Ed Martin Quotes

If a man's religion does not affect his use of money, that man's religion is vain.

Thomas Jefferson spoke of certain truths as self-evident. He did not say that these truths were self-explanatory or that they were self-operating.

It's just fun to go out and compete. It doesn't matter what your record is or what the other team's record is. You're playing in an NFL game, and you are out there competing with great players.

Yoga is the best tool to help you change your mind about your body

People who love our record love us even more when they hear us live?playing live is what it is all about and that is our main focus.

I listen to old Idaho, and there are moments of true inspiration there. I think the music is speaking on its own a little bit more. It's evolving, it's not losing its heart.

I did end up becoming a drawer, a sketcher and a painter because of comic books, but I didn't read them. Not at all.

I have plenty of Law & Order on my resume.

I was in Rent, for Gods sake. The closest we came to stunts was dancing on a table.

Love is fun but, it is not going to pay the bills.

Life let us cherish, while yet the taper glows, And the fresh flow'ret pluck ere it close; Why are we fond of toil and care? Why choose the rankling thorn to wear?

The way one was brought up isn't an excuse for rude behavior.

Generosity and gratitude are inseparably linked.

Smart people duck when they hear the dread announcement 'I'm going to be perfectly honest with you.

There is no etiquette rule that decrees one must give out personal information to anyone who asks.

People who put slipcovers, doilies, plastic protectors, and cellophane on everything good that they own rarely live to see an occasion so good that all these covers are removed.

Everybody's an art critic.

People think, mistakenly, that etiquette means you have to suppress your differences. On the contray, etiquette is what enables you to deal with them; it gives you a set of rules.

Yes, etiquette is hypocritical. Yes, it does inhibit children - if you're lucky. But the idea that it's elitist and irrelevant is like saying language is elitist and irrelevant.

We are all entitled to our little harmless habits, but we are not entitled to demand approval for them.

[after the death of a loved one] It is when there is nothing more to be done that the reality of the loss often hits with full force.

Whamming someone smaller than oneself in order to teach that person civilized behavior is not within Miss Manners' concept of propriety, much less logic.

the obligation to express gratitude deepens with procrastination. The longer you wait, the more effusive must be the thanks.

What is Thanksgiving without a nutty relative?

What we have come to, through a combination of popular psychology and expanding technology, is a presumption that all our thoughts and feelings are worth uttering.

There are always proper responses, even to rude questions.

Why bring children into a world where no one writes letters?

Try not to annoy your relatives unnecessarily.

Only a person who considers himself too good for you is good enough.

Sometimes we do things a certain way just because that is the way we do things.

The most conventional statements are both true and welcome.

Learn graceful ways of saying no and of pointing out that this pressure to do something is not in line with most people's wishes.

For email, the old postcard rule applies. Nobody else is supposed to read your postcards, but you'd be a fool if you wrote anything private on one.

A wedding invitation is sent by people who have been saying, "Do we have to ask them?" to people whose first response is, "How much do you think we have to spend on them?

It is said that dispensing advice is easy. What is difficult is getting anyone to listen to it.

A young lady is a female child who has just done something dreadful.

Appearing to pay attention when someone is speaking is one of the cornerstones of real social interaction.

If written directions alone would suffice, libraries wouldn't need to have the rest of the universities attached.

The more skillful the performance of false cheer, the more pleasing the effect is upon one's public and on that private audience to whom one owes even more.

Question- Should I loan a small amount of money to a friend? Answer- If you are sure that you can, if necessary, spare both.

Nowadays people consider it a disgrace to admit that they are not stressed.

Nowadays, you form your beliefs to fit your behavior, not the other way around.

Washington knows that it is not safe to kick people who are down until you find out what their next stop will be.

When you consider how epidemic boredom is in our time, you have to concede that entertaining is a healing art.

People will say, 'Seventy isn't old, it's middle-aged,' and I think, middle of what - 140?

Charming villains have always had a decided social advantage over well-meaning people who chew with their mouths open.

Being listened to should be sufficiently gratifying in itself, whether or not the advice is followed.

Knowing that others have gone through similar tragedies may be a help, but it should be remembered that every tragedy is not only commonplace but also unique.

Miss Manners herself, while never rude, is given to pulling a fast pinch in the way of a handshake on those who believe in kissing on, not even the first date, but the first sighting.

When politeness is used to show up other people, it is reclassified as rudeness. Thus it is technically impossible to be too polite.