black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

I still don’t like the word agnostic. It’s too fancy. I’m simply not a believer. But, as simple as this notion is, it confuses some people.

Alan Alda

I found I wasn’t asking good enough questions because I assumed I knew something.
ALAN ALDA

Ask Assume Enough Found Good Knew Question Something
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.
ALAN ALDA

Bad Few People Person Took Wonderful World
As an artist, as an actor, as a writer, you have to use what’s personal to you. You have to be personal about your work; otherwise, it doesn’t ring true.
ALAN ALDA

Actor Artist Personal Use Writer
It makes it fun. When an actor plays a character, you want what that character wants. Otherwise it doesn’t look authentic. So I really want to defeat Jimmy – I mean Jimmy as the character.
ALAN ALDA

Actor Authentic Character Defeat Fun Make Play Want
When I’m writing, I want to try to be seen as a good writer.
ALAN ALDA

Good Seen Try Want Write Writer
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

Behind Better Create Do Leave Place Think Want
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

Belief Believe Come Own People Something Thing Think Those Way
War is war and Hell is hell, and if you ask me, War is a lot worse.
ALAN ALDA

Ask Hell Lot Me War Worse
Loneliness is everything it’s cracked up to be.
ALAN ALDA

Crack Everything Loneliness Up
Everyone opens up to one another right away. That’s a terrific thing. I love that about actors. They know how personal this job is.
ALAN ALDA

Actor Another Everyone Job Open Personal Right Think Way
Don’t be upset that it takes a long, long time to find wisdom because nobody knows where wisdom can be found.
ALAN ALDA

Found Long Take Time Upset Wisdom
When your kids turn 13, an alien being invades their bodies and doesn’t leave until they’re 20.
ALAN ALDA

Alien Body Kid Leave Thirteen Turn Until Twenty
I have thought about punching people out. Sometimes, I’ve thought, ‘Why don’t I just act on that impulse?’ But then, I’ve never hit anybody in anger. Hey! I’ve never hit anybody for fun.
ALAN ALDA

Act Impulse Nobody People Punch Something
Everybody’s on their toes and focused on what we’re about to do, and then there’s this moment where you relax because you see that everybody is there to do the best that they can.
ALAN ALDA

Do Docus Everybody Moment Relax Toe
Remarkably, according to what they told me, nearly every inmate in the prison didn’t do it.
ALAN ALDA

According Every Inmate Nearly Prison Remarkable Told
For a while in my teens, I was sure I had it. It was about getting to heaven. If heaven existed and lasted forever, then a mere lifetime spent scrupulously following orders was a small investment for an infinite payoff.
ALAN ALDA

Get Investment Live Mean Scrupulously Small Spent Sure Teen

I still don’t like the word agnostic. It’s too fancy. I’m simply not a believer. But, as simple as this notion is, it confuses some people.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

I still don’t like the word agnostic. It’s too fancy. I’m simply not a believer. But, as simple as this notion is, it confuses some people.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Alan Alda Quotes