Alan Alda

"One of the most basic things I've tried to do is give people a greater understanding of how science works - the importance of evidence, the importance of many trials, of rigorous studies, and the idea…"

"… life is meaningless unless you bring meaning to it; … it is up to us to create our own existence. Unless you do something, unless you make something it's as though you aren't there."

"The good thing about being a hypocrite is that you get to keep your values."

"My mother didn’t try to stab my father until I was six."

"I have a final word of advice to our students. If you work very, very hard, this is the kind of actor, writer and director you may turn out to be, and if you work extra hard, this is the kind of perso…"

"Alda's motivational graduation speech at Connecticut College"

"You don't put statistics on trial, you put individuals on trial."