Top 1200 Martin Quotes & Sayings - Page 5
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Last updated on April 21, 2025.
Playing Martin Luther King Jr. was an honor for me on so many levels. It was the most I've ever prepared for a role.
One time I was really close to Steve Martin. I was too afraid to actually go talk to him, but I'll count that as meeting.
Reading the Martin Luther King story, that little comic book, set me on the path that I'm on today.
One time, I was really close to Steve Martin. I was too afraid to actually go talk to him, but I'll count that as meeting.
I did 'Gangs of New York' with Martin Scorsese, and they used to call me 'Little Joe Pesci' on the set.
I marched back then - I was in a civil-rights musical, Fly Blackbird, and we met Martin Luther King.
Poor Martin. Geek or no, committing his soul to eternal damnation was a helluva price to pay for six minutes.
I would like Martin Scorsese to be interested in a female character once in a while, but I don’t know if I’ll live that long.
Among her many accomplishments, my mother is often identified as the leader of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday movement.
In 1985, I was arrested, along with my mother and brother, Martin III, in a protest against apartheid at the South African Embassy in Washington, D.C.
I was into 'In Living Color,' 'Martin,' the 'Ace Ventura' movies. I love slapstick stuff, too: 'Naked Gun' and 'Caddyshack.'
Next up [new TV stars] was [Dean] Martin and [Jerry] Lewis on 'The Colgate Comedy Hour.'
The book Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story, I read it when I was about 17-and-a-half or 18. It changed my life.
I've always held that early marriage is a sure indication of second-rate goods that had to be sold in a hurry." - Martin Harris
We all [Ed Simmons,Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis] started together, so there were no rules - anything we wrote became television.
Women don't paint very well. It's a fact. There are, of course, exceptions. Agnes Martin or, from the past, Paula Modersohn-Becker.
Martin Luther King Jr. was not just a man of peace. He was a radical pacifist, and so he was against war across the board.
That's where Dr. [Martin Luther] King is mixed up. His goals should be the solution of the problem of the black man in America.
Anybody who takes Martin Luther King seriously has got to go beyond the standard understanding of who he was, has to connect those dots.
Billy (Martin) was a great one for jokes. He liked to play a joke more than anyone I ever knew.
As a matter of fact, when people ask where my 'point of view' comes from, it was there in one of the first sketches we wrote for [Dean] Martin and [Jerry] Lewis.
The saddest face I ever saw on Martin Luther King was at the funeral of the four little girls slain in Birmingham, Alabama.
You know, this whole thing about Ricky Martin, and how successful that young man is. He's 27, I was 29.
Trayvon Martin could have been any of our sons, so I was not especially moved by that remark of President [Barack] Obama's.
Early on, I wrote a letter to the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. I was 17. I felt called, moved.
I had massive admiration for lots of players. Richard Hill would be up there, along with Martin Johnson.
Inspiration thing is important, to teach the kids that JFK is not an airport, RFK's not a stadium, Martin Luther King ain't a street
Steve Martin is a legendary actor and a wonderful person to work with. He's incredibly well prepared, and funny off the set.
Mother Dear, one day I'm going to turn this world upside down." --From My Brother Martin, by Christine King Farris
I'm having a blast being the music director at the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. It certainly is challenging for me, but I love challenges.
The reason I do what I do is because I was influenced by Steve Martin, by Woody Allen, by Bob Newhart, by Carol Burnett, by Lucille Ball.
I have to pinch myself sometimes. It's unbelievable, but it's not. Because I know that this would not be happening if it hadn't been for Dr. Martin Luther King.
I grew up listening to Steve Martin and Robin Williams, so I didn't ever intend to be a musical comedian. I sort of stumbled into it.
Martin Luther King said, and it is sadly still true, that one of the most segregated times in America is the hour of worship.
Tolkien was quite a religious man, and so is George R.R. Martin. They kind of have this epic quality about them when they write the material.
What I learned, a little too late, was that the 'traditional' Martin Short target viewer weighs under 300 pounds. Unfortunately, I was on during daytime.
US special forces are closing in on Saddam Hussain but they're afraid to go in. He's hiding out in Tony Martin's farmhouse.
Alongside the iconic 'South Pacific,' I absolutely loved working on 'Bright Star' with Steve Martin and Edie Brickell.
His [Martin Luther King] last book, Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community, is a direct reference to angles, barbarism or socialism.
In that respect, Martin Luther King, whom A.J.[Muste] advised in the civil rights movement, was also a radical pacifist.
When I heard Martin Luther King's speech, 'I Have a Dream,' I reflected on the fact that much of the success of that movement was driven by the unity of the church.
As for me, I have just enough confidence about the multiverse to bet the lives of both Andrei Linde and Martin Rees’s dog.
Martin Luther dreamed up Protestantism while sitting on the toilet at Wittenburg monastery, and we know what a big movement that became.
Listen, I'm a proud Democrat. My heroes are the Kennedy brothers and Martin Luther King. And I don't apologize for that and never will.
Martin, at my age, eroticism is reduced to enjoying caramel custard and looking at widows' necks.' - Senor Sempere.
As a teenager, I loved 'The Carol Burnett Show' and 'Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In,' and I lived to watch 'Monty Python.'
The cure for the Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin, Tamir Rice and Eric Garner tragedies is not education or exposure. It's the gospel.
How is it having more control if you have less money in your pocket as Martin Lewis Moneysaving expert says?
If Martin Luther King came back, he'd say we need another civil rights movement built on class not race.
Before I was married to Martin and became a King, I was a proud Scott, shaped by my mother's discernment and my father's strength.
If Martin Luther King were here he'd be very surprised at some of the sugar-coated versions of American history presented today.
We will not allow this day of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial to go without somebody going to jail.
You may not know it yet, but Samantha Martin is a rock star, she'll tear your heart out one note at a time.
One of my favorite movies is the old Depardieu film 'The Return Of Martin Guerre,' which is actually a true story and a book.
Austin sounds a little bit like Aston Martin, which is the type of car James Bond would drive.
If [George] Zimmerman had been arrested for domestic violence, Trayvon Martin might still be alive.
There are so many bootlegged Joy Division/Martin Hannett tapes, a lot of really bad bootlegs on the Internet.
Certainly early on, I kind of modeled myself after Steve Martin and Bill Murray. I would imitate them sometimes.
Not that I'm some rocker, but what I do in a show is probably far more aggressive than what Dean Martin or Bobby Darin ever did.
Working on 'The Last Waltz' introduced me to Martin Scorsese, and I had been a movie bug since I was a young kid.
