Mo Rocca quotes

I have a Keurig coffee maker, which is really kind of a luxury. It was given to me by an ex. I realized when I'm feeling sentimental, I'll gently, tenderly press the button. Then when I remember he dumped me, I punch it. (Mo Rocca)
Think of all that hard work our founding fathers put in - the revolutionizing, the three-fifths compromising, having to write the entire Constitution with a quill - and yet they neglected to include the right to vote. View quote
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I wish I had played team sports. I think every kid should. Teamwork builds character - teaches people about leadership and cooperation. View quote
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Christmas is a stocking stuffed with sugary goodness. View quote
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No, no, no separate but equal... never the twain shall meet. And the pendulum kept swinging and it came to rest in the bastard hybrid known as the Daily Show. View quote
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A young imagination is bold, likes to make bigger leaps. It likes to, well, imagine that the dustbuster is a dinosaur; that the computer mouse is a hotrod; that the box is a cave; that the rawhide is a torch... or a baton... or something. View quote
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Hypocrisy is great fodder for comedy. View quote
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Digital television, satellite radio, videogames, iPods - so much media. Do books even matter anymore? View quote
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I know a lot about a few things - mostly useless things. View quote
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Look, not embracing the 'Today' show is soooo yesterday. View quote
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I love Christmas. Frosty the Snowman, peace on Earth and mangers, Salvation Army bell ringers and reindeer, the movie 'Meet Me in St. Louis,' office parties and cookies. (Mo Rocca)
I love the excess of Christmas. The shopping season that begins in September, the bad pop star recordings of Christmas carols, the decorations that don't know when to come down. View quote
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Generally I get up at around 7. But oftentimes, I'll be lolling in bed a little bit earlier - sometimes as early as 5:45 - filing in my mind all the things I have to get done. Which is, of course, totally unproductive. View quote
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One Christmas my father kept our tree up till March. He hated to see it go. I loved that. View quote
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When it comes to war, we focus more on the mainstream coverage of the event, rather than the event itself. People dying is never funny. Protest puppets are always funny. View quote
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Homemade sweaters are always itchy. View quote
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Yes, I still love 'South Park,' but I also love morning TV now. View quote
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If I had a time machine I would go back 30 years and show up at my grandmother's apartment before the gargantuan meals she would serve and I would help her. View quote
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The most important thing is to write material that YOU think is funny. If you don't think it's funny, but you're convinced that other people will think it is, well they won't. View quote
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Politicians who wear little tennis socks with the balls at the back should not be taken seriously. View quote
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I'm always working on a few different stories at once, so there's always some really big coffee table book I'm carrying around. (Mo Rocca)
I was way too hyperactive to study for long. I would freak out, then crash, then be too tired to read or write. I really should have had less sugar. View quote
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I mean, you're gonna be left behind if you don't appreciate the genius that is Meredith Vieira. View quote
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I was not a jock in high school. I know, you're shocked. View quote
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My sophomore year I spent exactly one day on the JV football team. It was the tryout day. View quote
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Mo Rocca

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Photo: Jeff Geerling, CC BY-SA 3.0
Occupation: American Writer
Born: January 28, 1969
Quotes count: 34