Ed Martin Quotes

The sooner our society admits that the Negro Revolution is no momentary outburst soon to subside into placid passivity, the easier the future will be for us all.

Make no mistake about those who call themselves anti Zionist are anti Semitic.

Too often an institution serves to bless the majority opinion. Today when too many move to the rhythmic beat of the status quo, whoever would be a Christian must be a nonconformist.

We as Christians have a mandate to be nonconformists.

The poor never get the job done they are sleepy.

And see ominous clouds of inferiority beginning to form in her little mental sky.

Mother Dear, one day I'm going to turn this world upside down." --From My Brother Martin, by Christine King Farris

[nonviolence] seeks to secure moral ends through moral means.

Lord help me to see M. L. King as M. L. King in his true perspective.

In Christ there is no East nor West.

We cannot be truly Christian people so long as we flaunt the central teachings of Jesus: brotherly love and the Golden Rule.

Is your heart right? If your heart isn't right, fix it up today.

It all boils down to the fact that we must never allow ourselves to become satisfied with unattained goals. We must always maintain a kind of divine discontent.

When I am commanded to love, I am commanded to restore community, to resist injustice, and to meet the needs of my brothers.

We can't slow up because of our love for democracy and our love for America. Someone should tell Faulkner that the vast majority of the people on this globe are colored.

I have a dream... I have a dream today... And if America is to be a great nation this must become true.

Will we march only to the music of time, or will we, risking criticism and abuse, march to the soul-saving music of eternity?

I" cannot reach fulfillment without "thou." The self cannot be self without other selves. Self-concern without other-concern is like a tributary that has no outward flow to the ocean.

We were not unmindful of the difficulties involved. So we decided to go through a process of self-purification.

Jesus recognized that love is greater than like.

Worship is as natural to the human family as the sing of the sun is to the cosmic order.

Some things are right, whether nobody sees you doing them or not.

I think that we've got to come to see this. The Negro is an American.

I imagine you already know that I am much more socialistic in my economic theory than capitalistic.

Capitalism started out with a noble and high motive, but like most human systems it fell victim to the very thing it was revolting against.

I never cease to wonder at the amazing presumption of much of white society, assuming that they have the right to bargain with the Negro for his freedom.

I've always tried to be what I call militantly nonviolent. I don't believe that anyone could seriously accuse me of not being totally committed to the breakdown of segregation.

Take a look at the number of Bibles on your shelf. Think how grateful you are for the help you've received from various Bible translations and editions over the years.

God is and he has revealed himself fully in Jesus Christ.

Christ is the explanation of all things, the key to life itself.

Except for the con men borrowing money they shouldn't get and the widows who have to visit with the handsome young men in the trust department, no sane person ever enjoyed visiting a bank.

Deposit insurance has proved to be the crack cocaine of American finance.

People can be committed to a mental institution only after judicial hearing, but people are committed to schools beyond the reach of Habeas Corpus.

It doesn't feel like you're preaching, if you can say something in a joke.

I don't feel I have to defend myself for being English or for being Irish, because, in a way, I don't feel either. And, in another way, of course, I'm both.

Dublin people think they are the center of the world and the center of Ireland. And they don't realize that people have to leave Ireland to get work, and they look down on people who do.

The fact that ticket prices are way too expensive, and there's only one bunch of people going to see Broadway shows, is something I've never liked.

An Irishman I am, begora! With a heart and a spirit on me not crushed be a hundred years of oppression. I'll be getting me shillelagh out next, wait'll you see.

I never feel like a smug or a smart-alec film director, and there are plenty of those around.

I seldom feel comfortable in a theatre. I always feel like I own a cinema. I feel equally happy in an empty one as a full one. Probably happier in an empty one!

I pick and choose what I want to do at any given time, and what not to do, importantly. My agents, I won't hear about any offers or options.

Theatre was an art form that I didn't really respect, and because I wanted to shake it up and do different things on stage, I was able to combine all the things I'd learnt through writing on my own.

My plays are always pushing towards cinema anyway. They're down and dirty, real and more fun.

The pyjamas have cats on them. I am informed that these cats belong to an organisation called Hello Kitty.

I sit and feel lonely. Sitting and feeling lonely is something I am a spectacular success at. I can do it for hours. Everyone is good at something.

Don't worry, fairy vomit is no doubt sweet-smelling to humans.

My main worry is that after a certain point you become so identified with a character and a series that you might not be able to get work when your show goes off the air.

I even played Jack Webb's partner on the radio version of Dragnet for a while.

My wife and two children traveled with me on locations all last season.

Why be influenced by a person when you already are one?