Alan Alda Quotes

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

… 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.

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 that we learn only a little bit at a time. . . . Making people aware of that process helps increase appreciation and respect for science, and that helps us make informed decisions for our families and ourselves.