Author: Alan Alda

Quotes

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.

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

Here's my Golden Rule for a tarnished age: Be fair with others, but keep after them until they're fair with you.

Here's my Golden Rule for a tarnished age: Be fair with others, but keep after them until they're fair with you.

- Alan Alda

Be as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be wise than to be smart.

Be as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be wise than to be smart.

- Alan Alda

When I was about ten years old, I gave my teacher an April Fool's sandwich, which had a dead goldfish in it.

When I was about ten years old, I gave my teacher an April Fool's sandwich, which had a dead goldfish in it.

- Alan Alda

There is a wonderful feeling of power when you're a director, but I don't think I need that, and I'm OK without it.

There is a wonderful feeling of power when you're a director, but I don't think I need that, and I'm OK without it.

- Alan Alda

It's a funny feeling to work with people who you consider your colleagues and to realize that they actually are young enough to be your children.

It's a funny feeling to work with people who you consider your colleagues and to realize that they actually are young enough to be your children.

- Alan Alda

Backstage life is terrific training for an actor, seeing shows from the wings.

Backstage life is terrific training for an actor, seeing shows from the wings.

- Alan Alda

I'm in the real world, some people try to steal from me, and I stop them, frequently, take them to court. I love a good lawsuit. It's fun.

I'm in the real world, some people try to steal from me, and I stop them, frequently, take them to court. I love a good lawsuit. It's fun.

- Alan Alda

Similar Authors: