Alan Alda Quotes

I love the idea of being out there with little or no net.

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• Actually, I had no idea what shooting hoops was or were. I thought dunking was something you did with a beignet and a cup of steaming coffee. I wasn't exactly sure what a Knick was.

  

  Hamish Bowles
  • Thought
  • Idea
  • Coffee

• I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.

  

  P. G. Wodehouse
  • See
  • Being
  • Far

• Being well-dressed is a wonderful thing, but I don't think it should be life threatening.

  

  Iris Apfel
  • Life
  • Think
  • Being

• Conscientious objection is an intrinsic part of being a soldier.

  

  Naftali Bennett
  • Being
  • Soldier
  • Intrinsic

• Being on 'The Sopranos' definitely prepared me for the militant secrecy of 'Mad Men.'

  

  Cara Buono
  • Men
  • Mad
  • Being

• Historical science is being left in the dust.

  

  Jack Horner
  • Science
  • Being
  • Dust

• I love TV.

  

  Katey Sagal
  • Love
  • I Love
  • TV

• The basic idea for what became 'Epic Mickey' began at the Disney Think Tank.

  

  Warren Spector
  • Think
  • Idea
  • Disney

• I love sparkly eyes for the holidays, especially New Year's Eve.

  

  Kat Graham
  • Eyes
  • I Love
  • Holidays

• When the idea of 'Chopped' surfaced, it was originally meant to be taped at some guy's mansion with him and his crazy Chihuahua. A stuffy fellow in a tuxedo was to host, and the losing chef's dish was then fed to the dog! I am not kidding, I saw it! I think it is genius! Twisted, but genius!

  

  Ted Allen
  • Idea
  • Genius
  • Twisted

• Murderers, in general, are people who are consistent, people who are obsessed with one idea and nothing else.

  

  Ugo Betti
  • People
  • Idea
  • Nothing

• This Republic was called into being, organized, and is upheld, by a great political doctrine.

  

  Caleb Cushing
  • Great
  • Political
  • Being

• I dread the idea of a paparazzi snapping me while I'm out running.

  

  Paloma Faith
  • Me
  • Running
  • Idea

• There are lots of actors who are awful people, but nobody talks about them being awful because they've made billions.

  

  Val Kilmer
  • People
  • Being
  • Nobody

• Sometimes women who are taller aren't comfortable with it, but I love being tall.

  

  Venus Williams
  • Women
  • Being
  • Comfortable

• Being, in the testimony it gives of itself, informs us not only about what it is but also about what we owe it.

  

  Hans Jonas
  • Being
  • Testimony
  • Owe

• I'm nearly 50. I'm past being photographed falling out of bars.

  

  K. D. Lang
  • Past
  • Being
  • Falling

• I love poker!

  

  Natalie Dormer
  • Love
  • I Love
  • Poker

• Composing easy? I find it easy if - big if - the idea is right, if I have the right collaborator, and if my collaborator is in the room. I like my collaborator to be in the room.

  

  Alan Menken
  • Idea
  • Composing
  • Collaborator

• I've been a politician and so I'm sometimes cynical about what politicians won't do. When I hear a politician say something that makes no sense whatsoever, I think there's one of two things there: There's money or the promise of money.

  

  Allan Boesak
  • Money
  • Sense
  • Politician

• When you listen to the Anthology of American Folk Music, or anything like that - a compilation of garage bands from the Northeast in the early '60s - you're not necessarily listening to the band and thinking about the lead singer, or the story of the group, or the context or the mythology of the group. You're just listening to the song and whether or not it has a hook.

  

  Bradford Cox
  • Song
  • Band
  • Anthology

• I'm just made differently. Man, I just love being an American, I love my country. But it happened to me during the Nixon time, especially pre-Watergate, that as I watched Nixon for the first time in my life I felt shame. I had to analyze myself. What is this emotion? I realized that my government was separate from my country. It was the first time I ever felt ashamed of the government, not the country.

  

  John Fogerty Creedence Clearwater Revival

• I love the idea of being out there with little or no net.

  

  Alan Alda
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