Alan Alda Quotes

I've had many uncanny experiences. I think it's hard to be alive and not have them. But I don't know if I can decide what that means or what they are.

Alan Alda

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ThinkI CanAliveKnowHardDecide

I don't think that I've ever been a backup.

Joe Namath

ThinkBackupBeenEver

My favorite genre of movies growing up was the romantic comedy.

Jennifer Finnigan

RomanticGrowing UpComedyGrowing

I'm not aiming for an Academy Award.

Andie MacDowell

AwardAcademy AwardAimingAcademy

Joe Mantegna is like my Los Angeles dad.

Matthew Gray Gubler

Los AngelesLikeJoeLosAngeles

In a union of equals, there can be no second-class consumers. I will not accept that in some parts of Europe, people are sold food of lower quality than in other countries, despite the packaging and branding being identical.

Jean-Claude Juncker

FoodQualityPeopleAcceptWill

I look back at that time fondly. It's something I never thought I'd get the chance to do, be in a soap. Working with Barbara Windsor and Steve McFadden - they're legends in their own lifetimes aren't they?

Sophie Thompson

TimeChanceThoughtLookBackNever

I don't go to games as much as I used to because of the NFL's Sunday Ticket. So I'll watch the games, take notes.

Steve Sabol

SundayGoGamesWatchTakeNotes

We want to galvanize people's imaginations. With enough political will and investment, we could make wheelchairs obsolete.

Miguel Nicolelis

PeoplePoliticalEnoughInvestment

It turns out that one of the biggest drivers of investors are both successful and non-successful startup founders.

Michael Seibel

OutSuccessfulDriversFoundersBoth

The thing that makes you exceptional, if you are at all, is inevitably that which must also make you lonely.

Lorraine Hansberry

LonelyYouMustMakeExceptional

One thing I've learned is I really want to work with people.

Julia Holter

WorkPeopleWantOne ThingLearned

If you hear Thelonious Monk play a run that goes from the top of the piano, OK, he has opened up the Grand Canyon with that. He's the river that's carved this entire space that we call the Grand Canyon. He does that with one run. He lets you know, like, what the possibility of the sound of the piano can do.

Jason Moran

SpaceRiverYouPlayKnowRun

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