Alan Alda Quotes

If you know what you're looking for, that's all you'll get - what's previously known. But when you're open to what's possible, you get something new - that's creativity.

Alan Alda

Quotes to Explore

It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes a difference.

Zig Ziglar
- You
- Difference
- Got
Many of us came away from our youth thinking that the story of the Revolution was that the Americans were patriots fighting the oppressive British. It was kind of good versus evil, liberty versus tyranny. When you get into it, you find that it was much more complicated.

Nathaniel Philbrick
- Good
- Thinking
- Evil
There's, what, 300 films at the Telluride or Toronto or something. How many are those people gonna see? How many of those are actually gonna be in a theater, you know? You know, as an actor, I mean, I learned a long time ago that the fulfillment in this business is the doing of it because you can't rely on anything coming out.

Ed Harris
- People
- Time
- Long
One rare and exceptional deed is worth far more than a thousand commonplace ones.

Saint Ignatius
- More
- Far
- Rare
I look for my opportunities, not trying to go outside of my genuine realm, because leadership has to be genuine and authentic.

Aaron Rodgers
When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.

Abbie Hoffman
- Men
- Free
- Speak