Ed Martin Quotes

Sometimes we have criticism that is very constructive.

I just want to be there in love and in justice and in truth and in commitment to others, so that we can make of this old world a new world.

For Christ, both God and man, must lay hold on us in order that there may be a union between Him and us.

Anything that we think is incredible and beautiful and wonderful, we ascribe to something that we don't know what it is.

There is no creature on earth half so terrifying as a truly just man.

The only weapon that we have in our hands this evening is the weapon of protest. That's all.

I have been accused of being a traitor, and I have been accused of not supporting the military. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Wealth is the smallest thing on earth, the least gift that God has bestowed on mankind.

The man who never reads lives only one.

I don't think I'll ever calm down. I'm afraid that's me. Honestly, I'll just take one massive big 'woof' and I shall be gone. Heart - gone!

To idealize: all writing is a campaign against cliché. Not just clichés of the pen but clichés of the mind and clichés of the heart.

The true manipulator never has a reputation for manipulating.

For it is, and must remain, the case that we must obey God rather than man.

Ordinarily, a person leaving a courtroom with a conviction behind him would wear a somber face. But I left with a smile. I knew that I was a convicted criminal, but I was proud of my crime.

This (writing) is the love of your life. It's what I want to do when I wake up. Nothing feels so absorbing, so fulfilling.

Your purpose when driving is not to arrive at your destination safely or quickly. Your purpose when driving is...to impress your personality on the road.

Style is not neutral; it gives moral directions.

It is no longer a choice between violence and nonviolence in this world; it's nonviolence or nonexistence. That is where we are today.

When I went to Africa I think that was when I really found a way to deal with what I had recently discovered; in two-dimensional terms, at least.

Tennis: the most perfect combination of athleticism, artistry, power, style, and wit. A beautiful game, but one so remorselessly travestied by the passage of time.

The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it.

What is dead may never die, but rises again, stronger and harder.

A cult following is a nice way of saying very few people like you.

And I've seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people will get to the promised land

Protocol is etiquette with a government expense account.

You glance at an e-mail. You give more attention to a real letter.

I'm not myself religious but have no wish to insult or denigrate those who are.

One who breaks an unjust law must do so openly, lovingly, and with a willingness to accept the penalty.

If a man serves not God only, then surely he serves the devil.

All my adult life I have been searching for the right adjective to describe my father's peculiarly aggressive comic style. I recently settled on 'defamatory.

There are surely people in London who would love to play us off against each other. That would be disastrous for the EU.

A crown should not sit easy on the head.

Lord God...use me as Your instrument -- but do not forsake me, for if ever I should be on my own, I would easily wreck it all.

Refugees cost us money too when they come to us. If we improve their living conditions in Turkey, we create an incentive for them to stay there and not to place their fates in the hands of smugglers.

We must see that peace represents a sweeter music, a cosmic melody, that is far superior to the discords of war.

Teaching is of more importance than urging.

Ladies ...any man that lusts after you will answer to God for his mental adultery...but you will answer to God if you provoked him by the manner in which you are dressed.

Light our fire and protect us from the dark, blah blah, light our way and keep us toasty warm, the night is dark and full of terrors, save us from the scary things, and blah blah blah some more.

Food tells you everything about the way people live and who they are.

If we had the power over the ends of the earth, it would not give us that fulfillment of existence which a quiet devoted relationship to nearby life can give us.

Finding permanent and universal causes for misfortune is the practice of despair.

All names of God remain hallowed because they have been used not only to speak of God but also to speak to him.

I wonder how you say goodbye to someone forever?

Anger was better than tears, better than grief, better than guilt.

If you are on an honest journey to find yourself, you'll find God.

We already know that anonymous letters are despicable. In etiquette, as well as in law, hiring a hit man to do the job does not relieve you of responsibility.

I refuse to accept the view . . . that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality.

The I of the basic word I-Thou is different from that of the basic word I-It.

Dishonesty is not the only alternative to honesty. There is also the highly underrated virtue of shutting up.

Theres no way that I could be the president. You cant have a pacifist in the White House... Im an actor. This is what I do for a living.