Clint Eastwood Quotes – Wisdom and Inspiration from an Iconic Actor and Director

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

You have to feel sorry for the politicians. They were born ugly, but with the money they have, they can pay for their plastic surgery.

Nothing wrong with shooting as long as the right people get shot.

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.

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

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

I don’t believe in over-rehearsing. It’s better if something surprises you.

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

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

I have a love interest in every one of my films: a gun.

If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster.

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

I tried being reasonable once. I didn’t like it.

When two men are in the same town and in the same business, and only one of them becomes a major star, it’s just wrong.

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

I don’t care what the newspapers say about me as long as they spell my name right.

Status quo, you know, that is Latin for ‘the mess we’re in’.

The peculiarities of human nature are limitless.

You have to keep your mind open when you’re dealing with material like that.

Ignorance, being a starting point, is not an ending point, but, as someone else has said, a way-station on the road to expertise.

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.

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

Tomorrow is promised to no one.

I’ve never met a genius. A genius to me is someone who does well at something he hates. Anybody can do well at something he loves – it’s just a question of finding the subject.

Do you feel lucky, punk?

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

Every time I got arrested, it was because I spoke my mind.

If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster.

Extremism is so easy. You’ve got your position, and that’s it. It doesn’t take much thought. And when you go far enough to the right, you meet the same idiots coming around from the left.

I’m a very lucky guy. I’ve had so many great experiences with this great country of ours.

I don’t require the acceptance of others. I’m a black and white person, and I could care less what people think of me.

I have a theory that I really want my kids to know – inconsistency, lack of discipline, poor parenting, self-indulgence – are all the choices made by our parents. Now it’s your choice – do you want to pass these things on or do you want to own them and get rid of them?

Death makes you feel really small.

I met my wife skiing, and when I met her, I wrote a little memo to myself and put it in my pocket to remind myself that tonight is the beginning of my future.

I’ve always been anti-organized religion.

There is no reason why tough decisions should not be made now. One candidate for President made them, Ronald Reagan. He took a lot of heat on a lot of issues. But he stuck to his guns, and people respect him for it.

I had a long career in the air force and beauty treatments simply flew out of the window.

I need everything in writing.

My past is fiction.

I’m interested in that thing that happens where there’s a breaking point for some people and not for others. You go through such hardship, things that are almost impossibly difficult, and there’s no sign that it’s going to get any better, and that’s the point when people quit. But some don’t.

As you get older, your mind doesn’t waste time worrying about what other people think.

We all like to be the hero of our own story.

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

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

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

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

I think it comes from really liking what you do. I’m a student of film; I’ve been since I was a little kid.

Extremism is so easy. You’ve got your position, and that’s it. It doesn’t take much thought. And when you go far enough to the right, you meet the same idiots coming around from the left.

You have to have a sense of humor about everything.

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