Mo Rocca (Maurice Alberto Rocca) Quotes

I know a lot about a few things - mostly useless things.

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• I am now writing a book called 'Far Enough,' very loosely based on my childhood. This is difficult because it forces me to remember people I loved who are gone.

  

  Nancy Farmer
  • People
  • Writing
  • Book

• I really hate to write.

  

  Jack Kerouac
  • Hate
  • Write
  • Really

• Getting recognized on the street is fine, but I never really wanted to be famous. I just wanted to have mastered the art of sketch comedy.

  

  Kate McKinnon
  • Art
  • Comedy
  • Famous

• My parents were Zionists born in Poland. My father was a rabbi who didn't know much about science and ran a grocery store in the neighborhood with my mother's help.

  

  Ada Yonath
  • Help
  • Mother
  • Father

• One of the strange things about violent and authoritarian regimes is they don't like the glare of negative publicity.

  

  Salman Rushdie
  • Strange
  • Negative
  • Publicity

• L.A. still ranks as one of my guilty pleasures, along with butter-pecan ice cream and Coldplay albums.

  

  Damian Lewis
  • Guilty
  • Ice
  • Ice Cream

• I love dressing up.

  

  Bat for Lashes
  • Up
  • Love
  • Dressing

• Life yields only to the conqueror. Never accept what can be gained by giving in. You will be living off stolen goods, and your muscles will atrophy.

  

  Dag Hammarskjold
  • Life
  • Giving
  • Living

• I'm a fan of creating the mood and vibe with flowers, candles, and music. I love making my guests feel like it's not formal and they can relax in my home.

  

  Karen Elson
  • Music
  • Feel
  • Mood

• Nothing ever turns out the way people expect it to.

  

  Barry Sanders
  • People
  • Way
  • Nothing

• Perfectionists are their own devils.

  

  Jack Kirby
  • Own
  • Devils
  • Perfectionists

• I'm not interested so much in collaboration. You see that from the history of my albums.

  

  Yoko Ono
  • History
  • See
  • Collaboration

• I'm not in the luxury-goods business. I sell unique objects. I wish I was in luxury goods because then I could just call the factory and say, 'I need 10,000 more of whatever.' But I can't - because then it's not art, it's something else.

  

  Larry Gagosian
  • Art
  • Business
  • Wish

• I have a lot of those 'Forrest Gump,' I-was-there moments.

  

  Questlove
  • Moments
  • Lot
  • Those

• In England or America, actors do not have to cater to an image. In India, it is almost demanded of us. Very seldom do you get a film where you can walk away from your image.

  

  Abhishek Bachchan
  • America
  • You
  • Walk

• Some people call me scrappy - and that's because I am.

  

  Karen Handel
  • People
  • Scrappy

• As a senior in high school, you figure out what you want to do with your life. I asked myself if I wanted to get back into acting and thought: 'Yes, but under my own terms and nothing like it was before.'

  

  Macaulay Culkin
  • Life
  • School
  • High

• Use a corrector to do all the heavy lifting under the eyes, not concealer. I spent years re-applying and layering concealer and Touche Eclat under there, when what I really needed was a good, peachy-toned corrector.

  

  Zoe Foster Blake
  • Good
  • Eyes
  • Years

• I would love to be able to play anywhere, but to me the sweet spot is clubs and theaters, just because I feel like you lean in to tell a joke. You don't back up. Comedy lives in that area. I've played amphitheaters, big clubs, and pool halls, and the most fun rooms hold anywhere from 500 to 2,000 people. That intimacy is where comedy really lives.

  

  Michael Che
  • People
  • Comedy
  • Bigs

• I think being an athlete prepares you for more things than people give us credit for.

  

  Eric Shanteau
  • I Think
  • Credit
  • Prepares

• The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name.

  

  Confucius
  • Wisdom
  • Things
  • Proper Name

• Sarcasm all around the world is always against right wing and against people in power. That's the definition of political sarcasm.

  

  Bassem Youssef
  • People
  • World
  • Power

• I believe evidence will show that he's innocent, Kevin Jones is a fine citizen, one thing you haven't heard, is anything negative about Kevin. He's holding up pretty good, considering he's accused of murdering the girl he loved.

  

  Kenny Johnson
  • Up
  • Good
  • Believe

• I know a lot about a few things - mostly useless things.

  

  Mo Rocca
  • Things
  • About
  • Useless