Norm MacDonald on beginning
Norm MacDonald73 quotes“The beginning of wisdom is the knowledge of folly.”
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The reason we have few friends in adversity, is, because we have no true ones in prosperity.
Norm MacDonaldNorm MacDonald We often suffer more from our fears, than from the dangers of our situation.
Norm MacDonaldNorm MacDonald Few are more unhappy than those who have great ambition, but little energy to urge it into activity.
Norm MacDonaldNorm MacDonald 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.
Norm MacDonaldNorm MacDonald I don’t care for sex. I find it an embarrassing, dull exercise. I prefer sports, where you can win.
Norm MacDonaldNorm MacDonald During misfortunes, nothing aggravates our condition more, than to be esteemed deserving of them.
Norm MacDonaldNorm MacDonald Yeah man, they call gambling a disease, but it’s the only disease where you can win a bunch of money.
Norm MacDonaldNorm MacDonald 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.
Norm MacDonaldNorm MacDonald A great cause of evil in the world is that men seldom think themselves criminal if they offer the same injustice to others that has been successfully practiced on themselves.
Norm MacDonaldNorm MacDonald It is vain to complain of fortune while we fail in policy and conduct.
Norm MacDonaldNorm MacDonald 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.
Norm MacDonaldNorm MacDonald I want you to buy this pit bull. This will protect your valuables.’ I don’t own anything very valuable. If I buy the pit bull, that would be the most valuable thing I own. I’d have to buy something to protect it then.
Norm MacDonaldNorm MacDonald Though you may be last to discover your follies, be always first to correct them.
Norm MacDonaldNorm MacDonald They that are fated to be fools, have one consolation, that they are fated also to be ignorant of it.
Norm MacDonaldNorm MacDonald Ignorance is better than knowledge misapplied.
Norm MacDonaldNorm MacDonald I think clever people think that poor people are stupid.
Norm MacDonaldNorm MacDonald
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