"I can't be everything to everyone. Send me your specs"
About this Quote
The intent is a neat bit of persona management. Rocca, a writer and media presence, knows the modern pressure to be infinitely legible: politically perfect, emotionally available, professionally adaptable, always on. By borrowing the language of tech and procurement, he turns identity into something that can be engineered if only someone would provide the right spreadsheet. The subtext is both accommodating and quietly mocking: You want me tailored to your preferences? Great. Put it in writing. Own the absurdity of treating a human like a configurable product.
Contextually, it fits a culture where audiences talk to creators like product managers talk to apps: fix this, add that, be less this, more that. Rocca's line punctures the sincerity trap. It refuses the grand, self-serious declaration of authenticity and opts for pragmatic comedy. The wit lands because it captures a familiar dynamic: the impossible expectation to satisfy everyone, and the equally modern impulse to respond with process. If you insist on turning a person into a deliverable, at least submit your specifications.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Rocca, Mo. (2026, January 16). I can't be everything to everyone. Send me your specs. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-cant-be-everything-to-everyone-send-me-your-114782/
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Rocca, Mo. "I can't be everything to everyone. Send me your specs." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-cant-be-everything-to-everyone-send-me-your-114782/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I can't be everything to everyone. Send me your specs." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-cant-be-everything-to-everyone-send-me-your-114782/. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.









