They that are fated to be fools, have one consolation, that they are fated also to be ignorant of it.
NORM MACDONALDA 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.
More Norm MacDonald Quotes
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Scientists believe they may have discovered a primitive form of life on Jupiter’s moon Europa. That primitive form of life? You guessed it, Frank Stallone.
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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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The beginning of wisdom is the knowledge of folly.
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When people told the audience that [Sam Kinison] was good, he was accepted after that.
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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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Imprudent restrictions often force youth farther than enticement would carry them; and careless limitation is frequently worse than no injunction.
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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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A readiness to excuse some faults, shows a disposition to commit others.
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We often suffer more from our fears, than from the dangers of our situation.
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I got my computer. The great thing about the computer is that you only need enough money to buy a computer and some food, and you’re all right. I don’t have to go to premières.
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Reason is always weak where prejudice is strong.
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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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Instead of loving your enemies, have no enemies to love.
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Envy, like a false mirror, distorts the symmetry of the sweetest form.
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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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