Quotes from Clint Eastwood

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.

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

Politicians have to make unpopular decisions. Schwarzenegger is going to understand the nature of his job. I wish him good luck, he's going to need it. It's going to be difficult for him.

Once a man has some money, peace begins to sound good to him.

I don't believe in pessimism.

If you think it's going to rain it will.

A good man always knows his limitations.

You can't stop everything from happening. But we've gotten to a point where we're certainly trying. If a car doesn't have four hundred air bags in it, then it's no good.

I like a drama. And I think that's the basis of good films, or good plays, is to have a nice drama.

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

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

I'm trying to preach the idea that if we don't pay attention to history we're destined to repeat it.

The main thing is, you just want to have your place in history. You hope that people will look back on it in 15, 20, 30 and beyond years, and say, "That was an exciting film."

If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster.

Tomorrow is promised to no one.

People have lost their sense of humor. In former times, we constantly made jokes about different races.

I am sort of anti-hunting. I don't put down what anyone wants to do, but it seems to me that killing a creature for fun is not a progressive idea.

I think kids are natural actors. You watch most kids; if they don't have a toy, they'll pick up a stick and make a toy out of it. Kids will daydream all the time.

I liked Vittorio De Sica a lot, and I got to work with him once in a segment movie. He was a great director. He was a very charismatic character and a guy I watched a lot when he was directing.

Plagiarism is always the biggest thing in Hollywood.

I read every book there was on jazz, about the original players - King Oliver, Buddy Bolden and all those groups. At one time I was fairly well schooled in that... I could tell you who played where and when, historically, way before my time.

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

Abuse of power isn't limited to bad guys in other nations. It happens in our own country if we're not vigilant.

There are certain age limits on police officers. They'd have retired me out at 65.