--- title: "18 You Quotes By Alan Alda" description: "18 You quotes by Alan Alda. Plus more from Alan Alda and more You sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e7/alan-alda-1859_aware_you-can-t-be-aware-of-everything-you-d-f_2516116.png" --- > [You can't be aware of everything. You'd fall down the stairs if you were aware of every intricate thing involved in going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/you-can-t-be-aware-of-everything-you-d-fall-down-the-stairs-if-you/) [Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e7/alan-alda-1859_aware_you-can-t-be-aware-of-everything-you-d-f_2516116.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) > [Blind dates are treacherous. You don't know who this person is. You wonder, 'Should I call my grandma during coffee to get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/blind-dates-are-treacherous-you-don-t-know-who-this-person-is-you/) [Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3f/alan-alda-1859_blind_blind-dates-are-treacherous-you-don-t-kn_2045298.png) > [You know what my earliest memories are? Going from one burlesque town to another. My father was in burlesque.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/you-know-what-my-earliest-memories-are-going-from-one-burlesque-town/) [Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b7/alan-alda-1859_another_you-know-what-my-earliest-memories-are-g_2800122.png) > [I don't miss directing at all, and I don't miss screenwriting either because somebody's always telling you to do something different.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/i-don-t-miss-directing-at-all-and-i-don-t-miss-screenwriting-either/) [Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9e/alan-alda-1859_always_i-don-t-miss-directing-at-all-and-i-don_1714661.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) > [Why would you give money to somebody whose work you don't understand?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/why-would-you-give-money-to-somebody-whose-work-you-don-t-understand/) [Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c81/alan-alda-1859_artist_why-would-you-give-money-to-somebody-who_1624613.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) > [You can watch actors create their illusions, but if you don't see where they get the pigeons from, you don't really know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/you-can-watch-actors-create-their-illusions-but-if-you-don-t-see/) [Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b3/alan-alda-1859_actor_you-can-watch-actors-create-their-illusi_3042203.jpg) > [When I was in high school, I fell under the spell of that crazy idea that if you're interested in the arts,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/when-i-was-in-high-school-i-fell-under-the-spell-of-that-crazy-idea/) [Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab3/alan-alda-1859_art_when-i-was-in-high-school-i-fell-under-t_289984.png) > [I love oatmeal. To me, it's not boring. I agree that ordinary oatmeal is very boring, but not the steel-cut Irish kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/i-love-oatmeal-to-me-it-s-not-boring-i-agree-that-ordinary-oatmeal-is/) [Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/611/alan-alda-1859_agree_i-love-oatmeal-to-me-it-s-not-boring-i-a_297112.jpg) > [It's a funny feeling to work with people who you consider your colleagues and to realize that they actually are young enough…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/it-s-a-funny-feeling-to-work-with-people-who-you-consider-your/) [Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f4/alan-alda-1859_actually_it-s-a-funny-feeling-to-work-with-people_860089.png) > [To do a musical takes a tremendous amount of energy because you have to act and sing at the same time. And…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe9/alan-alda-1859_act_to-do-a-musical-takes-a-tremendous-amoun_190309.jpg) > [The whole question of fiduciary responsibility is a very old concept. You could make a movie about someone making that rule at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/the-whole-question-of-fiduciary-responsibility-is-a-very-old-concept/) [Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e1/alan-alda-1859_about_the-whole-question-of-fiduciary-responsi_3144349.png) > [The idea that the brain is not fully formed until you are almost 30 years old has already been introduced, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/the-idea-that-the-brain-is-not-fully-formed-until-you-are-almost-30/) [Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e9/alan-alda-1859_almost_the-idea-that-the-brain-is-not-fully-for_558988.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) > [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) > [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 You ## 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/you/alan-alda/#itemlist", "name": "18 You Quotes By Alan Alda", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You can't be aware of everything. 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