The best things said come last. People will talk for hours saying nothing much and then linger at the door with words that come with a rush from the heart. Alan Alda More Quotes by Alan Alda More Quotes From Alan Alda As I am becoming older, the only thing that speeds up is time. Alan Alda speed becoming graduation What then are doing if not creating a better place together? I think, for me the key has to be, what do I want to create? What is it I want to leave behind? Alan Alda creating keys thinking What I always wanted to get seen as was as a good actor, when it was the acting I was doing. When I'm writing, I want to try to be seen as a good writer. Alan Alda acting writing trying I was always interested in figuring things out. I'd do experiments, like combining things I found around the house to see what would happen if I put them together. Alan Alda figuring-things together house I've never tried to manipulate my image. Alan Alda manipulate manipulation I'm most at home on the stage. I was carried onstage for the first time when I was six months old. Alan Alda six-months home firsts I wouldn't live in California. All that sun makes you sterile. Alan Alda california sun Testosterone Poisoning: … Until now it has been thought that the level of testosterone in men is normal simply because they have it. But if you consider how abnormal their behavior is, then you are led to the hypothesis that almost all men are suffering from ‘testosterone poisoning.’ Alan Alda abnormal suffering men When your kids turn 13, an alien being invades their bodies and doesn't leave until they're 20. Alan Alda body kids children We're highly social animals - I'm told by scientists that what makes us different from other animals is an acute social awareness, which is what has made us so successful. Alan Alda different successful animal I have a final word of advice to our students. If you work very, very hard, this is the kind of actor, writer and director you may turn out to be, and if you work extra hard, this is the kind of person you may turn out to be. Alan Alda actors may advice The good thing about being a hypocrite is that you get to keep your values. Alan Alda being-a-hypocrite good-things hypocrite And I think belief is one of those things that comes to people in their own way. And just because I believe in something doesn't mean I think that you should. Alan Alda mean believe thinking When I studied how to think in school, I was taught that the first rule of logic was that a thing cannot both be and not be at the same time and in the same respect. That last note, “in the same respect,” says a lot. As soon as you change the frame of reference, you’ve changed the truthiness of a once immutable fact. Alan Alda lasts school thinking Some of the greatest things, as I understand, they have come about by serendipity, the greatest discoveries Alan Alda serendipity discovery Nothing important was ever accomplished without chutzpah. Columbus had chutzpah. The signers of the Declaration of Independence had chutzpah. Don't ever aim doubt at yourself. Laugh at yourself, but don't doubt yourself. Alan Alda independence doubt laughing You can't get there by bus, only by hard work and risk and by not quite knowing what you're doing. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover will be yourself. Alan Alda being-yourself knowing work It's always better to be wise than to be smart. Alan Alda being-wise smart wise Awards can give you a tremendous amount of encouragement to keep getting better, no matter how young or old you are. Alan Alda awards encouragement giving Being mystified is a good beginning, because you won't do what you've done before. Alan Alda done
