A.E. Kirk Quotes

Not by force of arms are civilizations held together, but by subtle threads of moral and intellectual principle.

All it is, is a tone. So I'm gonna come back as a note!

What about a blues in W, in the key of W.

I felt [It Runs in the Family] it was a picture that, after I'm gone, my family would like to see it. It was a wonderful mixture of people in my family.

When you reach 95, after you get over your surprise, you start looking back.

...only the unscrupulous or shortsighted can defend pollution and degradation of the countryside.

Love has more depth as you get older.

Being seventy has its advantages. I was outspoken before, but now what have I got to keep quiet about?

God is a God who has not given up on His people. If He wanted to give up, He would have given up back in the Garden of Eden.

I have one computer that my wife gave me. All I know how to do, and I do it every day, is play Spider Solitaire. And I don't have a cell phone.

The entrance into Jerusalem has all the elements of the theatre of the absurd: the poor king; truth comes riding on a donkey; symbolic actions - even parading without a permit!

It does grieve me to think there are people misunderstanding my heart on an issue.

Acting is a youthful profession.

Although I'm a lead guitarist, I'd say that a good 95 percent of my time onstage is spent playing rhythm.

I believe that freedom of speech and freedom of religion go hand-in-hand in America.

I have a great respect for actors like Clint Eastwood, who's a wonderful director. I think two pictures that I directed were not successful, so I decided not to make any more.

I'm death obsessed. You know, I have death all over my house. I have a stuffed two headed sheep!

Locke contended that government originates out of the necessity for protecting property.

Fame is as much about luck as it is about talent, perhaps more.

I don't think success has changed us as people at all. We are the same lunatics that we were when this band first got going. We never see ourselves as being on a higher level than our fans.

Every candle that gets lit in the dark room must feel a little rejection from the darkness around it, but the last thing I want from those who hold a different world view to me is to accept me.

I directed two films, not very successfully, and after that, I went back to being an actor and a producer.

Individualism is a denial that life has any meaning except the gratification of the ego; in politics it must end in anarchy. It is not possible for one man to be both Christian and Individualist.

I sometimes found myself more comfortable around my TV family than I did with my own parents and sister.

My wife - I married my onscreen girlfriend from 'Growing Pains', Mike Seaver's girlfriend, and we've been married for 17 years - so marriage is very important to us.

The main riff for 'SandMan' was just something I wrote one night.

I never had any desire to be a film actor. I never thought I was the good-looking movie type, which I assumed they wanted.

If I have to speak in public, I am terrified.

Over time, the federal government should move the nation to a single standard, clean-burning gasoline.

I have faced many different obstacles in my life, and have always maintained a strong belief that no matter the circumstances, I could overcome those obstacles.

I want to be remembered for Swiss Family Robinson and Old Yeller. I think Swiss is probably my favorite film

Let's put Christ back into Christmas.

I started my own little carpet and upholstery cleaning business. I've done it for 20 years. I live well

The best wine comes from home, wherever it is.

I'm not into that whole Satanic thing. It's just something to fall back on if you don't have much imagination. Singing you fiftieth song about having lunch with Satan--I'm not into it. It's silly.

We wanted to offer something new to our audience. I hate it when bands stop taking chances.

I have always been grateful that my Russian mother and father came to this country to give me a better chance, and I have had a better chance.

Despite much talk in this land about religious freedom, churches and their schools now confront grave difficulties.

If at first you don't succeed, try management. Indecision is the key to flexibility. If at first you don't succeed, take the tax loss.

Your great employment is to bring the individual souls of men to Christ.

My children didn't have my advantages; I was born into abject poverty.

I think God is perfect, all-powerful and has an unstoppable plan for everyone, including those who love him and those who don't.

I could have anything I wanted and if I didn't have it, it was because I didn't want it.

I love this pedal to death. The only way you could keep me from playing one is by chopping off my legs!

Ecstasy is a glimpse of the infinite; horror is full disclosure.

Principle #6: Recognition that change and reform are not identical, and that innovation is a devouring conflagration more often than it is a torch of progress.

Life is for action, and if we desire to know anything, we must make up our minds to be ignorant about much.

I've never had a five-year plan or a three-year plan, or whatever, ... We had an idea philosophically of what we were going to do and how we were going to do it.

Jeff Beck is one of my heroes and has been since I first picked up a guitar.

I used to think that if I made $50,000 I'd be the happiest guy in the world.