65 Uplifting Conan Obrien Quotes [2024]

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Updated: January 20th, 2022

Conan O'Brien is an American media personality.

He is a former television host, comedian, writer, podcaster, and producer.

He is best known for having hosted late-night talk shows for almost 28 years, beginning with "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (1993–2009) and "The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien" (2009–2010) on the NBC television network.

We've put together an incredible collection of Conan O'Brien quotes to read.

Here they are:

List of Inspiring Conan O'Brien Quotes

A new report says that dogs can sniff out prostate cancer with almost 98 percent accuracy. The report also finds that cats can sniff it out with 100 percent accuracy but they prefer to watch you die.” ~ Conan O’Brien

A new presidential poll reveals that Democrats have the edge among voters under 30. The good news for Republicans is that there’s only six people under 30 who actually vote.” ~ Conan O’Brien

I hear YouTube, Twitter and Facebook are merging to form a super Social Media site – YouTwitFace.” ~ Conan O’Brien

Starbucks says they are going to start putting religious quotes on cups. The very first one will say, ‘Jesus! This cup is expensive!'” ~ Conan O’Brien

A U.N. study claims the happiest country in the world is Switzerland. When asked why they’re so happy, Swiss people couldn’t answer because their hands were counting money and their mouths were full of chocolate.” ~ Conan O’Brien

Just taught my kids about taxes by eating 38% of their ice cream.” ~ Conan O’Brien

The beauty is that through disappointment you can gain clarity, and with clarity comes conviction and true originality.” ~ Conan O’Brien

The U.S. Census Bureau reports that American homes are 650 square feet larger today than they were in 1980. Unfortunately, so are most Americans.” ~ Conan O’Brien

A group of psychologists say they have discovered twenty-three different body language indicators that show whether or not a person is lying. If you would like to see all twenty-three at the same time, they recommend taking a guided tour of the White House” ~ Conan O’Brien

A new report says that last year Colorado collected $44 million in marijuana taxes. Unfortunately, they can’t remember where they put it.” ~ Conan O’Brien

They say there are only two kinds of people on St. Patrick’s Day: the Irish, and the people that drive them home.” ~ Conan O’Brien

Fall down. Make a mess. Break something occasionally. Know that your mistakes are your own unique way of getting to where you need to be. And remember that the story is never over.” ~ Conan O’Brien

Toyota has announced it will start integrating Microsoft technology into their vehicles. It’s perfect for the person who wants a car that crashes every ten minutes.” ~ Conan O’Brien

Ukraine announced plans to open Chernobyl, their nuclear disaster site, to tourists. They say it’s just like Disneyland, except the 6-foot mouse is real.” ~ Conan O’Brien

Scientists say they’re getting closer to developing a pill to replace exercising. Americans heard this and said that it better come in cool ranch flavor.” ~ Conan O’Brien

In the press this week, NBC has been calling me every name in the book. In fact, they think I’m such an idiot they now want me to run the network.” ~ Conan O’Brien

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 handle it right your perceived failure can become a catalyst for profound re-invention.” ~ Conan O’Brien

Nobody knows really what they’re doing and there’s two ways to go with that information. One is to be afraid and the other is to be liberated, and I choose to be liberated by it.” ~ Conan O’Brien

Pope Francis said that atheists are still eligible to go to heaven. To return the favor, atheists said Popes are still eligible to go into a void of nothingness.” ~ Conan O’Brien

I’ve always heard that women secretly want their father. So I used to walk around in a 1950s business suit, with a hat and a pipe. My opening line would be, ‘You should be getting to bed now.'” ~ Conan O’Brien

Donald Trump is the grandson of German immigrants. Don’t worry. The last time a German guy with crazy hair took over a country, everything turned out fine.” ~ Conan O’Brien

There are few things more liberating in this life than having your worst fear realized.” ~ Conan O’Brien

Today, you have achieved something special, something only 92 percent of Americans your age will ever know: a college diploma. That’s right, with your college diploma you now have a crushing advantage over 8 percent of the workforce. I’m talking about dropout losers like Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Mark Zuckerberg.” ~ Conan O’Brien

All I ask is one thing, and I’m asking this particularly of young people: please don’t be cynical. I hate cynicism, for the record, 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.” ~ Conan O’Brien

North Korea is creating its own time zone. It’s going to push the country’s time back a half hour. So it’s not bad enough that they don’t have food and they’re ruled by an insane dictator. Now they have to wait until 8:00 to watch ‘Wheel of Fortune.'” ~ Conan O’Brien

A group of protesters who are very unhappy at the rapid expansion of Starbucks have been repeatedly smashing the windows of a Starbucks store in Maine. Customers say it’s been really inconvenient because, several times now, they’ve had to use the Starbucks across the street.” ~ Conan O’Brien

A woman on a Southwest Airlines flight gave birth to a baby. As soon as he was born, the baby said, ‘I had more leg room in the womb.'” ~ Conan O’Brien

On Easter, the Pope asked for peace in the Middle East. There are two groups the Pope has to contend with – Jewish people and Muslims. They couldn’t wait to hear his suggestions.” ~ Conan O’Brien

Though you should not fear failure, you should do your very best to avoid it.” ~ Conan O’Brien

A new report says ISIS is trying to recruit professionals like doctors, engineers, and accountants. Sorry, kids, even ISIS says they’re not hiring liberal arts majors.” ~ Conan O’Brien

Facebook revamped its search feature. Now you can search for any post that has ever appeared on your page. It’s helpful if you want to waste time this year remembering exactly how you wasted time last year.” ~ Conan O’Brien

St. Patrick’s Day is named for St. Patrick, the first guy to feed Guinness to a snake.” ~ Conan O’Brien

