John Astin Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“The themes Poe used were universal and timeless. As long as the English language exists at all, we will be able to appreciate what he did. It will not age! It will not become dated!”

“We are running ourselves into a damaged earth. But I am optimistic. I believe that we can change; we must change. As a human race, we are very young and quite primitive. The sooner we learn the greatness of humanity the better off we will all be.”

“I think Poe had a mission to tell us what it's all about. To answer some of the great questions of life.”

“I think people really want to be happy.”

“Poe was a student of many things, and among those things he read and referred to in his work was the Bible.”

“There are things so deep and complex that only intuition can reach it in our stage of development as human beings. And to Poe... well, a great logician could be an enemy to him, what he called conventional world reason.”

“I love to play for audiences that are simply made of people rather than so-called special people.”

“One life is worth the universe. Poe was able to go right into the very depth of life and to demonstrate this.”

“I get into certain yoga positions at times, when I'm working out and for exercises. I use a little of it in some of my meditation, but I chant now and that sort of replaced it.”

“I guess one of the reasons I'm doing the Poe piece is that I think Poe demonstrates that no matter how difficult things are, if you continue to move forward in life, you can eventually become victorious, even if it's later in life.”