Alan Arkin Quotes

Something I miss terribly from the '60s - the most important phrase in the English language was, 'I got hung up.' Somebody says they got hung up, it's unassailable, you know? You don't go near that. Whoa! I know what that can be like.

Alan Arkin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LanguageYouGoKnowImportantUp

If Tung Chee-hwa dies, the stock market will take off.

Jimmy Lai

Stock MarketWillTakeOffMarket

I have had a lifelong phobia of snakes.

Jessica Savitch

SnakesLifelongPhobiaHad

I find it next to impossible to remain politely silent when people prate to me about the glory of being given another chance to live happily ever after!

Mercedes McCambridge

LivePeopleMeImpossibleChance

I get a very vague idea and - perhaps because I once was a journalist, or perhaps because that's what made me want to be a journalist - I go off and explore it for a bit, rather than mapping out a plot and then filling in the research.

Aminatta Forna

MeResearchGoWantExploreOut

I'm a compassionate person, so if a product is 15 percent more than what I typically pay, and I see the purpose, I'll foster that kind of sustainability for the farmers/fishers.

Tom Douglas

PurposePersonKindSustainability

We all live in suspense from day to day; in other words, you are the hero of your own story.

Mary McCarthy

LiveHeroDayWordsStoryYou

Usually I write about what I care about, which is a weakness but I think also a strength.

Mickey Kaus

StrengthThinkCareWeaknessWrite

I talk to my parents more than anybody in my family.

Jason Earles

FamilyParentsTalkMoreThan

Any opportunity I can get to come back to Memphis, I try to get it.

DeAngelo Williams

OpportunityBackI CanTryMemphis

In 1980, it cost just under $600 to take a round-trip flight within the United States.

Peter Diamandis

FlightWithinCostTakeUnitedJust

Perceiving your own voice means perceiving your true self or nature. When you and the sound become one, you don't hear the sound; you are the sound.

Seung Sahn

NatureVoiceSelfYouTrueBecome

Anger is one of the sinews of the soul.

Thomas Fuller

SoulAngerSinews

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