It is our failure to become our perceived ideal that ultimately defines us and makes us unique. It's not easy, but if you accept your misfortune and … - Conan O'Brien

It is our failure to become our perceived ideal that ultimately defines us and makes us unique.

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

If I existed 200 years ago, all the other farmers in my community would be like, 'That guy is worthless! He's sitting on a rock, jumping up like a frog, coming up with weird concepts and ideas, making faces, and combing his hair into a giant pastry.' It's a good thing I was born in this century, when superfluous television seems to be part of the economy.

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

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.