There are two things at which most men are grieved: when their faults are exposed, and when their virtues are concealed.
NORM MACDONALDComedy is surprises, so if you’re intending to make somebody laugh and they don’t laugh, that’s funny.
More Norm MacDonald Quotes
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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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If you desire praise or esteem, endeavor to merit it.
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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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Note to self: no matter how bad life gets, there’s always beer.
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Ignorance is better than knowledge misapplied.
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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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All that weak people learn from disappointment, is less confidence in future enterprise.
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Yeah man, they call gambling a disease, but it’s the only disease where you can win a bunch of money.
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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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With the ambitious, the failure of one expedient is the suggestion of another; but with the irresolute, defeat usually occasions abandonment of purpose.
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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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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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You can’t love your team without hating another team.
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Back in the old days, a man could just get sick and die. Now they have to wage a battle. So my Uncle Bert is waging a courageous battle, which I’ve seen, because I go and visit him. And this is the battle: he’s lying in the hospital bed, with a thing in his arm, watching Matlock on the TV.
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