--- title: "10 Years Quotes By Ted Danson" description: "10 Years quotes by Ted Danson. Plus more from Ted Danson and more Years sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe4/ted-danson-6752_inspirational_we-only-have-ten-years-to-save-the-ocean_729410.jpg" --- > [We only have ten years to save the oceans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-danson/we-only-have-ten-years-to-save-the-oceans/) [Ted Danson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-danson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe4/ted-danson-6752_inspirational_we-only-have-ten-years-to-save-the-ocean_729410.jpg) > [My reward in life for growing up a little bit was that Mary Steenburgen came into my life, and we have been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-danson/my-reward-in-life-for-growing-up-a-little-bit-was-that-mary/) [Ted Danson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-danson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01e/ted-danson-6752_been_my-reward-in-life-for-growing-up-a-littl_827003.jpg) > [Around year seven or eight, you'd kill yourself when you realized Norm had to enter and you had to come up with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-danson/around-year-seven-or-eight-you-d-kill-yourself-when-you-realized-norm/) [Ted Danson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-danson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c66/ted-danson-6752_beer_around-year-seven-or-eight-you-d-kill-yo_419225.jpg) > [At the time, my 6-year-old kept thinking my character's name was "Sam Alone," which is kind of brilliant. The funny came out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-danson/at-the-time-my-6-year-old-kept-thinking-my-character-s-name-was-sam/) [Ted Danson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-danson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca0/ted-danson-6752_addict_at-the-time-my-6-year-old-kept-thinking_1834983.jpg) > [I became interested in ocean issues in the 1980s when I couldn't take my daughters swimming because of pollution at our local…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-danson/i-became-interested-in-ocean-issues-in-the-1980s-when-i-couldn-t-take/) [Ted Danson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-danson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3b/ted-danson-6752_beach_i-became-interested-in-ocean-issues-in-t_233948.jpg) > [Sharks have swum the oceans for over 400 million years, but we're threatening this critically important species for the purpose of making…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-danson/sharks-have-swum-the-oceans-for-over-400-million-years-but-we-re/) [Ted Danson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-danson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd5/ted-danson-6752_fish_sharks-have-swum-the-oceans-for-over-400_2872984.jpg) > [Years ago, we all talked about recycling and not dumping things down your drain and all of that, but talking doesn't help…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-danson/years-ago-we-all-talked-about-recycling-and-not-dumping-things-down/) [Ted Danson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-danson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/521/ted-danson-6752_drains_years-ago-we-all-talked-about-recycling_1906236.jpg) > [I grew up in Flagstaff, Arizona, without a television or any connection with pop culture. My father was a director of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-danson/i-grew-up-in-flagstaff-arizona-without-a-television-or-any-connection/) [Ted Danson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-danson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d64/ted-danson-6752_any_i-grew-up-in-flagstaff-arizona-without-a_1958785.jpg) > [It is particularly appropriate that we unveil this campaign on this first day of the annual international coastal clean-up effort, ... Beach…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-danson/it-is-particularly-appropriate-that-we-unveil-this-campaign-on-this/) [Ted Danson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-danson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77f/ted-danson-6752_activity_it-is-particularly-appropriate-that-we-u_791548.jpg) > [The biggest danger we face is overfishing. We literally could fish out our oceans, some scientists believe, in the next 40, 50,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-danson/the-biggest-danger-we-face-is-overfishing-we-literally-could-fish-out/) [Ted Danson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-danson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/517/ted-danson-6752_believe_the-biggest-danger-we-face-is-overfishin_621406.jpg) ## Other authors on Years ## More by Ted Danson > [To grow up knowing you're loved is astounding. It's a huge gift to a child.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-danson/to-grow-up-knowing-you-re-loved-is-astounding-it-s-a-huge-gift-to-a/) [Ted Danson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-danson/) > [If you actively do something, it will stop making you feel like a victim and you'll start feeling like part of the solution, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-danson/if-you-actively-do-something-it-will-stop-making-you-feel-like-a/) [Ted Danson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-danson/) > [I don't think it's a matter of, do you win the game or not, it's how gracefully do you play it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-danson/i-don-t-think-it-s-a-matter-of-do-you-win-the-game-or-not-it-s-how/) [Ted Danson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-danson/) > [The environmental movement, like all political processes, reacts best to disasters. But these are very slow, very gradual disasters in the making.