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Top 30 Edward James Olmos Quotes (2025 Update)

Edward James Olmos Quote: “Education is a vaccine for violence.”

1. “Education is a vaccine for violence.”

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Edward James Olmos Quote: “It’s in the darkest moments when the cracks allow the inner light to come out.”

2. “It’s in the darkest moments when the cracks allow the inner light to come out.”

— Edward James Olmos

Edward James Olmos Quote: “I support the indigenous people anywhere in the planet.”

3. “I support the indigenous people anywhere in the planet.”

— Edward James Olmos

Edward James Olmos Quote: “What volunteers bring is the human touch, the individual, caring approach that no government program, however well-meaning and well- executed, can deliver.”

4. “What volunteers bring is the human touch, the individual, caring approach that no government program, however well-meaning and well- executed, can deliver.”

— Edward James Olmos

Edward James Olmos Quote: “Sometimes you gotta do things that you don’t really want to do. But you don’t do them for money.”

5. “Sometimes you gotta do things that you don’t really want to do. But you don’t do them for money.”

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Edward James Olmos Quote: “Life’s a journey that goes round and round and the end is closest to the beginning.”

6. “Life’s a journey that goes round and round and the end is closest to the beginning.”

— Edward James Olmos

Edward James Olmos Quote: “I don’t support violence, period.”

7. “I don’t support violence, period.”

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Edward James Olmos Quote: “I want to show how strong I am from my roots.”

8. “I want to show how strong I am from my roots.”

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Edward James Olmos Quote: “I think in Vice and American Me I played very silent, rigid characters and people remember them.”

9. “I think in Vice and American Me I played very silent, rigid characters and people remember them.”

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Edward James Olmos Quote: “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.”

10. “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.”

— Edward James Olmos

Edward James Olmos Quote: “The older you get the more you understand what you’re doing.”

11. “The older you get the more you understand what you’re doing.”

— Edward James Olmos

Edward James Olmos Quote: “If it’s change you need, relish the journey.”

12. “If it’s change you need, relish the journey.”

— Edward James Olmos

Edward James Olmos Quote: “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.”

13. “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.”

— Edward James Olmos

Edward James Olmos Quote: “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.”

14. “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.”

— Edward James Olmos

Edward James Olmos Quote: “Now I also discipline myself to do things I love to do when I don’t want to do them.”

15. “Now I also discipline myself to do things I love to do when I don’t want to do them.”

— Edward James Olmos

Edward James Olmos Quote: “When you’re asked to fly a 747 you better at least be able to fly a Piper cub.”

16. “When you’re asked to fly a 747 you better at least be able to fly a Piper cub.”

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Edward James Olmos Quote: “Chiapas is probably the main concern I have right now for the planet.”

17. “Chiapas is probably the main concern I have right now for the planet.”

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Edward James Olmos Quote: “We don’t have as much prejudice as we did 40 years ago, but today it is more educated.”

18. “We don’t have as much prejudice as we did 40 years ago, but today it is more educated.”

— Edward James Olmos

Edward James Olmos Quote: “And I’ve been acting for 39 years, so I define characters differently than I did in say Miami Vice.”

19. “And I’ve been acting for 39 years, so I define characters differently than I did in say Miami Vice.”

— Edward James Olmos

Edward James Olmos Quote: “You know, Hillary Clinton gives of herself. Princess Diana gave of herself. But they are not saints.”

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

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Edward James Olmos Quote: “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.”

21. “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.”

— Edward James Olmos

Edward James Olmos Quote: “I’m always pleased when people respond to the work.”

22. “I’m always pleased when people respond to the work.”

— Edward James Olmos

Edward James Olmos Quote: “Right now, the Anglo people are desperately trying to hold on to the United States, like they tried to hold on to Africa.”

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

— Edward James Olmos

Edward James Olmos Quote: “Yeah, the New York Times is very intellectual and very, very prestigious, but it doesn’t reach the market that People magazine does.”

24. “Yeah, the New York Times is very intellectual and very, very prestigious, but it doesn’t reach the market that People magazine does.”

— Edward James Olmos

Edward James Olmos Quote: “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.”

25. “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.”

— Edward James Olmos

Edward James Olmos Quote: “I’m not prepared for holding office any more than I think Arnold is.”

26. “I’m not prepared for holding office any more than I think Arnold is.”

— Edward James Olmos

Edward James Olmos Quote: “At the rate we’re going, the 21st century looks pretty clear. It’s going to be pretty violent.”

27. “At the rate we’re going, the 21st century looks pretty clear. It’s going to be pretty violent.”

— Edward James Olmos

Edward James Olmos Quote: “Our inability to relate to one another is very, very, very important. When we don’t have it, we get situations like Bosnia.”

28. “Our inability to relate to one another is very, very, very important. When we don’t have it, we get situations like Bosnia.”

— Edward James Olmos

Edward James Olmos Quote: “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.”

29. “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.”

— Edward James Olmos

Edward James Olmos Quote: “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.”

30. “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.”

— Edward James Olmos

Edward James Olmos Quote: “Because people of color will definitely, definitely become the power base in the Western Hemisphere.”

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

— Edward James Olmos

Edward James Olmos Quote: “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.”

32. “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.”

— Edward James Olmos

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