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.
NORM MACDONALDWhen I hear a guy lost a battle to cancer, that really did bother me, that that’s a term. It implies that he failed and that somebody else that defeated cancer is heroic and courageous.
More Norm MacDonald Quotes
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It is necessary to be tolerant, in order to be tolerated.
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A readiness to excuse some faults, shows a disposition to commit others.
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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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Enjoyment inflames love in some men, and extinguishes it in others: the wind that assists large vessels, upsets small ones.
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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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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.
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In love, we are best pleased when we please others.
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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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I always told everybody the perfect joke would be where the setup and punch line were identical.
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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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Note to self: no matter how bad life gets, there’s always beer.
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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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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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As evacuation eases the body, so occasional ejectment of passion seems to appease the agonies of the soul, and dispose to tranquility the agitations of the heart.
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