Ed Martin Quotes

We must have the faith that things will work out somehow, that God will make a way for us when there seems no way.

I knew at quite a young age that I had an issue with drinking.

I always treat each take as a rehearsal for the next take. That way you can find stuff and keep adding and playing until they tell me to stop

You should grieve if a fictional character is killed. You should care.

God is a luxury I can't afford.

We find no rest for our weary bones unless we cling to the word of grace.

Here I stand; I can do no other.

It's better to read first rate science fiction than second rate science-it's a lot more fun, and no more likely to be wrong.

Hosting the Oscars is much like making love to a woman. It's something I only get to do when Billy Crystal is out of town.

Britain, Europe's second largest economy, a member of the G-7 and the UN Security Council, wants to leave the EU. That weakens us and it weakens Britain.

Power resides only where men believe it resides. [...] A shadow on the wall, yet shadows can kill. And ofttimes a very small man can cast a very large shadow.

The proper use of comments is to compensate for our failure to express ourself in code.

I don't mean to sound like a cheap prostitute, but you can call me what you like.

I wish I lived next to Carnegie Hall. Then, if someone asked me how to get to my house, I would just say 'Practice, practice, practice, and then take a left.'

Economically, unfair trade will benefit nobody in the long run, as poorer countries will be bled totally dry and will become unable to produce anything.

Have a great day. Note: does not apply to my enemies.

A god whose creation is so imperfect that he must be continually adjusting it to make it work properly seems to me a god of relatively low order, hardly worthy of any worship.

Bran thought about it. 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?' 'That is the only time a man can be brave,' his father told him.

I cannot guarantee people absolute fairness. I can only promise that I will do everything in my power to secure fairness or create a greater degree of fairness.

The world is a very dangerous place. But the world is not too dangerous of a place for the United States of America provided we act according to our principles, provided we act intelligently.

Leaders exhibit two essential characteristics, the willingness to confront adversity and a clearly articulated future preference.

Weapons are like money; no one knows the meaning of enough.

Everything in my life is a fragile decision that somebody else made.

Envy never comes to the ball dressed as envy; it comes dressed as high moral standards or distaste for materialism.

The universe is almost like a huge magic trick and scientists are trying to figure out how it does what it does.

Someone watches over us when we write. Mother. Teacher. Shakespeare. God.

The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one.

Boy, those French: they have a different word for everything!

Even in dreams, you could not fall forever.

I love studying Ancient History and seeing how empires rise and fall, sowing the seeds of their own destruction.

A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.

Language is the house of the truth of Being.

But what is great can only begin great.

True time is four-dimensional.

We need to broaden our sympathies both in space and time - and perceive ourselves as part of a long heritage, and stewards for an immense future.

I think I'm funny because my family, my siblings were funny.

They can keep their heaven. When I die, I’d sooner go to Middle Earth.

99.99% of all castles in America are located in fish tanks.

If you have a lip ring try hanging some tiny keys from it. This will make you look even more interesting.

When modern physics exerts itself to establish the world's formula, what occurs thereby is this: the being of entities has resolved itself into the method of the totally calculable.

For me, this was all or nothing. I left no room for anything else. That goal was just for my own push, my own self-esteem. The fear of not being a success in my life made me push even harder.

I just want to do God’s will.

All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem.

Nonviolence is not sterile passivity, but a powerful moral force which makes for social transformation.

I measure what's going on, and I adapt to it. I try to get my ego out of the way. The market is smarter than I am so I bend.

There is no such thing as an empty word, only one that is worn out yet remains full.

We can walk through the darkest night with the radiant conviction that all things work together for the good.

And before you finish eating breakfast in the morning, you've depended on more than half of the world. This is the way our universe is structured, this is its interrelated quality.

Error is a hardy plant; it flourisheth in every soil; In the heart of the wise and good, alike with the wicked and foolish; For there is no error so crooked, but it hath in it some lines of truth.

Nothing pains some people more than having to think