Confucius Quotes

Confucius: It is better to light one small candle of gratitude than ... | Citatis

It is better to light one small candle of gratitude than to curse the darkness.

Confucius

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The last episode of Dallas was in '1991.' Unfortunately, it was a terrible episode to end the show on: it was a sort of 'It's a Wonderful Life' with Larry as the Jimmy Stewart character. In that episode, I was an ineffectual-schlep kind of brother, who got divorced three or four times and was a Las Vegas reject.

Patrick Duffy
- Life
- Character
- Brother
Some people can be choosy because they're ultratalented or lucky or whatever, but yeah, there are certain things that might not be the greatest thing on my resume. But I don't sit back and go, 'Gosh, I wish I didn't do that.' It's all part of the growth of a career, whether you're an entertainer or a librarian.

Zach Galifianakis
- People
- Career
- Wish
The power chords in 'Come Sail Away' were super heavy to me as a kid. Metal? No. Hard rock? At times, for sure.

Eddie Trunk
- Power
- Rock
- Kid
Funding for the original manned Voyager Mars Program was scratched in 1968, before humans had gotten out of Low Earth Orbit. Mid-'60s plans for a Venus fly-by with astronauts actually flying by it met the same fate.

P. J. O'Rourke
- Earth
- Fate
- Fly
The big difference between the radio show and the TV work is that I don't have to work by committee on the radio show. I'm the DJ; I can play what I want and suffer or get praised by that. With a TV show, it's much more of a collaboration, and the song that I might think is perfect may get shot down and vice versa.

Gary Calamar
- Work
- May
- Song
Humor is merely tragedy standing on its head with its pants torn.

Irvin S. Cobb
- Humor
- Head
- Tragedy