Alan Alda Quotes

Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in while, or the light won't come in.

Alan Alda

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 28, 1936

Topics

LightWorldAssumptionsWindowsOwn

If you've been on top of the food chain in the Armed Forces, that's who you are. You're used to dealing with your life in a particular way.

Joe Morton

LifeFoodYouWayTopUsed

Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.

John Adams

AgeWishExerciseYouMindsOld

I was born in 1961. Now I think the 16 years that elapsed between 1961 and the end of the wars is nothing. To a child growing up it felt like an eternity, an entirely different world.

Jeremy Northam

ChildGrowing UpWorldThinkEnd

I don't mind that I am not necessarily a household name, because I think my characters have outshined me. That was by design. And I'm not wanting for appreciation.

Jeffrey Wright

I AmAppreciationMindMeThink

Tortured characters are, I think, an actor's dream.

Ruben Blades

ThinkDreamActorI ThinkCharacters

I went to work when I was a young fellow and I loved what I did. And I just kept working. And when I decided that maybe the time had come for me to quit, I got depressed. What could I do if I didn't work?

Mike Wallace

WorkTimeMeLovedYoungQuit

In high school, in sport, I had a coach who told me I was much better than I thought I was, and would make me do more in a positive sense. He was the first person who taught me not to be afraid of failure.

Mike Krzyzewski

PositiveFailureSchoolMeBetter

It just takes me awhile to get comfortable in any situation.

Lou Barlow

MeSituationComfortableGetJust

Films have always been youth oriented.

Dina Merrill

YouthAlwaysBeenOrientedFilms

Tony knew me both as an athlete and as a person. He cared for me like a father.

Dennis Eckersley

FatherMePersonAthleteLikeKnew

Things said to a reporter in confidence should be kept in confidence.

Dorothy Kilgallen

ConfidenceSaidThingsReporterKept

My mindset was that I was always going to be in Toronto my whole career, but I was never naive.

DeMar DeRozan

MindsetCareerNeverNaiveToronto

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