Few are more unhappy than those who have great ambition, but little energy to urge it into activity.
NORM MACDONALDMany frequently change their principles, but seldom their practices.
More Norm MacDonald Quotes
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Ignorance is better than knowledge misapplied.
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I don’t have any ambition.
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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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During misfortunes, nothing aggravates our condition more, than to be esteemed deserving of them.
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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 don’t care for sex. I find it an embarrassing, dull exercise. I prefer sports, where you can win.
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Envy, like a false mirror, distorts the symmetry of the sweetest form.
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I think clever people think that poor people are stupid.
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The praise we seek for our own virtues sometimes tempts us to flatter the imperfections of other men.
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Violent people usually express their love of a thing by their hatred of its opposite.
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We often suffer more from our fears, than from the dangers of our situation.
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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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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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If you desire praise or esteem, endeavor to merit it.
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The most frequent cause of regret for what we have done is because its effects interfere with what we would do.
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