Top 64 Quotes & Sayings by Edward James Olmos
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Last updated on December 21, 2024.
Chiapas is probably the main concern I have right now for the planet.
I love to drive. It's one of the most pleasurable things to me.
I believe that Gandhi was correct. Non-violent civil disobedience is the only way to bring about change that allows people to enjoy the change and not get killed in the process.
At the rate we're going, the 21st century looks pretty clear. It's going to be pretty violent.
Because people of color will definitely, definitely become the power base in the Western Hemisphere.
I've been in the director's chair for 'Battlestar Galactica' since its first season. I directed the only comedy that's ever been done in Galactica history.
A saint is a person who gives of themself without asking for anything in return. That's how simple it is to be a saint. Try it! Try being a saint.
I want to show how strong I am from my roots.
I'm not prepared for holding office any more than I think Arnold is.
Yeah, the New York Times is very intellectual and very, very prestigious, but it doesn't reach the market that People magazine does.
Basically, I think that there are some characters that you can just allow the truth of your character as a human being in your real life to come through.
There are nuclear weapons in China, Iran, Korea and Pakistan. It wouldn't take much to send a couple of warheads off on this planet somewhere that would cause a lot of environmental damage, then if you have got someone who wants to retaliate you have real problems.
Had I done the movies that were offered to me in my prime, at the height of my career, I would have been alongside the likes of Denzel Washington. But, I chose not to do those movies.
You know, Hillary Clinton gives of herself. Princess Diana gave of herself. But they are not saints.
And, granted, for a long time, the European has been dominant in certain parts of this Western Hemisphere, but by the end of the 21st century, it's over.
Sometimes you gotta do things that you don't really want to do. But you don't do them for money.
Now I also discipline myself to do things I love to do when I don't want to do them.
I learned to discipline myself to do things I didn't want to do.
'Stand and Deliver' has been the most successful thing I have done in my life. So many people have seen it. There was really no need for me to do anything else.
Education is the key. But it's the kind of education that we teach that is the key. We don't have it.
And I've been acting for 39 years, so I define characters differently than I did in say Miami Vice.
I think in Vice and American Me I played very silent, rigid characters and people remember them.
Right now, the Anglo people are desperately trying to hold on to the United States, like they tried to hold on to Africa.
You get more churches burned down in the United States in the last two years than in the last hundred, because of the lack of understanding of culture and diversity and the beauty of it.
Education is a vacine for violence.
Our inability to relate to one another is very, very, very important. When we don't have it, we get situations like Bosnia.
I support the indigenous people anywhere in the planet.
Success is a matter of one's own feeling about oneself.
I'm here to make sense.
Education is the vaccine for violence.
We don't have as much prejudice as we did 40 years ago, but today it is more educated.
There is no way that we know what is going on between the African American and the Asian American. We don't understand what an Indigenous American is. We don't understand what a Latino American is.
When you're asked to fly a 747 you better at least be able to fly a Piper cub.
I'm always pleased when people respond to the work.
The older you get the more you understand what you're doing.
I don't support violence, period.
What volunteers bring is the human touch, the individual, caring approach that no government program, however well-meaning and well- executed, can deliver.
Education is a vaccine for violence.
I learned to discipline myself to do things I didn't want to do
Everybody has their own way of remembering and every culture has their traditions. When you compare the similarities and differences to other cultures, you start to learn about them and appreciate them. Whether it's the Japanese or the Africans, they all have ways of conjuring spirits and the support of those who have gone before them.
I think in Vice and American Me I played very silent, rigid characters and people remember them
It’s in the darkest moments when the cracks allow the inner light to come out.
You get more churches burned down in the United States in the last two years than in the last hundred, because of the lack of understanding of culture and diversity and the beauty of it
When you're asked to fly a 747 you better at least be able to fly a Piper cub
Basically, I think that there are some characters that you can just allow the truth of your character as a human being in your real life to come through
Life's a journey that goes round and round and the end is closest to the beginning.
There is no way that we know what is going on between the African American and the Asian American. We don't understand what an Indigenous American is. We don't understand what a Latino American is
Now I also discipline myself to do things I love to do when I don't want to do them
Our inability to relate to one another is very, very, very important. When we don't have it, we get situations like Bosnia
Education is a vacine for violence
We don't have as much prejudice as we did 40 years ago, but today it is more educated
And I've been acting for 39 years, so I define characters differently than I did in say Miami Vice
We must come to terms with our responsibility to be the gatekeepers to end childhood hunger. Our love for life can propel us to share and provide a secure future for the children of our country.
We all start out with no discipline, no patience, no perseverance, no determination. We all start out at zero. People say, 'You have talent.' No, the gift is to realize that we all start out even. Whether we messed up or put our best foot forward, with these four qualities, we take care of our mental, physical and spiritual health each day. Am I the best in the world? No. The question is: Am I the best I can be?
The older you get the more you understand what you're doing
A saint is a person who gives of themself without asking for anything in return. That's how simple it is to be a saint. Try it! Try being a saint
I support the indigenous people anywhere in the planet
If it’s change you need, relish the journey.
It's too bad she won't live. But then again, who does ?
We all come from someplace. We didn't just get here by accident. Where we come from has got to be known, if you want to know where you are and who you are. You cannot understand the present without understanding the past, especially when it comes to family.
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