Some of my earliest political feelings were based on the anti-Japanese bubblegum cards I got. There were also Spanish Civil War bubblegum cards. Awful.
Ed AsnerI loved journalism until the day my journalism teacher, a man I revered, came by my desk and said, 'Are you planning on going into journalism?' I said, 'Yeah.' He said, 'I wouldn't.' I said, 'Well, why not?' He said, 'You can't make a living.'
Ed AsnerI will always have enough money to last the rest of my life...as long as I don't buy anything.
Ed AsnerI got some news for you. One, there is no Jesus. Two, there is no God. Three, mind your own business and everything works out.
Ed AsnerI regard myself as a beautiful musical instrument, and my role is to contribute that instrument to scripts worthy of it.
Ed AsnerWe all moan and groan about the loss of the quality of life through the destruction of our ecology, and yet every one of us, in our own little comfortable ways, contributes daily to that destruction. It's time now to awaken in each one of us the respect and attention our beloved Mother deserves.
Ed Asner