Alan Arkin Quotes

My father was a painter. There was a lot of singing. We hung around with a lot of folk musicians. My family knew a lot of great folk musicians of the time, like Woody Guthrie, Paul Robeson, Leadbelly. They were all people we knew.

Alan Arkin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 26, 1934

Topics

FamilyFatherGreatTimePeople

Many of the mainstream agricultural scientists, especially at the agricultural schools, but at all of our major universities, are tied into all sorts of contractual relationships and consulting relationships with the life science companies.

Jeremy Rifkin

LifeScienceRelationshipsOurMany

I decided to become a painter when my first four paintings where all published and attracted a great deal of interest. I exhibited one of them and it was sold.

John Dyer

GreatBecomeFirstWhereInterest

Teens are not like the weird, dumb dwarves you have around your house. They are actually you when you were younger. Why not write a book which is as sophisticated as a book for an adult, but is about the concerns that teenagers actually have?

Matthew Tobin Anderson

BookWeirdYouHouseDumbWhy

I want to just do my job and do it well.

Mia Wasikowska

JobWantWellJust

There are three types of pitchers you have to deal with. Some, you just have to tell what town they're in, remind them where they are. Some, you remind them about mechanics, and some, you have to bust their tail. You have to make them your friend and have them trust you.

Johnny Bench

FriendTrustYouThreeTellWhere

Holyfield is nothing but class, and I think he's a breath of fresh air for the sport.

Sugar Ray Leonard

ThinkNothingClassFresh AirAir

The Huddersfield that I like best is a large town with a big heart and an open mind.

Simon Armitage

HeartBestMindOpenBig HeartBig

I never had a written contract, was never officially a stable jockey.

Tony McCoy

NeverContractStableJockeyHad

Of course, money matters to everyone even if some don't want to admit it. If I won the Race to Dubai, I look at that prize money and think it could pay off my new house or the range I'm building. I am privileged to play golf for a living - look around St Andrews, that's my office.

Rory McIlroy

MoneyI AmBuildingThinkGolfLook

Putin and many of his gang may have once been Communists, but they are not that today. Rather, they have embraced a new totalitarian political ideology known as 'Eurasianism.'

Robert Zubrin

TodayPoliticalNewGangMayBeen

In order to be a good emergency contact, you need a lot of friend-patience and empathy. Often, this comes from personal experience with anxiety, trauma, and depression.

Mary H.K. Choi

GoodDepressionExperienceEmpathy

A man whose life has been dishonourable is not entitled to escape disgrace in death.

Lucius Accius

LifeDeathManEscapeBeenWhose

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