Alan Alda

On the stage, the characters express themselves more through words than images. So the arguments of the characters and the tension between…

— 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…

— Alan Alda

When I studied how to think in school, I was taught that the first rule of logic was that a thing cannot…

— 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…

— Alan Alda

life is meaningless unless you bring meaning to it; ... it is up to us to create our own existence. Unless you…

— Alan Alda

“My mother didn't try to stab my father until I was six.”

— Alan Alda

Originality is unexplored territory. You get there by carrying a canoe - you can't take a taxi.

— Alan Alda

It's always better to be wise than to be smart.

— Alan Alda

M*A*S*H' was a collection of people, in front of and behind the cameras, that really clicked.

— Alan Alda

“Be brave enough to live creatively. The creative is the place where no one else has ever been. You have to leave…

— Alan Alda

To do a musical takes a tremendous amount of energy because you have to act and sing at the same time. And…

— Alan Alda

Be brave enough to live creatively.

— Alan Alda

It's better to be wise than to be smart.

— 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…

— Alan Alda

I used to read science fiction a lot, and I still like science fiction when it is a model of how we…

— Alan Alda

What's funny is that you can think you really value your life until you almost lose it.

— Alan Alda

I was always interested in figuring things out. I'd do experiments, like combining things I found around the house to see what…

— Alan Alda

When I was in high school, I fell under the spell of that crazy idea that if you're interested in the arts,…

— Alan Alda

I love oatmeal. To me, it's not boring. I agree that ordinary oatmeal is very boring, but not the steel-cut Irish kind…

— Alan Alda

Kids are natural scientists.

— Alan Alda

Be fair with others, but then keep after them until they're fair with you.

— Alan Alda

Awards can give you a tremendous amount of encouragement to keep getting better, no matter how young or old you are.

— Alan Alda

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…

— Alan Alda

The best things said come last. People will talk for hours saying nothing much and then linger at the door with words…

— Alan Alda

If I can't get the girl, at least give me more money.

— Alan Alda