Clint Eastwood Quotes

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

One day we will look back and realize that the Barack Obama Presidency was the biggest fraud ever perpetrated on the American people.

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

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

Participating in a gun buy-back program because you think that criminals have too many guns is like having yourself castrated because you think your neighbors have too many kids.

A lot of people are realizing they had the wool pulled over their eyes by Obama.

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.

Improvise, Adapt and Overcome!

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

When a naked man is chasing a woman through an alley with a butcher knife and a hard-on, I figure he isn't out collecting for the Red Cross.

If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster.

You see, in this world, there's two kinds of people, my friend - those with loaded guns, and those who dig. You dig.

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.

Take your work seriously, but don't take yourself seriously

President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people.

You, me...we own this country. Politicians are employees of ours....And when somebody does not do the job, we got to let them go.

It's what people know about themselves inside that makes them afraid.

Maybe I`m getting to the age when I`m starting to be senile or nostalgic or both, but people are so angry now. You used to be able to disagree with people and still be friends. Now you hear these talk shows, and everyone who believes differently from you is a moron and an idiot - both on the Right and the Left.

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

These people who are making a big deal out of gay marriage? I don't give a fuck about who wants to get married to anybody else! Why not?! We're making a big deal out of things we shouldn't be making a deal out of. hey go on and on with all this bullshit about "sanctity"—don't give me that sanctity crap! Just give everybody the chance to have the life they want.

You have to feel confident. If you don't, then you're going to be hesitant and defensive, and there'll be a lot of things working against you.

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.

There's only one way to have a happy marriage and as soon as I learn what it is I'll get married again.

Keep your eyes on the horizon and your nose to the wind.

The more time you have to think things through, the more you have to screw it up.

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

Always keep your ego in check and not be afraid to listen. Listening is a great art form.

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

Let's not go and ruin it by thinking too much.

There's a rebel lying deep in my soul. Anytime anybody tells me the trend is such and such, I go the opposite direction. I hate the idea of trends. I hate imitation; I have a reverence for individuality.

It's a hell of a thing, killing a man. You take away all he's got and all he's ever gonna have.

Go ahead, make my day.

The guys who won World War II and that whole generation have disappeared, and now we have a bunch of teenage twits.

I try to stick to a vegan diet heavy on fruit and vegetables.

I'm a great supporter of transcendental meditation. I've been using it for almost 40 years now - and I think it's a great tool for anyone to have, to be able to utilize as a tool for stress. Stress, of course, comes with almost every business. I think there are enough studies out there that show that TM is something that could benefit anybody. It's a great system to use. Otherwise, why would I've been doing it for all these years, for almost half of my life?

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

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

Twenty-some states in the United States have statutes that say showing the nipples to children is oscene. That's the first thing we come into contact with when we arrive on this palnet: a woman's breasts!

A good man always knows his limitations.

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

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 haven't killed anybody all day. Help me keep it that way.

I'm more focused on making a scene seem real as opposed to perfect.

What happened is I was going to college in 1950. L. A. City College. A guy I knew was going to an acting class on Thursday nights. He started telling me about all the good-lookin' chicks and said, "Why don't you go with me?" So I probably had some motivation beyond thoughts of being an actor. And sure enough, he was right. There were a lot of girls and not many guys. I said, "Yeah, they need me here." I wound up at Universal as a contract player.

An awful lot of good movies have gone unrecognized, and an awful lot of bad movies have had tremendous recognition. As long as you keep that in mind, you are never really disappointed.

Ever notice how you come across somebody once in a while you shouldn't have messed with? That's me.

Secretly everybody's getting tired of political correctness, kissing up. That's the kiss-ass generation we're in right now. We're really in a pussy generation. Everybody's walking on eggshells. We see people accusing people of being racist and all kinds of stuff. When I grew up, those things weren't called racist.

There's a rebel lying deep in my soul.

I believe in my gut. Most people intellectualize their instincts away, but when you feel something, you have to go for it. A Fistful of Dollars was a great instinct for me, because here I was, a guy who's doing Rawhide.

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.