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.
NORM MACDONALDI 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.
More Norm MacDonald Quotes
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I think clever people think that poor people are stupid.
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The reason we have few friends in adversity, is, because we have no true ones in prosperity.
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During misfortunes, nothing aggravates our condition more, than to be esteemed deserving of them.
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The standard of morals is as variable as morals themselves; of which every nation has a different code, and every custom a different reading.
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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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When people told the audience that [Sam Kinison] was good, he was accepted after that.
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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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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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Few people love with the violence they hate.
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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 know, with Hitler, the more I learn about that guy, the more I don’t care for him.
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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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I don’t really like politics that much. And I like the order and simplicity of sports. They have an ending. You can argue with your friends about it, but in the end you still like sports. I almost love the fantasy world of sports more than the real world.
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Chastity is oftener owing to diffidence and shame, than to fortitude of reason or virtue.
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