--- title: "6 Communicate Quotes By Alan Alda" description: "6 Communicate quotes by Alan Alda. Plus more from Alan Alda and more Communicate sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/706/alan-alda-1859_communicate_how-can-i-ever-hope-to-communicate-somet_1620776.png" --- > [How can I ever hope to communicate something to you unless I get signals back from you that I'm on the right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/how-can-i-ever-hope-to-communicate-something-to-you-unless-i-get/) [Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/706/alan-alda-1859_communicate_how-can-i-ever-hope-to-communicate-somet_1620776.png) > [If scientists can't communicate with the public, with policy makers, with one another, the future is going to be held back. We're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/if-scientists-can-t-communicate-with-the-public-with-policy-makers/) [Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b2/alan-alda-1859_another_if-scientists-can-t-communicate-with-the_2219345.png) > [I'm very interested in the improvisation because one of the things I do is to help train scientists to communicate in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/i-m-very-interested-in-the-improvisation-because-one-of-the-things-i/) [Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ae/alan-alda-1859_better-way_i-m-very-interested-in-the-improvisation_2882210.jpg) > [I'm in this wonderful position where I can do what interests me. And whatever comes along that interests me, I do. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/i-m-in-this-wonderful-position-where-i-can-do-what-interests-me-and/) [Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27f/alan-alda-1859_bother_i-m-in-this-wonderful-position-where-i-c_2971323.jpg) > [If scientists could communicate more in their own voices - in a familiar tone, with a less specialized vocabulary - would a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/if-scientists-could-communicate-more-in-their-own-voices-in-a/) [Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f00/alan-alda-1859_better_if-scientists-could-communicate-more-in_2991765.png) > [I don't watch that much TV, so I can't compare one show to another. When I watch television, I watch people talking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/i-don-t-watch-that-much-tv-so-i-can-t-compare-one-show-to-another/) [Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbc/alan-alda-1859_actually_i-don-t-watch-that-much-tv-so-i-can-t-co_3170683.jpg) ## Other authors on Communicate ## More by Alan Alda > [On the stage, the characters express themselves more through words than images. So the arguments of the characters and the tension between characters -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/on-the-stage-the-characters-express-themselves-more-through-words/) [Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/) > [We need to be more conversant with it because science is in our lives. It's in everything. It's in the food we eat. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/we-need-to-be-more-conversant-with-it-because-science-is-in-our-lives/) [Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/) > [When I studied how to think in school, I was taught that the first rule of logic was that a thing cannot both be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/when-i-studied-how-to-think-in-school-i-was-taught-that-the-first/) [Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/) > [I was brought up as a Catholic, and I'm no longer a Catholic. I don't talk about my beliefs too much in public probably…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/i-was-brought-up-as-a-catholic-and-i-m-no-longer-a-catholic-i-don-t/) [Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/) > [life is meaningless unless you bring meaning to it; ... it is up to us to create our own existence. Unless you do something,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/life-is-meaningless-unless-you-bring-meaning-to-it-it-is-up-to-us-to/) [Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/) > [“My mother didn't try to stab my father until I was six.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/my-mother-didn-t-try-to-stab-my-father-until-i-was-six/) [Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/) > [Originality is unexplored territory. You get there by carrying a canoe - you can't take a taxi.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/originality-is-unexplored-territory-you-get-there-by-carrying-a-canoe/) [Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/) > [It's always better to be wise than to be smart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/it-s-always-better-to-be-wise-than-to-be-smart/) [Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/) > [M\*A\*S\*H' was a collection of people, in front of and behind the cameras, that really clicked.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/m-a-s-h-was-a-collection-of-people-in-front-of-and-behind-the-cameras/) [Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/) > [“Be brave enough to live creatively. The creative is the place where no one else has ever been. You have to leave the city…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/be-brave-enough-to-live-creatively-the-creative-is-the-place-where-no/) [Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/) > [To do a musical takes a tremendous amount of energy because you have to act and sing at the same time. And everything has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/to-do-a-musical-takes-a-tremendous-amount-of-energy-because-you-have/) [Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/) > [Be brave enough to live creatively.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/be-brave-enough-to-live-creatively/) [Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/) > [It's better to be wise than to be smart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/it-s-better-to-be-wise-than-to-be-smart/) [Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/) > [“You can't get there by bus, only by hard work, risking, and by not quite knowing what you're doing. What you'll discover will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/you-can-t-get-there-by-bus-only-by-hard-work-risking-and-by-not-quite/) [Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/) > [I used to read science fiction a lot, and I still like science fiction when it is a model of how we really are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/i-used-to-read-science-fiction-a-lot-and-i-still-like-science-fiction/) [Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/communicate/alan-alda/#itemlist", "name": "6 Communicate Quotes By Alan Alda", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "How can I ever hope to communicate something to you unless I get signals back from you that I'm on the right track or that I've started at some place that you're familiar with?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alan Alda" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/how-can-i-ever-hope-to-communicate-something-to-you-unless-i-get/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/706/alan-alda-1859_communicate_how-can-i-ever-hope-to-communicate-somet_1620776.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/706/alan-alda-1859_communicate_how-can-i-ever-hope-to-communicate-somet_1620776.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/706/alan-alda-1859_communicate_how-can-i-ever-hope-to-communicate-somet_1620776.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“How can I ever hope to communicate something to you unless I get signals back from you that I'm on the right…” — Alan Alda", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If scientists can't communicate with the public, with policy makers, with one another, the future is going to be held back. 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