Ed Martin Quotes

It would be interesting if Elvis were reincarnated as an Elvis impersonator.

I realized that social media can be powerful force for good in the world and that acts of kindness can be scaled globally.

Social media provides an avenue to build relationships with media outlets and have an ongoing relationship with reporters.

The curse of poverty has no justification in our age.

Hate is too heavy a burden to bear.

We will fight a battle, and then we will rest. Alive or dead, we'll rest." - Jon Snow

Fight your battles with words, not fists

You got to accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative, and latch on to the affirmative. Don't mess with Mr. In Between.

In our sad condition our only consolation is the expectancy of another life. Here below all is incomprehensible.

I’d be anonymous. That’s what I’d do differently.

You can't hammer tin into iron, no matter how hard you beat it, but that doesn't mean it's useless.

Wine makes all things possible.

When you know what a man wants you know who he is, and how to move him.

I love to read, and I don't believe that you have to finish one book before you start another. --Mallory Pike

This is the unusual thing about nonviolence -- nobody is defeated, everybody shares in the victory.

When you find yourself in bed with an ugly woman, the best thing to do is close your eyes and get on with it

If your opponent has a conscience, then follow Gandhi and nonviolence. But if your enemy has no conscience like Hitler, then follow Bonhoeffer.

There is no sound more powerful than the marching feet of a determined people.

I could be walking down the street one minute and get a handshake and then get spat on the next. I'm never sure whether to wear gloves or a helmet.

Mosquito bites Jesus, receives communion.

Statistics indicate that the average American is a guy named Brian who lives in Ohio.

The whole world must see that Israel must exist and has the right to exist, and is one of the great outposts of democracy in the world.

Timing is everything. That's a cliche. Now. If I'd said that a long time ago, I'd have been original.

I remember when I used to be really into nostalgia.

Negro leaders sought to negotiate with the city fathers. But the political leaders consistently refused to engage in good-faith negotiation.

Use crazy glue and nails to turn a rocking chair into just a chair that looks like a rocking chair.

I'm not a lawmaker, but I was thinking that if you have a really loud ring tone, maybe you should be stabbed in the ear?

There is something in the soul that cries out for freedom.

I like people, for a little while.

There is a small, but important, difference between peeing in the pool, and peeing into the pool.

If you drink enough beer, everything turns in to a bed.

Brought to you by raising your voice. The next best thing to being right.

It feels like every day or two, people on Twitter and the Internet are outraged about something.

Nothing degrades a man do more than the allowed stoop so low as to hate someone

Even in the inevitable moments when all seems hopeless, men know that without hope they cannot really live, and in agonizing desperation they cry for the bread of hope.

I know about Woodstock probably as much as your average person who is over 30, where I'd know Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Grateful Dead.

I know that a Christian should be humble, but against the Pope I am going to be proud and say to him: "You, Pope, I will not have you for my boss, for I am sure that my doctrine is divine.

If only loud people were even half as interesting as they think they are.

The plastic knife is perfect for when a person just wants to make some marks on his food and get insanely frustrated at the same time.

In order to be true to one's conscience and true to God, a righteous man has no alternative but to refuse to cooperate with an evil system.

I've had tinnitus for about ten years, and since I started protecting my ears it hasn't got any worse - touch wood.

There is such a thing as being too late. This is no time for apathy or complacency. This is a time for vigorous and positive action.

If a martian were to land on earth now and be told that the best batsman in the world was playing in this match, he would think it was Rahul Dravid and not Sachin Tendulkar.

Stupidity has its sublime as well as genius, and he who carries that quality to absurdity has reached it; which is always a source of amusement to sensible people.

In order to share intimate feelings, you have to have intimate feelings.

NGOs are now turning to market forces as a catalyst for change

My credit card company says I have an outstanding balance. I'm flattered.

Coffee is like a bra. 3 cups is one too many.

I used to get bummed out when it rained; then I realized that it's God's way of washing off hippies.

I refuse to accept the idea that the “isness” of man's present nature makes him morally incapable of reaching up for the eternal “oughtness” that forever confronts him.