The young compliment their greatness on the number of their friends; the old, on the confidence of them.
NORM MACDONALDIn math, you could get 100 percent. It was very fair. That’s what I liked about math. You could figure it out, and the teacher couldn’t have a stupid opinion about it.
More Norm MacDonald Quotes
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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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I think clever people think that poor people are stupid.
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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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A suspicious person is the rival of him that deceives, both seem to practice a knowledge of cunning device, and equable sense of disengenuous merit.
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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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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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Some men are tempted to violate secrecy from the uneasiness secrecy gives them, and others, merely to impress you with the extent of their confidence.
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Ever 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.
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In love, we are best pleased when we please others.
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Reason is always weak where prejudice is strong.
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You know, with Hitler, the more I learn about that guy, the more I don’t care for him.
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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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It is often better to be restricted to necessity than unconfined in the measure of our desires: prosperity destroys more individuals than adversity ruins.
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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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We often suffer more from our fears, than from the dangers of our situation.
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