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.
NORM MACDONALDIgnorance is better than knowledge misapplied.
More Norm MacDonald Quotes
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Though you may be last to discover your follies, be always first to correct them.
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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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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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A readiness to excuse some faults, shows a disposition to commit others.
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Ignorance is better than knowledge misapplied.
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If you desire praise or esteem, endeavor to merit it.
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The first principle of solid wisdom is discretion, without it all the erudition of life is merely bagatelle.
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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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There are two things at which most men are grieved: when their faults are exposed, and when their virtues are concealed.
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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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You ever be having a really good dream, and then, uh- right in the middle of the dream you wake up, right in the best part of the dream? And there you are, back in your stinkin’ life again? Man, that’s rough, eh?
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In love, we are best pleased when we please others.
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It is vain to complain of fortune while we fail in policy and conduct.
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Envy, like a false mirror, distorts the symmetry of the sweetest form.
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Liberty, like health, appears most precious when lost.
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