Alan Arkin Quotes

Education does not mean jamming information into somebody's head. Rather, it's that ancient idea that all knowledge is within us; to teach is to help somebody pull it out of themselves.

Alan Arkin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

EducationKnowledgeHelpInformation

I have mood swings, but I'm sure people in England have that, too. Me and my friends, we're just a bunch of happy idiots.

Jens Lekman

HappyPeopleMeFriendsMoodIdiots

For me, the scariest moment is walking on set before we shoot the first shot, and I am so anxious. It's a lot of pressure, and it's scary, and I don't think that fear ever goes away.

Melina Matsoukas

FearMomentI AmMeThinkPressure

I'm a class mongrel.

Melvyn Bragg

ClassMongrel

Angels are spirits, flames of fire; they are higher than man, they have wider connections.

Matthew Simpson

FireManConnectionsAngelsHigher

As with all my work, whether it's a leaf on a rock or ice on a rock, I'm trying to get beneath the surface appearance of things. Working the surface of a stone is an attempt to understand the internal energy of the stone.

Andy Goldsworthy

WorkEnergyLeafTryingIceStone

We are anxious because we do not know what roles to pursue, what principles for action to believe in. Our individual anxiety, somewhat like that of the nation, is a basic confusion and bewilderment about where we are going.

Rollo May

ActionBelieveAnxietyKnowNation

I can speak for most songwriters - those breakup love songs are so easy to write, as far as the inspiration and all that.

Lucinda Williams

LoveSpeakEasyI CanWriteFar

We need two kinds of acquaintances, one to complain to, while to the others we boast.

Logan Pearsall Smith

FunnyOthersNeedTwoComplain

Meeting my wife Amanda was the best thing that could ever have happened to me. She wasn't going to let me screw around my life anymore, so I stopped drinking and started behaving like a decent human being.

Jason Bateman

LifeBestWifeMeMy LifeMeeting

On Capitol Hill, House Republicans have been doing our part. We've been hard at work developing policies that will help empower all Americans. We're beginning to see results. We reduced taxes for everyone.

Dennis Hastert

WorkBeginningDoingHelpHouseSee

Every day you use dozens of products that have strong chemicals in them, but remember, the only difference between poison and medicine is dosage.

Aubrey McClendon

DayMedicineStrongRememberYou

My photographs don't do me justice - they just look like me.

Phyllis Diller

JusticeMeLookJustLike

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