Clint Eastwood movie quotes

“I've got a special message for you little pardners out there. I want you to finish your oatmeal at breakfast and do as your mom and pa tell you because they know best. Don't ever tell a lie and say your prayers at night before you go to bed. And as our friends south of the border say, 'Adios, amigos.”
Clint Eastwood - Bronco Billy

“- Captain Briggs: Is it your job to harass and incite an old man into a heart attack?
- Harry Callahan: My job is to investigate homicide. That old man happens to be one of the biggest crime lords on the west coast. How the hell was I supposed to know he was gonna vapor-lock?”
Bradford Dillman - Captain Briggs
Clint Eastwood - Harry Callahan

“- Captain Briggs: In more than 30 years of police work, this is the single, most outrageous transgression of authority I ever heard about. What the hell did you think you were doing?
- Harry Callahan: My job.”

Bradford Dillman - Captain Briggs
Clint Eastwood - Harry Callahan

“- Maj. Malcolm A. Powers: [approaching Highway] Just what the hell do you think you're doing?
- Highway: Just enjoying the view, sir.
- Maj. Malcolm A. Powers: Well, you disobeyed an order. I told you to stay in contact and not take this hill without me. Damn it! Get on your feet, Highway!
- Highway: With all due respect, sir, you're beginning...” (continue)(continue reading)
Everett McGill - Major Powers
Clint Eastwood - Highway

“I'm not afraid of any man, but when it comes to sharing my feelings with a woman, my stomach turns to royal gelatin.”
Clint Eastwood - Philo Beddoe

“- Mitch Leary: Do you believe in the nobility of suicide?
- Frank Horrigan: No. But if you wanna blow your goddamn head off, go ahead. Be my guest.
- Mitch Leary: Nicely put, Frank, but I don't want to leave this miserable world alone.”

John Malkovich - Mitch Leary
Clint Eastwood - Frank Horrigan

“- Frank Morris: Tell me, you stopped killing white people?
- English: Why?
- Frank Morris: Well, next time I wouldn't turn my back on ya.”
Clint Eastwood - Frank Morris
Paul Benjamin - English

“- Thao: You should quit. Those things are bad for you.
- Walt Kowalsky: Yeah? So's being in a gang.”

Bee Vang - Thao
Clint Eastwood - Walt Kowalsky

“- Bridget Rossiter: More and more workers insist on the right not to breathe secondhand smoke.
- Steve Everett: And more and more scumbags don't care.”
Christine Ebersole - Bridget Rossiter
Clint Eastwood - Steve Everett

“- Laura Lee: Kansas was all golden and smelled like sunshine.
- Josey Wales: Yeah, well, I always heard there were three kinds of suns in Kansas: sunshine, sunflowers, and sons-of-bitches.”
Sondra Locke - Laura Lee
Clint Eastwood - Josey Wales

“Now remember, when things look bad and it looks like you're not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean. I mean plumb, mad-dog mean. 'Cause if you lose your head and you give up then you neither live nor win. That's just the way it is.”
Clint Eastwood - Josey Wales

“- Preacher: Why don't you put me to work?
- Hull Barret: Oh no, I couldn't ask you to, uh... Well, I mean, ya know - maybe if there was somethin' spiritual.
- Preacher: Well, that Spirit ain't worth spit without a little exercise. Now you tell me where.”
Clint Eastwood - Preacher
Michael Moriarty - Hull Barret

- The "Schofield Kid": You know how I said I shot five men? It weren't true. That Mexican that come at me with a knife, I just busted his leg with a shovel. I didn't kill him or nothing, neither.
- Bill Munny: Well, you sure killed the hell outta that fella today.
Jaimz Woolvett - The "Schofield Kid"
Clint Eastwood - Bill Munny

“- Walter Sullivan: Are you going to rob me again?
- Luther Whitney: Oh, I don't need your money, Mr. Sullivan. Now, did you check your vault lately? I put everything back.
- Walter Sullivan: I'm afraid we're a little late for an attempt at leniency.”
E.G. Marshall - Walter Sullivan
Clint Eastwood - Luther Whitney

This is not a "penal escape situation", this here happens to be a manhunt. And no talking in circles is gonna fix all that.

Clint Eastwood - Red Garnett

“When my nose tells me something stinks, I gotta have faith in it.”
Clint Eastwood - Steve Everett

“- Frank Horrigan: Take my hand. If you don't, you'll die.
- Mitch Leary: Do you want to save me, Frank?
- Frank Horrigan: To be frank and honest with you, no. But it's my job.”

Clint Eastwood - Frank Horrigan
John Malkovich - Mitch Leary

“- Clarence Anglin: Thought we'd pay you a visit.
- Frank Morris: Gonna stay long?
- John Anglin: Not long. Only about fifteen or twenty years.”

Jack Thibeau - Clarence Anglin
Clint Eastwood - Frank Morris
Fred Ward - John Anglin

“- Pavel Upenskoy: Gant, can you fly that plane? Really fly it?
- Mitchell Gant: Yeah, I can fly it. I'm the best there is.”
Warren Clarke - Pavel Upenskoy
Clint Eastwood - Mitchell Gant

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

“When a man's got money in his pocket, he begins to appreciate peace.”
Clint Eastwood - Joe

“If you're waitin' for a woman to make up her mind, you may have a long wait.”
Clint Eastwood - Preacher

“- Graciella Rivers: So why do you live on a boat?
- Terry McCaleb: Because I hate mowing lawns.”
Wanda De Jesus - Graciella Rivers
Clint Eastwood - Terry McCaleb

“- Gus: I know I'm as blind as a slab of concrete, but I'm not helpless. I'll put a bullet in my head when that happens.
- Mickey: That's comforting.”
Clint Eastwood - Gus
Amy Adams - Mickey

“We move swift. We move silent. We move deadly. Only one shake of those wangs ladies. Anymore than that constutes pleasure and we're not in that business. Sleep well, Mr. Jones?”

Clint Eastwood - Highway