black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

Real listening is a willingness to let the other person change you.

Alan Alda

I don’t talk about my beliefs too much in public probably because I feel very strongly that it’s something personal – more than personal, it’s private.
ALAN ALDA

Belief More Much Personal Private Probably Public Something Strong
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
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

Acute Animal Awareness Different Highly Other Scientist Social Successful
A taste; a painful longing. but the net is always too porous, and we are left with the sweet frustration of almost knowing, which is teasingly pleasurable.
ALAN ALDA

Almost Frustration Know Long Painful Pleasurable Sweet Teasingly
What you’ll discover will be wonderful. What you’ll discover is yourself.
ALAN ALDA

Discover Wonderful Yourself
For me, I find that even though I’ve accomplished a few things in my life, looking back on accomplishments doesn’t give me a sense of satisfaction.
ALAN ALDA

Accomplish Back Fin Life Look Satisfaction Sene Thing Through
Awards can give you a tremendous amount of encouragement to keep getting better, no matter how young or old you are.
ALAN ALDA

Amount Award Better Encourage Get Keep Matter Old Tremendous Young
Eventually, I found a radical way of thinking about listening. Real listening is a willingness to let the other person change you.
ALAN ALDA

Change Eventually Found Listen Radical Think Willingness
Real listening is a willingness to let the other person change you.
ALAN ALDA

Change Listen Other Person Real Willingness
Why do ordinary people become the target of this curiosity simply by virtue of the fact that other people recognize their names and faces but know nothing else about them? Why do we care what they think, what they wear, what they eat?
ALAN ALDA

Act Care Curiosity Eat Face Name Nothing Ordinary People Recognize Simply Target Virtue Wear
It’s really clear to me that you can’t hang onto something longer than its time. Ideas lose certain freshness, ideas have a shelf life, and sometimes they have to be replaced by other ideas.
ALAN ALDA

Clear Have Longer Onto Something Really Time
Life is great-I wouldn’t know what I’d do without it.
ALAN ALDA

Great Know Life Without
Loneliness is everything it’s cracked up to be.
ALAN ALDA

Crack Everything Loneliness Up
Laugh at yourself, but don’t ever aim your doubt at yourself.
ALAN ALDA

Aim Doubt Laugh Yourself
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
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

Court Frequent People Real Some Steal Stop Them

Real listening is a willingness to let the other person change you.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

Real listening is a willingness to let the other person change you.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Alan Alda Quotes