Alan Young Quotes

"Something has to be done in the short term, because we have created a panic in our community."
-Alan Young

"What clicked on Mister Ed? I'll tell you, it was just about everything. It was an age of innocence. It was just a fun show. I think people had had their fill of quiz shows by then. The quiz shows had been investigated for crookedness."
-Alan Young

"I said ... on Tuesday we are not saying anything on or off the record. That remains the position."
-Alan Young

"Every Tom, Dick and Harry in our movement has received his cash."
-Alan Young

"Last year set a new kind of standard, ... I think it does influence, especially when you consider how few people turn out to vote."
-Alan Young

"We have an awful lot of assumptions that these numbers hold a certain amount of magic, when they really are a snapshot, ... Why are we elevating these narrow scores and thinking they show so much?"
-Alan Young

"In cases where you're trying to do more complex, sophisticated tasks in middle school, that's not as easily translatable into a multiple-choice test, ... If we used more authentic assessments, we might find they're not doing just as well but maybe better."
-Alan Young

"It strikes me if you can have a reverse onus for selling drugs surely you can have a reverse onus for a dangerous weapon offence."
-Alan Young