Alan Alda Quotes

Laugh at yourself, but don't ever aim your doubt at yourself.

Alan Alda

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• Winning is great, but being able to finish my last Olympic Games on American soil was very important. Even though I was injured, I didn't let my psyche get the best of me and cause me to doubt myself, so I was willing to pull every muscle in my body in '96 in order to get the job done and I came away with the bronze medal.

  

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee
  • Great
  • Important
  • Done

• Believe with all your heart that you will do what you were made to do. Never for an instant harbor a doubt of it.

  

  Orison Swett Marden
  • Believe
  • Heart
  • Doubt

• There are many reluctant young readers who haven't yet found books that make them laugh.

  

  Barbara Park
  • Young
  • Books
  • Laugh

• I act because it's the one time I'm sure of my identity. There's no doubt. It's on paper.

  

  Vin Diesel
  • Time
  • Doubt
  • Identity

• It's good to laugh at times that feel inappropriate.

  

  Ina May Gaskin
  • Good
  • Feel
  • Laugh

• When I said I was going to audition for a film, I got a hearty laugh from all my family.

  

  Victoria Abril
  • Family
  • Said
  • Laugh

• I think that there's no doubt that as I see friends, families, children of gay couples who are thriving, you know, that has an impact on how I think about these issues.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Children
  • Friends
  • Doubt

• My view is that when in doubt, society should err on the side of life.

  

  Mac Thornberry
  • Life
  • Society
  • Doubt

• My whole thing is to entertain, make people laugh and to forget about the real world for awhile.

  

  Dan Aykroyd
  • People
  • World
  • Real

• Tolerance, openness to argument, openness to self-doubt, willingness to see other people's points of view - these are very liberal and enlightened values that people are right to hold, but we can't allow them to delude us to the point where we can't recognise people who are needlessly perpetrating human misery.

  

  Sam Harris
  • People
  • Doubt
  • Values

• Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent.

  

  Napoleon Hill
  • Men
  • Doubt
  • Wise

• Faith is the complete reliance on the power and goodness of Spirit and the firm belief that you are always connected to this goodness. Always affirm your faith and not your doubt.

  

  Wayne Dyer
  • Power
  • Faith
  • Doubt

• I like to do comedy. It's my real passion. I want to make people laugh.

  

  Gad Elmaleh
  • People
  • Real
  • Comedy

• When in doubt, you bring in relatives. Nepotism is a part of my work.

  

  Garry Marshall
  • Work
  • You
  • Doubt

• Don't take yourself too seriously. Know when to laugh at yourself, and find a way to laugh at obstacles that inevitably present themselves.

  

  Halle Berry
  • Present
  • Yourself
  • Laugh

• A Golden Globe is a mood-altering substance, there's no doubt about that.

  

  Rachel Griffiths
  • Doubt
  • Mood
  • Golden

• It's one of the few regrets of my presidency - that the rancor and suspicion between the parties has gotten worse instead of better. There's no doubt a president with the gifts of Lincoln or Roosevelt might have better bridged the divide, and I guarantee I'll keep trying to be better so long as I hold this office.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Long
  • Trying
  • Doubt

• Understand this law and you will then know, beyond room for the slightest doubt, that you are constantly punishing yourself for every wrong you commit and rewarding yourself for every act of constructive conduct in which you indulge.

  

  Napoleon Hill
  • Law
  • Doubt
  • Yourself

• My aim is to get people excited about eating more veggies and seeing them as delicious ingredients rather than a chore.

  

  Ella Woodward
  • People

• When I am completely united to You, there will be no more sorrow or trials; entirely full of You, my life will be complete.

  

  Saint Augustine
  • Life
  • Faith
  • Inspiration

• The important thing is, you have to have something important to say about the world.

  

  Paul Strand
  • World
  • Important
  • Photography

• Ever since I began to compose, I have remained true to my starting principle: not to write a page because no matter what public, or what pretty girl wanted it to be thus or thus; but to write solely as I myself thought best, and as it gave me pleasure.

  

  Felix Mendelssohn
  • True
  • Pretty
  • Girl

• I remember being at Greenblatt's on Sunset, and some guy just walked straight up to me, and he had some bling on and whatever, and said something about a party down in Malibu and asked if I would jump in his car and go to the party. All I could think was, 'Who are you? I don't know you, and I don't care about how good your car is.'

  

  Yvonne Strahovski
  • Up
  • Good
  • Remember

• Laugh at yourself, but don't ever aim your doubt at yourself.

  

  Alan Alda
  • Doubt
  • Laugh
  • Aim