Great Throughts Treasury

This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.

Alan Alda, born Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo

American Actor, Author, Activist, Director, Screenwriter, Five-time Emmy Award and Six-time Golden Globe Award winner, known for role as Hawkeye Pierce in TV series M*A*S*H

"One man’s theft is another man’s justice."

"Be brave enough to live creatively. The creative is the place where no one else has ever been. You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. You cannot get there by bus, only by hard work, risking and by not quite knowing what you are doing. What you will discover will be wonderful; yourself."

"Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won't come in."

"Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once and a while, or the light won't come in."