and visit him. And this is the battle: he’s lying in the hospital bed, with a thing in his arm, watching Matlock on the TV.
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I think clever people think that poor people are stupid.
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You ever be having a really good dream, and then, uh- right in the middle of the dream you wake up, right in the best part of the dream? And there you are, back in your stinkin’ life again? Man, that’s rough, eh?
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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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Ignorance is better than knowledge misapplied.
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Many frequently change their principles, but seldom their practices.
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When people told the audience that [Sam Kinison] was good, he was accepted after that.
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In love, we are best pleased when we please others.
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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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