Conan O'Brien Quotes

If you accept your misfortune and handle it right, your perceived failure can become a catalyst to profound reinvention.

A study in the Washington Post says that women have
better verbal skills than men. I just want to say to the
authors of that study: 'Duh.

Nobody in life gets exactly what they though they were going to get.
But if you work really hard and are kind, amazing things will happen.
I'm telling you: Amazing things will happen.

Success is a lot like a bright, white tuxedo. You feel terrific when you get it, but then you're desperately afraid of getting it dirty, of spoiling it in any way.

When all else fails there's always delusion.

Thirty-five things have to go wrong for the best thing to happen in your career

All I ask of you is one thing: please don’t be cynical. I hate cynicism — it’s my least favorite quality and it doesn’t lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard, and you’re kind, amazing things will happen.

Please do not be cynical. I hate cynicism – it's my least favorite quality, and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen.

You know why the French don't want to bomb Saddam Hussein Because he hates America he loves mistresses and he wears a beret. He is French people.

I told graduates to not be afraid to fail, and I still believe that. But today I tell you that whether you fear it or not, disappointment will come. The beauty is that through disappointment you can gain clarity, and with clarity comes conviction and true originality.

Disappointment leads to clarity, which leads to conviction and true originality.

Republicans have called for a National African-American Museum. The plan is being held up by finding a location that isn't in their neighborhood.

I just want to say to the kids out there watching: You can do anything you want in life. Unless Jay Leno wants to do it too.

Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen.

My favorite comedy is comedy where nothing is achieved and there is no point.