Alan Alda Quotes

When I was in high school, I fell under the spell of that crazy idea that if you're interested in the arts, you can't be interested in science.

Alan Alda

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ScienceSchoolCrazyHigh SchoolYou

There's a certain level of realness in Philly. You know, just - people are people. You know, it doesn't matter who you are or who you think you are, you're just a person in Philly.

Jill Scott

PeopleThinkYouPersonKnowMatter

When you get your first pay cheque, it's the best feeling in the world.

Simon Cowell

BestWorldYouFeelingFirstPay

Often, farmers have difficulty finding secondary markets for their outgrades and have no choice but to leave fresh produce unharvested to rot in the field. Gleaning Network U.K. coordinates teams of volunteers with willing farmers across the U.K. to direct this fresh surplus produce to charities that redistribute it to people that need it most.

Tristram Stuart

PeopleFindingChoiceFarmersNeed

When it comes to our children, the most precious treasure God ever gives us, we protect them with a little sign that says, 'No guns allowed.'

Trent Franks

GodChildrenTreasureProtectGuns

I think it's a sensible thing not to read your fan mail - not to take it too seriously.

Robin Trower

ThinkSeriouslyMailTakeFanYour

I was a shy little girl, nothing like what I am now.

Debra Wilson

GirlI AmNowNothingShyLittle

I've always been a geek and slightly awkward... slightly umm... I was never the cool kid at school.

David Tennant

SchoolCoolNeverKidAwkwardGeek

Comic timing... is how to have a relationship with the camera and deal with the camera without looking like you are.

Colleen Haskell

RelationshipLookingCameraYouDeal

Most bands don't work out. A small unit democracy is very, very difficult.

Bruce Springsteen

WorkDemocracySmallDifficultOut

We study play because life is crap. Life is crap, and it's full of pain and suffering, and the only thing that makes it worth living - the only thing that makes it possible to get up in the morning and go on living - is play.

Brian Sutton-Smith

LifeMorningPainSufferingPlayGo

Anything created by human beings is already in the great book of nature.

Antoni Gaudi

NatureGreatBookHumanAnything

I think people tend to see the bigger point, which is maybe not fitting in and feeling like you didn't have the childhood that you expected you would have, or that you felt lonely or struggled with drugs and alcohol or just that you were able to achieve your dreams.

Augusten Burroughs

DreamsYour DreamsChildhoodPeople

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