They that are fated to be fools, have one consolation, that they are fated also to be ignorant of it.
NORM MACDONALDSome men are tempted to violate secrecy from the uneasiness secrecy gives them, and others, merely to impress you with the extent of their confidence.
More Norm MacDonald Quotes
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Envy, like a false mirror, distorts the symmetry of the sweetest form.
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Liberty, like health, appears most precious when lost.
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Few people love with the violence they hate.
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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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When people told the audience that [Sam Kinison] was good, he was accepted after that.
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I generally have a real strong idea or a strong punchline, and I just try to get to it by rambling around, as I don’t like to memorize words.
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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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All 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.
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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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He that searches for praise will often find contempt.
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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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I always told everybody the perfect joke would be where the setup and punch line were identical.
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Most men will go farther to give advice than to follow their own opinion.
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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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The young compliment their greatness on the number of their friends; the old, on the confidence of them.
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