The Colbert Report (2005–2014)

Conan O'Brien: Self

Quotes 

• Stephen Colbert : Look, I just think that Rosa Parks was overrated.

  Conan O'Brien : Rosa Parks was overrated? That's-that's madness!

  Stephen Colbert : Conan, last time I checked, she got famous by breaking the law.

  Conan O'Brien : Breaking the law? She was standing up for a whole race of people. She was a freedom fighter!

  Stephen Colbert : Conan, how do I know that there wasn't an old, sick, white man who needed that seat in the front of the bus?

  Conan O'Brien : How can you say that?

  Stephen Colbert : Conan, I'm gonna keep saying this until Rosa Parks's children apologize for what their mother did to that bus company!

  Conan O'Brien : You want Rosa Parks's children to apologize?

  Stephen Colbert : Absolutely.

  Conan O'Brien : Gah! Okay, I'm sorry. I have no choice.

  [shoots Stephen in the chest, who then rises up a second later] 

  Stephen Colbert : [unaffected]  Typical East Coast, Ivy League-educated response.

  Conan O'Brien : [pause]  We'll take a break. We'll be right back.

  Stephen Colbert : Look, I respect your right to disagree with me. Don't get me wrong.

  Conan O'Brien : I shot you very near the heart!