Elton John and Bernie Taupin - Thomas A Edison - The Two Ronnies TV - William Shakespeare - Jack Kerouac - Buddha - Leo Tolstoy - Edna St Vincent Millay - The Office US TV -
2,059. It seems to me you lived your life
Like a Candle in the Wind. (Life’s Like That & Candle) Elton John and Bernie Taupin, Candle in the Wind 1973
48,883. We will make electricity so cheap that only the rich will burn candles. (Electricity & Candle) Thomas A Edison
66,117. Have you fork handles [four candles]? (Candle & Shop & Comedy) The Two Ronnies, Hardware Shop sketch
66,118. Here burns my candle out – ay, here it dies. William Shakespeare, Richard Duke of York II vi 1, Clifford soliloquy
66,119. The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow Roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes Awww! (Candle & Mad & Life’s Like That) Jack Kerouac
66,120. Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. Buddha
66,121. The candle by which she had been reading the book filled with trouble and deceit, sorrow and evil, flared up with a brighter light, illuminating for her everything that before had been enshrouded in darkness, flickered, grew dim, and went out for ever. Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
66,122. My candle burns at both ends;
It will not last the night;
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends –
It gives a lovely night. Edna St Vincent Millay, A Few Figs From Thistles 1920
83,660. If I get frustrated or irritated or angry I come up here I and just smell all my candles. (Office & Candle) The Office: Dinner Party s4e13, Karen
83,661. Candles are the number one fastest growing product in the centre of the market. Two billion dollar a year industry. And for only ten thousand dollars you could become a co-owner of Serenity by Jan. (Office & Candle) ibid. Michael to Jim & Andy