All that weak people learn from disappointment, is less confidence in future enterprise.
NORM MACDONALDI don’t care for sex. I find it an embarrassing, dull exercise. I prefer sports, where you can win.
More Norm MacDonald Quotes
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They say that if you’re afraid of homosexuals, it means that deep down inside you’re actually a homosexual yourself. That worries me because I’m afraid of dogs.
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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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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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Though we may not desire to detect fraud, we must not, on that account, endeavor to be insensible of it, for, as cunning is a crime, so is duplicity a fault, and if men dread knaves, they also despise fools.
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Though you may be last to discover your follies, be always first to correct them.
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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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I generally have a real strong idea or a strong punchline, and I just try to get to it by rambling around, as I don’t like to memorize words.
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Note to self: no matter how bad life gets, there’s always beer.
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There are two things which a man should scrupulously avoid: giving advice that he would not follow, and asking advice when he is determined to pursue his own opinion.
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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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Many frequently change their principles, but seldom their practices.
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It is necessary to be tolerant, in order to be tolerated.
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During misfortunes, nothing aggravates our condition more, than to be esteemed deserving of them.
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I’m thankful for women. I think women are more intelligent than men. Also, without women, there would be no cookies.
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Hypocrisy is the outward acknowledgment of inward shame.
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