Donald Trump unveiled his immigration policy and now he’s getting a lot of flak. His policy would have prevented his own grandfather from coming to America. That explains his new campaign slogan: ‘Vote Trump to prevent another Trump.'” ~ Conan O’Brien

‘Shrek 2’ made over $120 million during its first week. In a related story, John Kerry asked Shrek to marry him.” ~ Conan O’Brien

Scientists say the European space probe that landed on the comet has detected organic matter. This means there could be either life in space or a Whole Foods. We just don’t know.” ~ Conan O’Brien

According to a CNN poll, Trump nearly doubled his support from March. Actually, he just combed his March numbers over his current ones.” ~ Conan O’Brien

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.” ~ Conan O’Brien Quotes

Nietzsche famously said “Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.” But what he failed to stress is that it almost kills you.” ~ Conan O’Brien

This week Disney opened its first-ever theme park in China. More than ten thousand children showed up on opening day. And that was just to make the T-shirts.” ~ Conan O’Brien

President Bush delivered a commencement speech at a university in Wisconsin. A very inspirational speech. Apparently Bush told the students, ‘You can do anything in life if your parents work hard enough.'” ~ Conan O’Brien

To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the moon landing, the three astronauts from Apollo 11 visited the White House. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were allowed to set foot inside the White House, while Michael Collins was forced to drive around in circles outside.” ~ Conan O’Brien

The Canadian government continues to say they will not help us if we go to war with Iraq. However, the prime minister of Canada said he’d like to help, but he’s pretty sure that last time he checked, Canada had no army.” ~ Conan O’Brien

Barack Obama was speaking to a Jewish group, and he told them that his name Barack is the same as the Jewish word ‘baruch,’ which means one who’s blessed. That’s what he said, yeah. Obama had a harder time explaining his middle name, Hussein. Things got quiet there.” ~ Conan O’Brien

It has been reported that Rudolph Giuliani has trademarked the name ‘Rudolph Giuliani’ so other candidates can’t use his name in negative campaign ads. … For similar reasons, Hillary Clinton has trademarked the words ‘ballbuster,’ ‘castrater,’ and ‘nutcruncher.'” ~ Conan O’Brien

In the Year 2000 the discovery of extraterrestrial life will create a revolution in science, art, and pornography.” ~ Conan O’Brien

After hearing that he has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, Putin said, ‘Tell me who the other nominees are – and I will eliminate them.'” ~ Conan O’Brien

Donald Trump insisted he’s always had a great relationship with women. He said, ‘I believe a woman can be anything she wants to be, whether that’s Miss USA or Miss Universe. Either one.'” ~ Conan O’Brien

A new study reveals that one-third of babies in the U.S. have used a smartphone. Yeah, and one-third of babies in China have MADE a smartphone.” ~ Conan O’Brien

For the first time since 2007, the FDA Has approved a new device to treat obesity. The amazing breakthrough is called a vegetable.” ~ Conan O’Brien

Once you discover white paint, you’ll never wash your underwear again.” ~ Conan O’Brien

The TSA is under fire for major security lapses. The TSA has let through pipe bombs, knives, and the last three Nicolas Cage movies.” ~ Conan O’Brien

People are already talking about the next presidential election. There’s stories all over about who might run. At a recent speech, a prominent Democrat said that Hillary Clinton should not run because she can’t win. Immediately after the speech, Hillary told her husband to shut up.” ~ Conan O’Brien

I think in future people will take television in eyedrop form. All media will be in eyedrops.” ~ Conan O’Brien

Russia has named Vladimir Putin its man of the year for the 15th year in a row. Putin got 143 million votes and the guy he was up against got killed in a mysterious boating accident. The boat was in a warehouse.” ~ Conan O’Brien

Promoting his new book, President Bush visited the headquarters of Facebook. Unfortunately, he spent the whole visit on Farmville, clearing brush.” ~ Conan O’Brien

A new survey reveals that women would rather give up sex than give up the remote control for the TV. Men, on the other hand, would be willing to have sex with the remote for the TV.” ~ Conan O’Brien

Members of the Senate are considering a tax on cosmetic surgery. When they brought it up, you should have seen the look that Nancy Pelosi’s face tried to make.” ~ Conan O’Brien

After making insulting remarks about Mexicans, Donald Trump has been kicked off of NBC and Univision. On the bright side, Trump’s hair has a new show on Animal Planet.” ~ Conan O’Brien

Hillary Clinton has reportedly accepted Barack Obama’s offer to become secretary of state. That’s what they’re saying in the New York Times. Yeah, according to Bill Clinton, this is the first time in 20 years that Hillary has said ‘yes.'” ~ Conan O’Brien

A store in Houston is selling Donald Trump piñatas filled with candy. So finally something good is going to come out of Donald Trump.” ~ Conan O’Brien

Marco Rubio announced he’s running for president. Fun fact: Marco Rubio’s wife is a former Miami Dolphins cheerleader. In other words, she knows how to generate fake enthusiasm for someone who’s not going to win.” ~ Conan O’Brien

Hillary Clinton is not the first woman to run for president. That title belongs to Victoria Woodhull, who ran for president in 1872. Her running mate was a young, scrappy John McCain.” ~ Conan O’Brien

The Justice Department ruled that Native American tribes are allowed to grow and sell marijuana on reservations. This decision was hailed as a victory by Native American leader Giggling Eagle.” ~ Conan O’Brien

Scientists say because of global warming they expect the world’s oceans to rise four and a half feet. The scientists say this can mean only one thing: Gary Coleman is going to drown.” ~ Conan O’Brien

Among the top Google searches of 2014 were Ebola and the movie ‘Frozen.’ One leaves you with something highly infectious that’s impossible to get out of your system. The other is Ebola.” ~ Conan O’Brien

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