Quotes By Clint Eastwood

Romney and Ryan would do a much better job running the country, and that's what everybody needs to know.

I always liked characters that were more grounded in reality.

Men must know their limitations.

Aging can be fun if you lay back and enjoy it.

I've had moments when I've thought about somebody, picked up the phone to call them and they are on the line already, and I think that maybe there's some vibration, some connection.

They say marriages are made in Heaven. But so is thunder and lightning.

I became a Republican in 1951, the first year I could vote.

I was always respectful of people who were deeply religious because I always felt that if they gave themselves to it, then it had to be important to them. But if you can go through life without it, that's OK, too. It's whatever suits you.

Crimes against children are the most heinous crime. That, for me, would be a reason for capital punishment because children are innocent and need the guidance of an adult society.

I just make the pictures and where they fall is where they fall. If somebody likes them, that's always nice. And if they don't like them, then too bad.

If I'd had good discipline, I might have gone into music.

I'm interested in the fact that the less secure a man is, the more likely he is to have extreme prejudice.

A lot of people are bored of all the political correctness.

I had three points I wanted to make: That not everybody in Hollywood is on the left, that Obama has broken a lot of the promises he made when he took office, and that the people should feel free to get rid of any politician who's not doing a good job. But I didn't make up my mind exactly what I was going to say until I said it.

I'm not really conservative. I'm conservative on certain things. I believe in less government. I believe in fiscal responsibility and all those things that maybe Republicans used to believe in but don't any more.

We boil at different degrees.

Drama usually has some sort of intense conflict.

It's much more fun to play something you're nothing like than what you are... It's much easier to hide yourself in a character.

People love westerns worldwide. There's something fantasy-like about an individual fighting the elements. Or even bad guys and the elements. It's a simpler time. There's no organized laws and stuff.

Plagiarism is always the biggest thing in Hollywood.

As you get older, you're not afraid of doubt. Doubt isn't running the show. You take out all the self-agonizing.

There was a stool there, and some fella kept asking me if I wanted to sit down. When I saw the stool sitting there, it gave me the idea. I'll just put the stool out there and I'll talk to Mr. Obama and ask him why he didn't keep all of the promises he made to everybody.

Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that's real power.

There's a lot of great movies that have won the Academy Award, and a lot of great movies that haven't. You just do the best you can.

I'm a movie maker, but I have the same feelings as the average guy out there.

Sometimes if you want to see a change for the better, you have to take things into your own hands.

The innocence of childhood is like the innocence of a lot of animals.

I mean, I've always been a libertarian. Leave everybody alone. Let everybody else do what they want. Just stay out of everybody else's hair.

I tried being reasonable, I didn't like it.

They've got this crazy actor who's 82 years old up there in a suit. I was a mayor, and they're probably thinking I know how to give a speech, but even when I was mayor I never gave speeches. I gave talks.