Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood

32 quotes

As an American actor and filmmaker (b. 1930), Clint Eastwood contributed not just to their field but to the broader conversation about what it means to live well. The range of their thinking — from Time to Society — speaks to an intellectual restlessness that shows in every quote. Browse 40 quotes by Clint Eastwood that cover ground from Time, Society, Best, Power, and Music. Perhaps their most recognizable line: "Society is at odds with itself."

“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.”

— Clint Eastwood

Society

All Quotes by Clint Eastwood

“I just think it is important that you realize , that you're the best in the world. Whether you are a Democrat or Republican or whether you're libertarian or whatever, you are the best. And we should not ever forget that. And when somebody does not do the job, we got to let them go.”

— Clint Eastwood

Best

“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.”

— Clint Eastwood

Men

“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.”

— Clint Eastwood

Best

“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.”

— Clint Eastwood

Best

“I still work out on a daily basis.”

— Clint Eastwood

Work

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

— Clint Eastwood

Funny

“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.”

— Clint Eastwood

Society

“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.”

— Clint Eastwood

Alone

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

— Clint Eastwood

Good

“Society is at odds with itself.”

— Clint Eastwood

Society

“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.”

— Clint Eastwood

Love

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

— Clint Eastwood

Time

“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.”

— Clint Eastwood

Government

“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.”

— Clint Eastwood

Good

“I haven't been very active in politics.”

— Clint Eastwood

Politics

“Our modern society - especially in the West, and especially now - reveres youth.”

— Clint Eastwood

Society

“Men must know their limitations.”

— Clint Eastwood

Men

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

— Clint Eastwood

Power

“This film cost $31 million. With that kind of money I could have invaded some country.”

— Clint Eastwood

Money

“It takes tremendous discipline to control the influence, the power you have over other people's lives.”

— Clint Eastwood

Power