Alan Arkin Quotes

What I look for these days is that I don't have long speeches, the characters gets to sit down a lot, I don't have to learn any foreign languages, and it doesn't shoot in Minneapolis in February. That's mainly what I look for.

Alan Arkin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 26, 1934

Topics

FebruaryLearnLongLookDownDays

The best thing we've learned is when you are attempting to write a full song, write a full song that day. When we first started, we would have great ideas, but there's something about a moment and a vibe that's being created in time that when you return to it, it sometimes works, and it sometimes doesn't.

Jillian Hervey

GreatTimeMomentBestDayIdeas

There is no power in cynicism. There is no forward thrust in cynicism.

Jesse Jackson

PowerForwardCynicismThrust

I think some parents think, 'Oh, having kids is so beautiful; I want others to feel the joy I do.'

Jen Kirkman

BeautifulJoyParentsThinkFeel

I'm no politician. I'm an historian who has learned through a lifetime of studying that nothing in the world beats universal education.

Stephen Ambrose

EducationWorldNothingStudyingWho

All Americans value the freedom of speech and the freedom of the press, and I believe this is essential for our continued way of life. But with this freedom comes responsibility. That responsibility has been abdicated here by some in the media and some in the government.

Steven Hatfill

LifeFreedomResponsibilityValue

The amount of military force necessary to provide reassurance depends on how dangerous people think the world is. And that I think ultimately depends upon the kinds of government that hold sway in major countries.

Michael Mandelbaum

GovernmentPeopleWorldThinkHold

I want to take IBM back to its roots.

Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.

RootsBackWantTakeIBM

I'm not a nervous flier. I realize it's still the safest form of travel.

Cheryl Ladd

TravelNervousRealizeStillForm

We don't see ourselves as just a place where we come to worship but as a beacon and a bearer of the culture and a bearer of what makes us a people. But I like to say that this is not necessarily unique to us. It is really what America is all about.

Clementa C. Pinckney

CulturePeopleAmericaUniquePlace

Being a musician, especially at the major label where you work for so long, it becomes a cycle. Write a record, make a record, tour. It's just this cycle, and I don't think there's any life built into it with time to assimilate what's going on in front of you and what's going on in your head.

Art Alexakis

LifeWorkTimeThinkLongYou

All the 'Scarface' beats that you hear Mobb Deep sample, that was my idea.

Prodigy

DeepYouIdeaHearSampleBeats

Travel at least erodes some of the narrowness that exists in each of us.

Pete Hamill

TravelUsSomeLeastEachExists

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