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-danson/the-environmental-movement-like-all-political-processes-reacts-best/) [Ted Danson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-danson/) > [Centuries-old habitats such as coral gardens are destroyed in an instant by bottom trawls, pulverized by weighted nets into barren plains. And global carbon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-danson/centuries-old-habitats-such-as-coral-gardens-are-destroyed-in-an/) [Ted Danson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-danson/) > [The pressure isn't on my brain, but on my mouth. I realized Sam Malone said very little, he spoke in little sentences. Which is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-danson/the-pressure-isn-t-on-my-brain-but-on-my-mouth-i-realized-sam-malone/) [Ted Danson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-danson/) > [I became interested in ocean issues in the 1980s when I couldn't take my daughters swimming because of pollution at our local beach. Twenty-five…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-danson/i-became-interested-in-ocean-issues-in-the-1980s-when-i-couldn-t-take/) [Ted Danson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-danson/) > [I think the struggle, whenever you make a film or television movie based on a real person's life, is finding a dramatic arc that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-danson/i-think-the-struggle-whenever-you-make-a-film-or-television-movie/) [Ted Danson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-danson/) > [I am forever grateful for 'Cheers.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-danson/i-am-forever-grateful-for-cheers/) [Ted Danson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-danson/) > [I feel very strongly that you can't just beat people up anymore; you have to work hand in hand and find ways to compromise,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-danson/i-feel-very-strongly-that-you-can-t-just-beat-people-up-anymore-you/) [Ted Danson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-danson/) > [I was at our beautiful home in Martha's Vineyard, near Boston, sitting on the porch looking at the ocean when I got a phone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-danson/i-was-at-our-beautiful-home-in-martha-s-vineyard-near-boston-sitting/) [Ted Danson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-danson/) > [You have to be an optimist, right? You have to be critical, then you have to be an optimist. Or else you're really stupid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-danson/you-have-to-be-an-optimist-right-you-have-to-be-critical-then-you/) [Ted Danson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-danson/) > [I am a bit of a Pollyanna - I spend most of my day happy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-danson/i-am-a-bit-of-a-pollyanna-i-spend-most-of-my-day-happy/) [Ted Danson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-danson/) > [Around year seven or eight, you'd kill yourself when you realized Norm had to enter and you had to come up with a new…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-danson/around-year-seven-or-eight-you-d-kill-yourself-when-you-realized-norm/) [Ted Danson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-danson/) > [There should be a list of people who can and cannot clone themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-danson/there-should-be-a-list-of-people-who-can-and-cannot-clone-themselves/) [Ted Danson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-danson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/years/ted-danson/#itemlist", "name": "10 Years Quotes By Ted Danson", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We only have ten years to save the oceans", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ted Danson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-danson/we-only-have-ten-years-to-save-the-oceans/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe4/ted-danson-6752_inspirational_we-only-have-ten-years-to-save-the-ocean_729410.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe4/ted-danson-6752_inspirational_we-only-have-ten-years-to-save-the-ocean_729410.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe4/ted-danson-6752_inspirational_we-only-have-ten-years-to-save-the-ocean_729410.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We only have ten years to save the oceans” — Ted Danson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My reward in life for growing up a little bit was that Mary Steenburgen came into my life, and we have been together for 19 years.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ted Danson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-danson/my-reward-in-life-for-growing-up-a-little-bit-was-that-mary/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01e/ted-danson-6752_been_my-reward-in-life-for-growing-up-a-littl_827003.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01e/ted-danson-6752_been_my-reward-in-life-for-growing-up-a-littl_827003.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01e/ted-danson-6752_been_my-reward-in-life-for-growing-up-a-littl_827003.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My reward in life for growing up a little bit was that Mary Steenburgen came into my life, and we have been…” — Ted Danson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Around year seven or eight, you'd kill yourself when you realized Norm had to enter and you had to come up with a new beer joke.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ted Danson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-danson/around-year-seven-or-eight-you-d-kill-yourself-when-you-realized-norm/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c66/ted-danson-6752_beer_around-year-seven-or-eight-you-d-kill-yo_419225.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c66/ted-danson-6752_beer_around-year-seven-or-eight-you-d-kill-yo_419225.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c66/ted-danson-6752_beer_around-year-seven-or-eight-you-d-kill-yo_419225.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Around year seven or eight, you'd kill yourself when you realized Norm had to enter and you had to come up…” — Ted Danson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "At the time, my 6-year-old kept thinking my character's name was \"Sam Alone,\" which is kind of brilliant. 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