The praise we seek for our own virtues sometimes tempts us to flatter the imperfections of other men.
NORM MACDONALDAll 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.
More Norm MacDonald Quotes
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The joy a person is usually seen to express at the conversion of another to his opinion is seldom more than the impulse of egotistical satisfaction at being considered worthy of didactic imitation.
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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.
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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.
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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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I 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.
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It is necessary to be tolerant, in order to be tolerated.
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I don’t have any ambition.
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Comedy is surprises, so if you’re intending to make somebody laugh and they don’t laugh, that’s funny.
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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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You can’t love your team without hating another team.
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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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This would have been a great game to watch if we didn’t have any money on it.
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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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Violent people usually express their love of a thing by their hatred of its opposite.
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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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