Top 125 Quotes by Alan Alda

I come armed with a really good ignorance. I don't strive toward ignorance. I come by it naturally.

I wouldn't live in California. All that sun makes you sterile.

I know there's a creative side to artists to - pardon me - there's a creative side to scientists already, but there may be an artistic side, too, waiting to break free.

When I was in high school, I fell under the spell of that crazy idea that if you're interested in the arts, you can't be interested in science.

When I got recognized as a writer, when I got the Emmy, I was more excited than the Emmys I had gotten as an actor.

Begin challenging your assumptions. Your assumptions are the windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile or the light won't come in.

I find myself going to places where I really have no business, speaking to these people in a whole other field that I have no extensive knowledge of. But I do it very often because it scares me.

I was always interested in figuring things out. I'd do experiments, like combining things I found around the house to see what would happen if I put them together.

Awards shows mainly publicize the people giving the awards.

Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative place where no one else has ever been.