Alan Alda

Be as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be wise than to be smart.

I think I look better in a suit than a loincloth. So that may define some of the parts I play.

I fix my grandchildren's computers.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

The universe is always speaking to us... sending us little messages, causing coincidences and serendipities, reminding us to stop, to look around, to believe in something else, something more.

Most technological advances in our life now come from serendipitous discoveries. That is a contraction of rocket technology and computer technology and atomic clock technology.