--- title: "13 Think Quotes By Alan Alda" description: "13 Think quotes by Alan Alda. Plus more from Alan Alda and more Think sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77b/alan-alda-1859_alive_i-ve-had-many-uncanny-experiences-i-thin_789605.png" --- > [I've had many uncanny experiences. I think it's hard to be alive and not have them. But I don't know if I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/i-ve-had-many-uncanny-experiences-i-think-it-s-hard-to-be-alive-and/) [Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77b/alan-alda-1859_alive_i-ve-had-many-uncanny-experiences-i-thin_789605.png) > [Whenever I think of how much pleasure I have interviewing scientists, I remember that they're having the real fun in actually being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/whenever-i-think-of-how-much-pleasure-i-have-interviewing-scientists/) [Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d5/alan-alda-1859_able_whenever-i-think-of-how-much-pleasure-i_597452.png) > [I'm condemned by some inner compulsion to think about the daily rituals of my life. I have a low grade fever for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/i-m-condemned-by-some-inner-compulsion-to-think-about-the-daily/) [Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d1/alan-alda-1859_about_i-m-condemned-by-some-inner-compulsion-t_3090675.png) > [What's funny is that you can think you really value your life until you almost lose it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/what-s-funny-is-that-you-can-think-you-really-value-your-life-until/) [Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba9/alan-alda-1859_almost_what-s-funny-is-that-you-can-think-you-r_241626.png) > [There is a wonderful feeling of power when you're a director, but I don't think I need that, and I'm OK without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/there-is-a-wonderful-feeling-of-power-when-you-re-a-director-but-i/) [Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa6/alan-alda-1859_director_there-is-a-wonderful-feeling-of-power-wh_1131258.png) > [I think it's important for scientists to speak in their own voices and not just be mediated by journalists or others speaking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/i-think-it-s-important-for-scientists-to-speak-in-their-own-voices/) [Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32f/alan-alda-1859_i-think_i-think-it-s-important-for-scientists-to_638546.png) > [I think I look better in a suit than a loincloth. So that may define some of the parts I play.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/i-think-i-look-better-in-a-suit-than-a-loincloth-so-that-may-define/) [Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/303/alan-alda-1859_better_i-think-i-look-better-in-a-suit-than-a-l_1400126.png) > [I think when you're acting, you usually don't have to know too much beyond how to pronounce the words you're saying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/i-think-when-you-re-acting-you-usually-don-t-have-to-know-too-much/) [Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f58/alan-alda-1859_acting_i-think-when-you-re-acting-you-usually-d_2015386.png) > [The one thing I think I've noticed about shows that are supposed to be funny on television is that they've sort of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/the-one-thing-i-think-i-ve-noticed-about-shows-that-are-supposed-to/) [Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3e/alan-alda-1859_about_the-one-thing-i-think-i-ve-noticed-about_2717652.png) > [The thing is when you're... well-enough known, you get asked to speak places, and they don't really think about whether or not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/the-thing-is-when-you-re-well-enough-known-you-get-asked-to-speak/) [Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/028/alan-alda-1859_about_the-thing-is-when-you-re-well-enough-kno_453540.jpg) > [I would like to know that when I read the paper in the morning, it's telling me something that actually happened, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/i-would-like-to-know-that-when-i-read-the-paper-in-the-morning-it-s/) [Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d68/alan-alda-1859_actually_i-would-like-to-know-that-when-i-read-th_2183358.jpg) > [I think most people are interested in our origins; once we understand, it might be easier to become the people we'd like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/i-think-most-people-are-interested-in-our-origins-once-we-understand/) [Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3bc/alan-alda-1859_become_i-think-most-people-are-interested-in-ou_1323791.png) > [When I am at a dinner table, I love to ask everybody, 'How long do you think our species might last?' I've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/when-i-am-at-a-dinner-table-i-love-to-ask-everybody-how-long-do-you/) [Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e3/alan-alda-1859_about_when-i-am-at-a-dinner-table-i-love-to-as_1849733.jpg) ## Other authors on Think ## 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/think/alan-alda/#itemlist", "name": "13 Think Quotes By Alan Alda", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I've had many uncanny experiences. I think it's hard to be alive and not have them. 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