Alan Alda Quotes
It's too bad I'm not as wonderful a person as people say I am, because the world could use a few people like that.
No man or woman of the humblest sort can really be strong, gentle and good, without the world being better for it, without somebody being helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness.
You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover is yourself.
Laugh at yourself, but don't ever aim your doubt at yourself. Be bold. When you embark for strange places, don't leave any of yourself safely on shore. Have the nerve to go into unexplored territory.
When people are laughing, they're generally not killing each other.
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.
ORIGINALITY is unexplored territory. You get there by carrying a canoe -- you can't take a taxi.
Originality is unexplored territory. You get there by carrying a canoe--you can't take a taxi.
Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile, or the light won't come in.
It isn't necessary to be rich and famous to be happy. It's only necessary to be rich.
Laugh at yourself, but don't ever aim your doubt at yourself. Be bold. When you embark for strange places, don't leave any of yourself safely on shore. Have the nerve to go into unexplored territory.