We often suffer more from our fears, than from the dangers of our situation.
NORM MACDONALDIn love, we are best pleased when we please others.
More Norm MacDonald Quotes
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A lot of writers come from Harvard and such, and are rich, and they write under the misapprehension that poor people are stupid. So when they do write them, they are hillbillies or rednecks or Christian idiots.
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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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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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Imprudent restrictions often force youth farther than enticement would carry them; and careless limitation is frequently worse than no injunction.
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A readiness to excuse some faults, shows a disposition to commit others.
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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 think clever people think that poor people are stupid.
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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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Comedy is surprises, so if you’re intending to make somebody laugh and they don’t laugh, that’s funny.
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Hypocrisy is the outward acknowledgment of inward shame.
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Liberty, like health, appears most precious when lost.
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Instead of loving your enemies, have no enemies to love.
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In 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.
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In love, we are best pleased when we please others.
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When people told the audience that [Sam Kinison] was good, he was accepted after that.
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