Alan Alda Quotes

I'm most at home on the stage. I was carried onstage for the first time when I was six months old.

Alan Alda

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

HomeTimeFirst TimeFirstStage

The so-called incorrigibles were not the way people said they were. I found a lot of character in some of these people.

Jim Brown

CharacterPeopleSaidWayFoundLot

For me, when I'm not working, the day goes by so fast. I never have enough time - getting a manicure, getting a pedicure, getting my workout in, making sure that I ate healthy. Those things can become treacherous to the mind.

Jill Soloway

TimeDayMindMeEnoughHealthy

Columnists must make sure that when they describe an event, they are being accurate in their description. When they quote someone, they are required to do so accurately. Errors that are made must be corrected openly and quickly.

Andrew Rosenthal

SomeoneQuoteBeingEventMustSure

My wife and I both love cooking - I am an advanced male - so we argue about who gets to rustle up dinner.

Stephen Bayley

LoveCookingWifeI AmDinnerUp

I don't fight for my legacy or for the glory or anything like that. The feedback from the fans is nice, don't get me wrong; it's a good feeling having them - you on their side. But I'm motivated by making a good living for my family, and that's what made me get serious about this.

Robbie Lawler

FamilyGoodFightMeLegacyYou

Students today are a pretty solemn lot. One of the really notable achievements of the twentieth century has been to make the young old before their time.

Robertson Davies

TodayTimeYoungOldPrettyBeen

The proud man can learn humility, but he will be proud of it.

Mignon McLaughlin

ManHumilityProudLearnWillHe

I'm trying to always do new things because if you stay behind and fight the future, you are just going to be left behind.

Diplo

FutureNew ThingsFightTryingYou

Governments that don't need to broaden their tax base have few incentives to respond to the needs of their people.

Denise Dresser

PeopleTaxNeedRespondIncentives

It's an honor to support such a worthy program. TURF aims to protect the integrity of tailgating and to keep game day family-friendly.

Boomer Esiason

IntegrityDaySupportGameHonor

I don't work all day, every day on 'Rizzoli & Isles,' but I work every day. It may be a scene or two, or it may be an enormous workload, but there's really not a lot of room for anything else, and that's the choice I made. And that's why I stayed away from TV before: Because I know that that's what it is.

Bruce McGill

WorkDayEvery DayChoiceKnowWhy

The nice girl thinks she's giving up something to get something better in return. She gives up control over her own life. When the time comes for her to get what she expected, she winds up disappointed. In addition to being empty-handed, she's depleted.

Sherry Argov

LifeGirlTimeControlBetterNice

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