Quotes By Clint Eastwood

In school, I could hear the leaves rustle and go on a journey.

Men must know their limitations.

We are like boxers, one never knows how much longer one has.

If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster.

If you're doing a biography, you try to stay as accurate as possible to reality. But you really don't know what was going on in the person's mind. You just know what was going on in the minds of people around him.

I'm just a kid - I've got a lot of stuff to do yet.

When I see a story, I ask: is this something I'd like to be in? Is this something I'd like to see? And if I'd like to see it, would I like to tell it?

I keep working because I learn something new all the time.

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.

You always want to quit while you are ahead. You don't want to be like a fighter who stays too long in the ring until you're not performing at your best.

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

Every story has its demands.

I guess any movie actor can become a role model for audiences out there who enjoy him.

The country has come a long way in race relations, but the pendulum swings so far back. Everyone wants to be so sensitive.

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.

Actors know what actors are insecure about - and they're all insecure.

It's a very confusing era that we're in.

If a person doesn't change, there's something really wrong with him.

I would just like to say something, ladies and gentlemen. Something that I think is very important. It is that, you, we - we own this country. We - we own it. It is not you owning it, and not politicians owning it. Politicians are employees of ours.

Everybody thinks making films back to back is a big deal but they did it all the time in the old days.

I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it's going to rain, it will.

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.

The less secure a man is, the more likely he is to have extreme prejudice.

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

Of course we all know Biden is the intellect of the Democratic Party. Kind of a grin with a body behind it.

I have a very strict gun control policy: if there's a gun around, I want to be in control of it.

My old drama coach used to say, 'Don't just do something, stand there.' Gary Cooper wasn't afraid to do nothing.

You know when you're young and you see a play in high school, and the guys all have gray in their hair and they're trying to be old men and they have no idea what that's like? It's just that stupid the other way around.

I don't mind telling a dark side.