Alan Alda Quotes

Marie Curie is my hero. Few people have accomplished something so rare - changing science. And as hard as that is, she had to do it against the tide of the culture at the time - the prejudice against her as a foreigner, because she was born in Poland and worked in France. And the prejudice against her as a woman.

Alan Alda

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ScienceTimeHeroCultureWomanShe

Do I listen to pop music because I'm miserable or am I miserable because listen to pop music?

John Cusack

MusicListenMiserableBecausePop

Brand matters. And ESPN is, by far, the most popular sports brand. People trust ESPN.

John Skipper

SportsTrustPeopleBrandMatters

When rooted, you observe how systems actually affect people.

Anand Giridharadas

PeopleYouAffectObserveRooted

I agree with the many who consider freezing all sorts of weapons systems a first step in a realistic disarmament policy.

Alva Myrdal

StepFirst StepFirstRealisticWho

Fresh juice is my favorite, but I do love a tasty protein shake.

Stella Maxwell

LoveJuiceFreshProteinShake

Back home, playing music is never anything you imagine you can do for a living. It's what you do after work.

Sturgill Simpson

WorkHomeMusicYouBackLiving

The role of the teacher remains the highest calling of a free people. To the teacher, America entrusts her most precious resource, her children; and asks that they be prepared... to face the rigors of individual participation in a democratic society.

Shirley Hufstedler

ChildrenTeacherPeopleSocietyFace

My job is to help the team, and so I love retrieving the ball as much as scoring or playing the final pass for a goal.

Roberto Firmino

LoveJobTeamHelpGoalFinal

It's in the best interest of the radical left types - best psychological and strategic interest - to refuse to admit to the possibility that reasonable people can object to their ideological staff. Because if reasonable people objected, that would imply that their ideological stance is not reasonable.

Jordan Peterson

BestPeopleAdmitLeftInterest

Tony La Russa is considered among the best in his business. Yet nearly half the time he led his organizations into competition, they were defeated - 2,728 wins, 2,365 losses.

Don Yaeger

BusinessTimeBestCompetitionHalf

The previous year it had taken England all their time to beat the full German team in an international and I had taken with me the programme from that match.

Dixie Dean

TimeMeTeamYearBeatMatch

I had no thought of being a writer. I never wanted to do anything. I'm tremendously lazy.

Deborah Eisenberg

ThoughtLazyNeverAnythingBeing

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