"I don't teach lies, but I do not teach all I know is true."

“Grey rocks, and greyer sea, And surf along the shore -- And in my heart a name My lips shall speak no more.”

“What works in one medium does not necessarily always work in the other.”

Source : Source: collider.com

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

Source : Alan Alda's commencement speech at Connecticut College in New London, www.graduationwisdom.com. 1980.

“The best time to listen to a politician is when he's on a stump on a street corner in the rain late at night when he's exhausted. Then he doesn't lie.”

“Nothing is more important than saving ... the Lions, Tigers, Giraffes, Elephants, Froggies, Turtles, Apes, Raccoons, Beetles, Ants, Sharks, Bears, and, of course, the Squirrels. The humans? The planet does not need humans.”

“Blame unto others only as you would first blame yourself.”

“One of the album's songs features Mary J. Blige, but I don't want to talk too much about it yet. I think you will hear the music that's been playing in my head when it comes out”

“Pattern-finding is the purpose of the mind and the construct of the universe. There are an infinite number of patterns, some of which are known; those still unknown hold the key to unresolved enigmas and paradoxes.”

Source : Eric Maisel (2000). “The Creativity Book: A Year's Worth of Inspiration and Guidance”, p.223, Penguin