28+ Ed Asner Quotes On Education, Cobra Kai And Curb Your Enthusiasm

Ed Asner is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as Lou Grant on both the Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spin-off, Lou Grant. He has won seven Emmy Awards and has been nominated for a total of twenty. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Ed Asner on education, love, cobra kai.

Top 10 Ed Asner Quotes

1. There are genuinely sufficient resources in the world to ensure that no one, nowhere, at no time, should go hungry.
2. As they used to say 'What if they gave a war and nobody came?' How worthwhile if they declared a day of peace and everybody came.
3. My first job was with an auto plant, Kansas City - they treated you like slaves. From there I went back to Chicago, worked in steel mills, drove a cab, stuff like that.
4. All capitalists should be like Warren Buffett, and he says he should be taxed more.
5. I also think that there is a strong streak of racism, and whenever we engage in foreign adventures. Our whole history in regime change has been of people of different color.
6. 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.
7. I regard myself as a beautiful musical instrument, and my role is to contribute that instrument to scripts worthy of it.
8. I can do lovers. I can do Sir Galahad types. I'm not going to limit myself in voice-overs to irascible old men.
9. Raising kids is part joy and part guerilla warfare.
10. I'm not sought after. I never get enough work. It's the history of my career. There just isn't anything to turn down, let me put it that way.

Ed Asner Short Quotes

• I was a newspaper editor in high school, and I truly thought of journalism as a career. I loved it.
• I am not a method actor, though I studied for a year with Lee Strasburg.
• Where the work goes, I go. Wherever adulation occurs, that's where you'll find me.
• The treasure shouldn't do the hunting, and you're a treasure.
• A lot of people don't want to feel anti-black by being opposed to Obama.

Ed Asner Famous Quotes And Sayings

We 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

The free access to information is not a privilege, but a necessity for any free society. One of my favorite things to do as a young man was wander through the stacks of my hometown library. I'd just browse until I found something interesting. Libraries have definitely changed my life. — Ed Asner

The older I've gotten, the more the need to exert comedy no matter how tragic a character I may be portraying because they are essentials for presenting truth. — Ed Asner

I 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 Asner

It's like an athlete. He has a string of hot years, and then he fades into nothingness. The actor doesn't necessarily fade into nothingness. After his hot years, he fades into a different category. — Ed Asner

I 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 Asner

To my knowledge, there is no blacklist. But there is a mindset, even among liberal producers, that says 'He may be difficult so let's avoid him.' — Ed Asner

I pray that this council, which will probably be too late to save Iraq, will do what it can, which will be immeasurably strong in what it does in trying to save our democracy. — Ed Asner

They say making laws is like making sausages. You shouldn't watch. It's the same for acting, especially for the actor who works unconsciously. — Ed Asner

[on making the transition from the comedy "Mary Tyler Moore" (1970) to its dramatic spin-off series "Lou Grant" (1977)] We were really worried about changing over from a three-camera, half-hour comedy to a one-camera, full-hour drama. The audience wasn't ready for the switch - even CBS billed us in their promos as a comedy. In fact, the whole thing was impossible. But we didn't know that. — Ed Asner

Never thought acting was something you could make a living at. It wasn't until I was in college, and got a lead in a play, that I began to realize I might just be able to blunder into this profession. — Ed Asner

They're sheep. They like Bush enough to credit him with saving the nation after 9/11. Three thousand people get killed, and everybody thinks they're next on the list. The president comes along, and he's got his six-guns strapped on, and people think he's going to save them. — Ed Asner

Never stand still. Only stand still enough to learn, and once you stop learning in that stance, move off. Always keep yourself engaged, in theater, in whatever job you can get. If you can't get an acting job, then go backstage. Or take tickets. But be around actors because that is where you will primarily learn. — Ed Asner

Life Lessons by Ed Asner

1. Ed Asner's career is a testament to the power of hard work and dedication, as he has been a working actor for over 70 years.
2. He also demonstrates the importance of using your platform to speak out for what you believe in and to fight for social justice.
3. Finally, Ed Asner's career serves as a reminder that age is just a number and that it is never too late to pursue your dreams.