Ed Martin Quotes

Experiments that crash atoms together could start a chain reaction that erodes everything on Earth.

The politics is far harder than the science. And even if we accept the science we have a big issue of how to deal with it.

All space projects push the frontiers of technology and are drivers of innovation.

The U.S., France, Germany and Canada have all responded to the financial crisis by boosting rather than cutting their science funding. The U.K. has not.

You will find it a very good practice always to verify your references, sir.

Always verify your references.

I was born on September 27, 1918, the second of five children.

I was educated at Bradfield College and Oxford, where I graduated in 1939.

The EU is a community of values, not military buildups.

The dangerous glorification of the nation state, and the baiting of minorities that goes along with it, releases an anti-democratic energy.

Donald Trump must be taken seriously. He is fulfilling his dangerous campaign promises.

You can be sure that I won't experiment with right-wing terms.

Trump is the freely elected president of the U.S. and as such deserves respect.

It is courageous to occasionally admit that there are certain things one can't do.

We Germans are particularly aware that you can only be successful on the global market over the long term if you offer energy-efficient products that are, by nature, climate-friendly.

In 2003, Helmut Schmidt said: Predatory capitalism exists, we have to civilize it and we can do that via Europe. He was right. We haven't tried hard enough.

I still hope that the American system of checks and balances will ultimately prevent this man, Donald Trump, with his erratic political style, from jeopardizing our European security architecture.

Trump believes politics is a staged fight. But it is not. Still, clear words are sometimes needed in politics. In that sense, I believe I am better than Mrs. Merkel.

Having a place to live is a fundamental right and the state must establish a framework that ensures that apartments are affordable.

The claim made by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán that the refugee question is a German problem is incorrect. It is a European problem.

I am grateful to the Germans in general, particularly those who displayed unending dedication to the refugees and who continue to do so.

I would never attack somebody only because they belong to a different party.

Ms. Merkel's attempt to present herself as a Social Democrat was a clever move. But it's not working anymore. The divisions between the CDU and CSU have simply become too great for that.

Many who have voted for the AfD, or who intend to do so, aren't doing so because they are dyed-in-the-wool enemies of democracy. Rather, they are desperate.

I believe that dignified work is a value in itself.

The share of wealth held by the minority is much greater than the share held by the majority. We have to draw our own conclusions from that and it has to change.

People who work hard for their money cannot be placed in a worse position that those who allow their money to work for them.

If cooperation among governments were the superior concept for progress in Europe, I'd be onboard immediately. But the problem is that cooperation isn't working.

[Helmut] Kohl said Europe must return to being a community committed to stability and the rule of law.

I have friends in politics who really put the friendship to the test through their behavior.

I take note of the fact that there are a lot of people who appreciate what I do as parliament president, not just within my Social Democratic party group, but also among the conservatives.

In political life, it is extremely difficult to remain loyal to a friendship when constellations of power or interests are in the way.

We need economic growth in Europe and we need to find a solution for the excessive interest rates that are making it difficult for many countries to get their own debt under control.

For German Social Democracy, Europe is vital to the national interest.

We won't get any growth in Greece by just imposing cuts. What I would prefer is a special economic zone for Greece.

I find it surprising, however, that many German politicians generally oppose referendums, but then when it's an EU matter, they immediately scream for a plebiscite.

It was a Russian airplane that was bombed over the Sinai Peninsula. When the Russians conduct air strikes on IS, they are doing so because they too are threatened by terror.

Popular music formed the soundtrack of my life.

If you don’t like the films of Samuel Fuller , then you just don’t like cinema.

I don't think there is any difference between fantasy and reality in the way these should be approached in a film. Of course if you live that way you are clinically insane.

Being independent... is being innovative out of inspiration as well as necessity.

You can be born-again and believe in Jesus, believe in Jesus' ideas and try to live them out, without becoming totally intolerant of other people.

I always wanted to make a film that had this sort of Chinese-box effect, in which you keep opening it up and opening it up, and finally at the end you're at the beginning.

I prefer people who don't get caught, and if they do get caught, I prefer people who don't give in.

It's interesting that these themes of crime and political corruption are always relevant.

I'm going to be 60, and I'm almost used to myself.

I'm trying not to let the anger and the violence that erupt take over my life. I guess it comes with the growing process, I don't know. A little mellowing.

The bottom line is, I tend to be going back to older and older music.

I can't really envision a time when I'm not shooting something.

We cannot burn Mick Jagger. We want the effect, but we can't burn him.