Quotes from Edward James Olmos

I want to show how strong I am from my roots.

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.

Success is a matter of one's own feeling about oneself.

When you're asked to fly a 747 you better at least be able to fly a Piper cub.

I support the indigenous people anywhere in the planet.

Because people of color will definitely, definitely become the power base in the Western Hemisphere.

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.

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.

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.

I'm not prepared for holding office any more than I think Arnold is.

Right now, the Anglo people are desperately trying to hold on to the United States, like they tried to hold on to Africa.

Education is the key. But it's the kind of education that we teach that is the key. We don't have it.

Life's a journey that goes round and round and the end is closest to the beginning.

You know, Hillary Clinton gives of herself. Princess Diana gave of herself. But they are not saints.

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.

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.

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

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.

Education is the vaccine for violence.

Education is a vacine for violence.

Education is the key. But it's the kind of education that we teach that is the key. We don't have it.

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.

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.