There are two things at which most men are grieved: when their faults are exposed, and when their virtues are concealed.
NORM MACDONALDThere are two things at which most men are grieved: when their faults are exposed, and when their virtues are concealed.
NORM MACDONALDIt is vain to complain of fortune while we fail in policy and conduct.
NORM MACDONALDAll my life’s about is cracking up people and them cracking me up and trying not to think about dying. That doesn’t cost very much money.
NORM MACDONALDImprudent restrictions often force youth farther than enticement would carry them; and careless limitation is frequently worse than no injunction.
NORM MACDONALDMany frequently change their principles, but seldom their practices.
NORM MACDONALDIn love, we are best pleased when we please others.
NORM MACDONALDAll that weak people learn from disappointment, is less confidence in future enterprise.
NORM MACDONALDYou 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?
NORM MACDONALDA readiness to excuse some faults, shows a disposition to commit others.
NORM MACDONALDI don’t have any ambition.
NORM MACDONALDViolent people usually express their love of a thing by their hatred of its opposite.
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.
NORM MACDONALDI 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.
NORM MACDONALDWith the ambitious, the failure of one expedient is the suggestion of another; but with the irresolute, defeat usually occasions abandonment of purpose.
NORM MACDONALDThe beginning of wisdom is the knowledge of folly.
NORM MACDONALDA suspicious person is the rival of him that deceives, both seem to practice a knowledge of cunning device, and equable sense of disengenuous merit.
NORM MACDONALD