Alan Alda

Country American Samoa
Born Monday, 30 November -0001
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Quotes 119
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“Learning to ignore things is one of the great paths to inner peace.” Uncategorized
“You can't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.” Uncategorized
“A trap is only a trap if you don't know about it. If you know about it, it's a challenge.” Uncategorized
“Dreams are always crushing when they don't come true. But it's the simple dreams that are often the most painful because they seem so personal, so reasonable, so attainable. You're always close enough to touch, but never quite close enough to hold and it's enough to break your heart.” Uncategorized
“I think we dream so we don’t have to be apart for so long. If we’re in each other’s dreams, we can be together all the time.” Uncategorized
“Live to the point of tears.” Uncategorized
“When love is not madness it is not love.” Uncategorized
“After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.” Uncategorized
“I am not sure that I exist, actually. I am all the writers that I have read, all the people that I have met, all the women that I have loved; all the cities I have visited.” Uncategorized
“I might be in love with you." He smiles a little. "I'm waiting until I'm sure to tell you, though.” Uncategorized
“Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other.” Uncategorized
“Both Rowling and Meyer, they’re speaking directly to young people. … The real difference is that Jo Rowling is a terrific writer and Stephenie Meyer can’t write worth a darn. She’s not very good.” Uncategorized
“I knew, in the silence that followed, that anything could happen here. It might be too late: again, I might have missed my chance. But I would at least know I tried, that I took my heart and extended my hand, whatever the outcome. Uncategorized
“Dogs never bite me. Just humans.” Uncategorized
All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages Uncategorized
“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.” Uncategorized
“Sometimes when I'm talking, my words can't keep up with my thoughts. I wonder why we think faster than we speak. Probably so we can think twice.” Uncategorized
“Before you, Bella, my life was like a moonless night. Very dark, but there were stars, points of light and reason. ...And then you shot across my sky like a meteor. Suddenly everything was on fire; there was brilliancy, there was beauty. When you were gone, when the meteor had fallen over the horizon, everything went black. Nothing had changed, but my eyes were blinded by the light. I couldn’t see the stars anymore. And there was no more reason, for anything.” Uncategorized
“It's all in the view. That's what I mean about forever, too. For any one of us our forever could end in an hour, or a hundred years from now. You never know for sure, so you'd better make every second count.” Uncategorized
“So you're always honest," I said. "Aren't you?" "No," I told him. "I'm not." "Well, that's good to know, I guess." "I'm not saying I'm a liar," I told him. He raised his eyebrows. "That's not how I meant it, anyways." "How'd you mean it, then?" "I just...I don't always say what I feel." "Why not?" "Because the truth sometimes hurts," I said. "Yeah," he said. "So do lies, though.” Uncategorized